Tunchang County
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Tunchang County is an administrative district in Hainan
Hainan
Hainan is the smallest province of the People's Republic of China . Although the province comprises some two hundred islands scattered among three archipelagos off the southern coast, of its land mass is Hainan Island , from which the province takes its name...

, the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

. It is one of four counties of Hainan. Its postal code is 571600, and in 1999 its population was 250,059 people.

There are four main attractions in this county: The Muse Lake, The Standard Model Deer Farm, Shi Xia Hairui Ancestral Home and the Wolong Mountain.

In 1983, a company from Guangxi
Guangxi
Guangxi, formerly romanized Kwangsi, is a province of southern China along its border with Vietnam. In 1958, it became the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, a region with special privileges created specifically for the Zhuang people.Guangxi's location, in...

 Province, southern China, moved to Tunchang and started raising geoemydid
Ocadia glyphistoma
"Ocadia glyphistoma" is an intergeneric hybrid turtle in the Geoemydidae family . Originally described as a new species supposedly endemic to Guangxi/China; it was classified as Data Deficient in the IUCN Red List....

 turtles on a farm. They have since moved to a place near Sanya
Sanya
Sanya is the southernmost city in China and is a part of Hainan Province. In 2006, it had a population of 536,000, making it, after the provincial capital , the second most populous city on the island. The city is renowned for its tropical climate and has emerged as a popular tourist destination,...

, which is closer to the ocean.
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