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The main cities are Zhanjiang, now an important port in southern China, Haikang on the east coast, and Xuwen, with its port, Hai’an, at the southern tip of the peninsula. In 2000 work was completed on a railway from the north that extends southward from Zhanjiang to Hai’an; from there, railway cars are transported by ferry across the Qiong Strait to Hainan.
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