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Shantou

汕头

Swátōw
Prefectur-level ceety
汕头市
Location o Shantou Ceety jurisdiction in Guangdong
Location o Shantou Ceety jurisdiction in Guangdong
Shantou is located in Cheenae
Shantou
Shantou
Location in Cheenae
Coordinates: 23°21′N 116°40′E / 23.350°N 116.667°E / 23.350; 116.667
KintraFowkrepublic o Cheenae
ProvinceGuangdong
Municipal seatJinping Destrict
Govrenment
 • CPC Committee SecretaryLi Feng (李锋)
 • MayorCai Zongze (蔡宗泽)
Area
 • Total2064 km2 (797 sq mi)
Population
 • Total5,391,028
 • Density2,600/km2 (6,800/sq mi)
 • Major Naitionalities
Han
Time zoneUTC+8 (Cheenae Staundart)
Postal Code
515000, 515041
Area code(s)754
License Plate Prefix粤D
Websitehttp://www.shantou.gov.cn/
Shantou
Semplifeed Cheenese汕头
Tradeetional Cheenese汕頭
Hokkien POJSòaⁿ-thâu
Leeteral meaninbamboo top

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.

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.

History

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The historic quarter o Shantou, which features baith Wastren an Cheenese architectur

Shantou wis a fishin veelage pairt o Tuojiang Ceety (鮀江都), Jieyang Destrict (揭陽縣) durin the Song Dynasty. It came tae be Xialing (廈嶺) durin the Yuan Dynasty. In 1563, Shantou wis a pairt o Chenghai Destrict (澄海縣) in Chao Prefectur (Chaozhou). As early as 1574, Shantou haed been cried Shashan Ping (沙汕坪). In the seventeent century, a cannon platform cried Shashan Toupaotai (沙汕頭炮臺 sha shan tou pao tai) wis made here, an the placename later wis shortened tae "Shantou". Locally it has been referred tae as Kialat.

Connectin tae Shantou athort the Queshi Bridge is Queshi (礐石) which haed been kent bi the local fowk through the 19t century as Kakchio. It wis the main steid for the American an Breetish Consulates. The day the aurie is a scenic pairk but some o the structurs are somewhat preserved frae its earlier history.

It became a ceety in 1919, an wis separatit frae Chenghai in 1921. 1922 saw the devastatin Swatow Typhoon, which killed 5,000 oot o the 65,000 fowk then inhabitin the ceety.[1]

In the 1930s, as a transport hub an a merchandise distribution centre in Sootheast Cheenae, Shantou Port's cargo throughput ranked third in the kintra. A brief accoont o a visit tae the ceety Inglis durin this period is the Inglis accoontant Max Relton's A Man in the East: A Journey through French Indo-Cheenae (Michael Joseph Ltd., London, 1939).

Wi heicher-level admeenistrative authority, Shantou govrened Chaozhou Ceety an Jieyang Ceety frae 1983 tae 1989.

Admeenistration

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Shantou is a prefectur-level ceety. It haes direct jurisdiction ower sax destricts an ane coonty.

Cairt # Name Hanzi Hanyu Pinyin Population (2010 Census) Aurie (km²) Density (/km²)
Ceety proper
1 Jinping Destrict 金平区 Jīnpíng Qū 810,606 109 7,437
3 Longhu Destrict 龙湖区 Lónghú Qū 536,102 104 5,155
Suburban
2 Haojiang Destrict 濠江区 Háojiāng Qū 267,597 135 1,982
4 Chaoyang Destrict 潮阳区 Cháoyáng Qū 1,626,641 668 2,435
5 Chaonan Destrict 潮南区 Cháonán Qū 1,290,922 596 2,166
6 Chenghai Destrict 澄海区 Chénghǎi Qū 798,896 345 2,315
Rural
7 Nan'ao Coonty 南澳县 Nán'ào Xiàn 60,264 108 558

As o 2003, the destrict o Haojiang wis established oot o Hepu an Dahao which haed been merged, an the destrict o Jinping Shengping an Jinyuan; Waisha an Xinxi Toun, pairt o umwhile Chenghai Ceety, wis merged intae Longhu Destrict; Chenghai Ceety became Chenghai Destrict; Chaoyang Ceety wis dividit an became Chaoyang an Chaonan Destrict respectively.

Geografie an climate

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Shantou is locatit in eastren Guangdong wi latitude spanning 23°02′33″ – 23°38′50″ N an longitude 116°14′40″ – 117°19′35″ E; the Tropic o Cancer passes through the northren pairt o the ceety, an alang it there is a monument, in fact the eastrenmaist in mainland Cheena, at 23°26′33″N 116°35′20″E / 23.44240°N 116.58885°E / 23.44240; 116.58885.[2] The heichest peak in the ceety's admeenistration is Munt Dajian (大尖山) on Nan'ao Island, at 587 m (1,926 ft); the heichest peak on the geographic mainland is Munt Lianhua (莲花山), at 562 m (1,844 ft) in Chenghai Destrict. The ceety is locatit at the mooths o the Han, Rong (榕江), an Lian Rivers.

Shantou haes a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa), wi short, mild tae warm winters, an lang, het, humid simmers. Winter begins sunny an dry but becomes progressively wetter an cloudier. Ware is generally owercast, while simmer brings the hiviest rains o the year though is much sunnier; thare are 8.2 days annually wi 50 mm (1.97 in) o rainfaw. Hairst is sunny an dry. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges frae 13.8 °C (56.8 °F) in Januar tae 28.3 °C (82.9 °F) in Julie, an the annual mean is 21.53 °C (70.8 °F). The annual rainfaw is aroond 1,630 mm (64 in), aboot 60% o which occurs frae Mey tae August. Thare are 1,979 oors o bricht sunshine annually.

Climate data for Shantou (1971–2000)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average heich °C (°F) 17.9
(64.2) 		17.9
(64.2) 		20.3
(68.5) 		24.3
(75.7) 		27.4
(81.3) 		29.9
(85.8) 		31.8
(89.2) 		31.5
(88.7) 		30.2
(86.4) 		27.7
(81.9) 		23.9
(75.0) 		19.9
(67.8) 		25.2
(77.4)
Average law °C (°F) 10.7
(51.3) 		11.5
(52.7) 		14.1
(57.4) 		18.2
(64.8) 		21.8
(71.2) 		24.5
(76.1) 		25.6
(78.1) 		25.5
(77.9) 		24.0
(75.2) 		20.5
(68.9) 		16.0
(60.8) 		12.0
(53.6) 		18.7
(65.7)
Average rainfaw mm (inches) 33.6
(1.32) 		66.8
(2.63) 		99.5
(3.92) 		172.9
(6.81) 		213.5
(8.41) 		286.9
(11.30) 		227.2
(8.94) 		258.5
(10.18) 		140.8
(5.54) 		52.3
(2.06) 		41.3
(1.63) 		38.1
(1.50) 		1,631.4
(64.24)
Average rainy days (≥ 0.1 mm) 7.2 10.8 12.7 13.3 15.3 17.1 13.4 13.7 9.9 5.2 4.8 5.2 128.6
Average relative humidity (%) 78 80 82 82 85 86 83 83 81 77 76 75 81
Mean monthly sunshine oors 143.2 96.0 101.7 112.8 134.7 170.9 239.7 218.6 200.7 207.6 181.2 171.5 1,978.6
Percent possible sunshine 43 30 28 30 33 42 58 55 55 58 55 52 45
Source: Cheenae Meteorological Admeenistration [3]

Twin towns — sister cities

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Shantou is twinned wi the followin ceeties: [4]

Kintra Ceety Coonty/Destrict/Province/Region/State Date
 Japan Kishiwada Osaka Prefectur Juin 2, 1990[5]
 Canadae Saunt John New Brunswick Februar 28, 1997[6]
 Vietnam Can Tho N/A August 1, 2005[7]

Friendly exchanges:

Kintra Ceety Coonty/Destrict/Province/Region/State Date
 Sooth Korea Pyongtaek Gyeonggi-do Mairch 25, 2003[8]
 Australie Fairfield New Sooth Wales Aprile 26, 2005[9]
 Unitit States Orlando Florida August 8, 2007[10]
 Unitit States Los Angeles Californie December 25, 2001[11]

References

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  1. ↑ Willis E. Hurd (1922). "North Pacific Ocean" (PDF). Monthly Weather Review. pp. 433–35. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 16 Julie 2011. Retrieved 5 Julie 2007. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  2. ↑ "北回归线标志塔". Archived frae the original on 13 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 1 Juin 2013.
  3. ↑ "中国地面国际交换站气候标准值月值数据集（1971－2000年）" (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Archived frae the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 4 Mey 2010.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  4. ↑ "Sister Cities and Friendly exchange cities, the official website of the Shantou city". Archived frae the original on 4 August 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
  5. ↑ "Sister Cities Kishiwada, the official website of the Shantou city". Archived frae the original on 30 December 2006. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
  6. ↑ "Sister Cities St.John's, the official website of the Shantou city". Archived frae the original on 20 Julie 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
  7. ↑ "Sister Cities Can Tho, the official website of the Shantou city". Archived frae the original on 15 September 2006. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
  8. ↑ "Sister Cities Pyongtaek, the official website of the Shantou city". Archived frae the original on 12 September 2006. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
  9. ↑ "Sister Cities Fairfield, the official website of the Shantou city". Archived frae the original on 18 September 2006. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
  10. ↑ "Sister Cities Orlando, the official website of the Shantou city". Archived frae the original on 18 September 2006. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
  11. ↑ "Sister Cities Los Angeles, the official website of the Shantou city". Archived frae the original on 18 September 2006. Retrieved 30 October 2009.

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