Editing Beihai (section)

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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Beihai
| official_name      = <!-- Official name in English if different from 'name' -->
| native_name        = {{lang|zh|北海市}}<br>{{lang|za|Bwzhaij}}
| other_name         = Pakhoi
| settlement_type    = [[Prefecture-level city]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = 
| image_skyline      = 海边钓鱼 - panoramio.jpg
| imagesize          = 
| image_caption      = Beihai Silver Beach
| image_seal         = 
| seal_size          = 
| image_shield       = 
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| image_blank_emblem = 
| blank_emblem_size  = 
| image_map          = Guangxi subdivisions - Beihai.svg
| mapsize            = 
| map_caption        = Location of Beihai in Guangxi
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = [[China|People's Republic of China]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[Autonomous regions of the People's Republic of China|Region]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Guangxi]]
| subdivision_type2  = 
| subdivision_name2  = 
| seat_type          = Municipal seat
| seat               = [[Haicheng District]]
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = 
| leader_name        = 
| leader_title1      = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager -->
| leader_name1       = 
| established_title  = 
| established_date   = 
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_footnotes     = 
| area_total_km2     = 3337
| area_land_km2      = 
| area_water_km2     = 
| area_water_percent = 
| area_urban_km2     = 
| area_metro_km2     = 
| population_as_of   = 2010 census
| population_footnotes = 
| population_note    = 
| population_total   = 1539300
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_metro   = 405600
| population_density_metro_km2 = auto
| population_urban   = 572000
| population_density_urban_km2 = auto
| demographics_type2   = GDP<ref>{{citation|title=广西统计年鉴－2021|url=http://tjj.gxzf.gov.cn//tjsj/tjnj/material/tjnj20200415/2022/indexch.htm|website=tjj.gxzf.gov.cn}}</ref>
| demographics2_title1 = [[Prefecture-level city]]
| demographics2_info1 = [[CN¥]] 150.4 billion<br />[[US$]] 23.3 billion 
| demographics2_title2 = Per capita
| demographics2_info2 = CN¥ 80,710<br />US$ 12,510
| timezone           = [[China Standard Time|China Standard]]
| utc_offset         = +8
| coor_pinpoint      = Beihai government
| coordinates        = {{coord|21.481|N|109.120|E|type:adm2nd_region:CN-45_source:Gaode|format=dms|display=it}}
| elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags-->
| elevation_m        = 21
| elevation_ft       = 
| postal_code_type   = [[Postal code of China|Postal code]]
| postal_code        = 536000
| area_code          = 779
| iso_code           = [[ISO 3166-2:CN|CN-GX-05]]
| registration_plate = {{lang|zh-cn|桂E}}
| website            = {{Official URL}}
| footnotes          = 
}}
{{Infobox Chinese
| psp = Pakhoi
| l = north of the sea
| pic = BH name.svg
| piccap = "Beihai", as written in Chinese
| picsize = 125px
| c = {{linktext|lang=zh|北海}}
| p = Běihǎi
| w = Pei<sup>3</sup>-hai<sup>3</sup>
| mi = {{IPAc-cmn|b|ei|3|h|ai|3}}
| j = bak<sup>1</sup>hoi<sup>2</sup>
| y = Bāk hói
| zha = Bwzhaij
| zha57 = Bɯƨhaiз
}}

'''Beihai''' ({{zh|c=北海|p=Běihǎi}}; [[Postal romanization]]: '''Pakhoi'''<ref>{{cite book|year=1956|author=Theodore Shabad|title=China's Changing Map: A Political and Economic Geography of the Chinese People's Republic|location=New York|publisher=Frederick A. Praeger|lccn=55-11530|oclc=916993074|page=166|url=https://archive.org/details/chinaschangingma0000shab/page/166/mode/2up|quote=With the exception of Shiukwan on the Canton-Hankow railroad, Kwangtung’s regional centers are situated along the coast, notably in the Canton delta. There, in addition to Canton, are the cities of Fatshan, Kongmoon and Shekki. The metropolis of western Kwangtung is Tsamkong, and '''Pakhoi''' is the chief town of the western panhandle.}}</ref>) is a [[prefecture-level city]] in the south of [[Guangxi]], People's Republic of China. Its status as a [[seaport]] on the north shore of the [[Gulf of Tonkin]] has granted it historical importance as a port of international trade for Guangxi, [[Hunan]], [[Hubei]], [[Sichuan]], [[Guizhou]], and [[Yunnan]].<ref name="City intro">{{cite web |url = http://www.weather.com.cn/cityintro/101301301.shtml? |script-title=zh:北海城市介绍 |publisher = Weather China |language = zh-hans |access-date = 2012-02-25}}</ref> Between the years 2006 and 2020, Beihai was predicted to be the world's fastest growing city.<ref>[http://www.citymayors.com/statistics/urban_growth1.html City Mayors: World's fastest growing urban areas]</ref>{{Update inline|date=December 2024}}{{bsn|date=December 2024}} Beihai has a large [[shipyard]], but most of the money generated in the city is derived from trade.

In addition, it governs the small [[island]]s of [[Weizhou Island|Weizhou]] and [[Xieyang Island|Xieyang]], and is directly west of [[Leizhou Peninsula]].