China · 19th century
Xiuying Fort ranks #3,923 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #47 of the 103 mapped in China. Founded 1890, one of 705 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 9,898 times in the last 60 days, more than 93% of the atlas. See how China compares in the castle statistics.
Xiuying Fort (simplified Chinese: 秀英炮台; traditional Chinese: 秀英砲臺; pinyin: Xiùyīng Paòtaí) (designation number: 6-1031) is located in Haikou City, Hainan Province, China.
It was constructed in 1890 by the Qing government to counter the threat of the French.
It was used to defend against the 1890 invasion by France, and in 1932 against the Japanese during the Cole attack. It is assigned the designation number 6-1031.
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