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Chaozhou
潮州市 Teochew | |
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Nickname: The Phoenix City (凤城) | |
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![]() Location of Chaozhou in Guangdong province | |
Coordinates (Chaozhou municipal government): 23°39′29″N 116°37′19″E / 23.658°N 116.622°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Guangdong |
County-level divisions | 4 |
Township divisions | 43 |
Municipal seat | Xiangqiao District |
Government | |
• CPC Chaozhou | He Xiaojun (何晓军) Committee Secretary |
• Mayor | Liu Sheng (刘胜) |
Area | |
• Prefecture-level city | 3,145.93 km2 (1,214.65 sq mi) |
• Urban | 1,413.8 km2 (545.9 sq mi) |
• Metro | 9,297.1 km2 (3,589.6 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 1,497.5 m (4,913.1 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census[1]) | |
• Prefecture-level city | 2,568,387 |
• Density | 820/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
• Urban | 1,750,945 |
• Urban density | 1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi) |
• Metro | 12,543,024 |
• Metro density | 1,300/km2 (3,500/sq mi) |
• Major ethnic groups | Han—99.7% |
GDP[2] | |
• Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 124.5 billion US$ 19.3 billion |
• Per capita | CN¥ 48,427 US$ 7,506 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 521000 (Urban center) 515600, 515700 (Other areas) |
Area code | 768 |
ISO 3166 code | CN-GD-51 |
License plate prefixes | 粤U |
Languages | Teochew and Hakka (Raoping area) (regional); Standard Mandarin (official) |
Website | www.chaozhou.gov.cn |
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Chinese | 潮州 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | "Tide prefecture" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chaozhou (Chinese: 潮州), alternatively Chiuchow,[3] Chaochow[4] or Teochew,[5] is a city in the eastern Guangdong province of China. It borders Shantou to the south, Jieyang to the southwest, Meizhou to the northwest, the province of Fujian to the east, and the South China Sea to the southeast. It is administered as a prefecture-level city with a jurisdiction area of 3,110 km2 (1,200 sq mi) and a total population of 2,568,387. Its built-up (or metro) area encompassing most of Shantou and Jieyang cities was home to 12,543,024 inhabitants on 13 local administrative areas.[6] Along with Shantou and Jieyang, Chaozhou is a cultural center of the Chaoshan region.
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