Daya Bay
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Daya Bay formally known as Bias Bay, is a body of water located east of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 in Guangdong
Guangdong
Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...

 Province in southern People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

. Daya Bay is home to four nuclear reactors, two each belonging to the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant and the Ling Ao Nuclear Power Plant, as well as the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment
Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment
The Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment is a China-based multinational particle physics project studying neutrinos. The multinational collaboration includes researchers from China, the United States, Taiwan, and the Czech Republic. The US side of the project is funded by the US Department of...

. Daya Bay is located at approximately 22.5953°N 114.5431°E. Dapeng Peninsula
Dapeng Peninsula
Dapeng Peninsula or Dapengbandao is a peninsula in the east of Longgang district, that lies in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. Dapengbandao consists of the subdistricts Kuichong, Dapeng and Nan'ao. The peninsula is surrounded in the southwest by Mirs Bay and in the northeast by Daya Bay....

 lays at the east side of Daya Bay.

History

The Bay was a hideout of pirates in the 1920s when the Republic of China government was busy with Northern Expedition.

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