Chaoyang, Shantou
Encyclopedia
Chaoyang District is a district
in the municipality
of Shantou
, Guangdong
Province
, People's Republic of China
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District (China)
The term district, in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China....
in the municipality
Prefecture-level city
A prefectural level city , prefectural city or prefectural level municipality is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. Prefectural level cities form the second level of the administrative...
of Shantou
Shantou
Shantou , historically known as Swatow or Suátao, is a prefecture-level city on the eastern coast of Guangdong province, People's Republic of China, with a total population of 5,391,028 as of 2010 and an administrative area of...
, 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
Province (China)
A province, in the context of Chinese government, is a translation of sheng formally provincial level divisions, which is an administrative division. Provinces, municipalities, autonomous regions, and the special administrative regions, make up the four types of province of administrative division...
, 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...
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Street Committee (街道, jiedao)
- Wenguang 文光 - pop. 146649
- Mianbei 棉北 - pop. 54942
- Chengnan 城南 - pop. 108651
- Jinpu 金浦 - pop. 79252
Town (镇, zhen)
- Haimen 海门 - pop. 115221
- Guanbu 关埠 - pop. 121930
- Heping 和平 - pop. 162174
- Gurao 谷饶 - pop. 135628
- Guiyu 贵屿 - pop. 133727
- Tongmeng 铜盂 - pop. 116044
- Jinyu 金玉 - pop. 77977
- Zaopu 灶浦 - pop. 49406
- Xilu 西胪 - pop. 154725
- Hexi 河溪 - pop. 79155
Famous natives
- Chin SophonpanichChin Sophonpanich- Biography :Chin was born to a Chinese immigrant father from Chaoyang, who was a sawmill clerk, and a Thai mother in Thonburi, Bangkok, although some sources stated otherwise that he was born in Shantou before he migrated to Thailand...
, founder of Bangkok Bank. - Huang Guangyu, the richest man in mainland China.