Shilu, Hainan

{{Short description|Town in Hainan, China}}

{{Other uses|Shilu (disambiguation){{!}}Shilu}}

Shilu Town ({{zh|s=石碌镇|p=Shílù zhèn}}) is the county seat of Changjiang Li Autonomous County in China's Hainan Island. It is known for a major iron ore deposit (the Shilu Iron Ore Mine, 石碌铁矿), which has been worked since the Japanese occupation of the island in the early 1940s.{{citation

|first=Ezra F. |last=Vogel

|publisher=Harvard University Press |year=1990

|isbn=0674639111

|title=One Step Ahead in China: Guandong Under Reform

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=NU2NLLjO1fUC&pg=PA277

|page=277}}

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Category:Township-level divisions of Hainan

Category:Changjiang Li Autonomous County

Category:County seats in Hainan