Shantou
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Shàntóu (Cheenese: 汕头), cried Swatow or Suátao an aa, is a prefectur-level ceety on the eastren coast o Guangdong province, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae, wi a tot population o 5,391,028 as o 2010 an an admeenistrative aurie o 2,064 square kilometre (797 sq mi)*. Wi it an the immediately surroondin ceeties o Jieyang an Chaozhou, the metropolitan region – kent as Chaoshan – covers an auriea o 10,404 km2 (4,017 sq mi), an haed a permanent population o 13,937,897 at the end o 2010.
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Shantou 汕头 Swátōw | |
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Prefectur-level ceety | |
汕头市 | |
Location o Shantou Ceety jurisdiction in Guangdong | |
Coordinates: 23°21′N 116°40′E | |
Kintra | Fowkrepublic o Cheenae |
Province | Guangdong |
Municipal seat | Jinping Destrict |
Govrenment | |
• CPC Committee Secretary | Li Feng (李锋) |
• Mayor | Cai Zongze (蔡宗泽) |
Area | |
• Total | 2064 km2 (797 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 5,391,028 |
• Density | 2,600/km2 (6,800/sq mi) |
• Major Naitionalities | Han |
Time zone | UTC+8 (Cheenae Staundart) |
Postal Code | 515000, 515041 |
Area code(s) | 754 |
License Plate Prefix | 粤D |
Website | http://www.shantou.gov.cn/ |
Shantou | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Semplifeed Cheenese | 汕头 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tradeetional Cheenese | 汕頭 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hokkien POJ | Sòaⁿ-thâu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leeteral meanin | bamboo top | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shantou, a ceety signeeficant in 19t-century Cheenese history as ane o the treaty ports established for Wastren trade an contact, wis ane o the oreeginal Special Economic Zones o the Fowkrepublic o China established in the 1980s, but did nae blossom in the manner that ceeties such as Shenzhen, Xiamen an Zhuhai did. However, it remains eastren Guangdong's economic centre, an is home tae Shantou Varsity, a member o the Project 211 group.