Shantou
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Shantou, alternately romanized as Swatow[3][4] and sometimes known as Santow,[5] is a prefecture-level city on the eastern coast of Guangdong, China, with a total population of 5,502,031 as of the 2020 census (5,391,028 in 2010) and an administrative area of 2,248.39 square kilometres (868.11 sq mi). However, its built-up (or metro) area is much bigger with 12,543,024 inhabitants including Rongcheng and Jiedong districts, Jiexi county and Puning city in Jieyang plus all of Chaozhou city largely conurbated. This is de facto the 5th built-up area in mainland China between Hangzhou-Shaoxing (13,035,026 inhabitants), Xian-Xianyang (12,283,922 inhabitants) and Tianjin (11,165,706 inhabitants).
Shantou
汕头市 Swatow; Shantow | |
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Coordinates (Shantou municipal government): 23°21′14″N 116°40′55″E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Guangdong |
Municipal seat | Jinping District |
Government | |
• CPC Committee Secretary | Fang Lixu (方利旭) |
• Mayor | Zheng Jiange (郑剑戈) |
Area | |
• Prefecture-level city | 2,248.39 km2 (868.11 sq mi) |
• Metro | 9,297.1 km2 (3,589.6 sq mi) |
Elevation | 51 m (167 ft) |
Population (2020 census)[1] | |
• Prefecture-level city | 5,502,031 |
• Density | 2,400/km2 (6,300/sq mi) |
• Urban | 4,312,192 |
• Metro | 12,543,024 |
• Metro density | 1,300/km2 (3,500/sq mi) |
• Major Nationalities | Han |
GDP | |
• Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 293 billion US$ 45.4 billion |
• Per capita | CN¥ 53,106 US$ 8,232 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal Code | 515000, 515041 |
Area code | 754 |
ISO 3166 code | CN-GD-05 |
Language | Min |
Local dialect | Swatow dialect |
Website | shantou |
Shantou | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 汕头 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 汕頭 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Postal | Swatow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | Fish-basket Point | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shantou, a city significant in 19th-century Chinese history as one of the treaty ports established for Western trade and contact, was one of the original special economic zones of China established in the 1980s, but did not blossom in the manner that cities such as Shenzhen, Xiamen and Zhuhai did. However, it remains eastern Guangdong's economic centre, and is home to Shantou University, which is under the provincial Project 211 program in Guangdong.