It faces the South China Sea in the northeast, the Beibu Gulf in the west, and is separated by the Qiongzhou Strait in the south.

Nationally known as "the starting port of the Maritime Silk Road in the Han Dynasty"

It is one of the most representative cities of "Leizhou Culture"

Xuwen County has always been a prosperous market for economic and trade in the southern part of Leizhou Peninsula.

It is the only way to Hainan Island and an important center of politics, economy, culture and transportation of Leizhou Peninsula.