Chao'an
潮安区 Chaoan | |
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Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Guangdong |
Prefecture-level city | Chaozhou |
Area | |
• Total | 1,231 km2 (475 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,076,500 |
• Density | 870/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Website | www |
Chao'an (the former county) | |||||||||
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Chinese | 潮安 | ||||||||
Postal | Chaoan | ||||||||
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Haiyang | |||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 海陽 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 海阳 | ||||||||
Postal | Haiyang | ||||||||
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Chao'an (Chinese: 潮安; pinyin: Cháo'ān) is a district of Chaozhou City in eastern Guangdong Province. It was Chao'an County until June 2013, when it became a district of Chaozhou.[1] The former county was known as 'Haiyang' until 1914.
It has an area of 1,238.77 km2 (478.29 sq mi) and a population of 1,076,500.[2] It is under the jurisdiction of Chaozhou prefecture-level city.
Administrative divisions
[edit]- Anbu (庵埠镇)
- Caitang (彩塘镇)
- Chifeng (赤凤镇)
- Dengtang (登塘镇)
- Dongfeng (东凤镇)
- Fenghuang (凤凰镇)
- Fengtang (凤塘镇)
- Fengxi Town, Chaozhou (枫溪镇)
- Fuyang (浮洋镇)
- Guihu (归湖镇)
- Guxiang (古巷镇)
- Jiangdong (江东镇)
- Jinshi (金石镇)
- Longhu (龙湖镇)
- Shaxi (沙溪镇)
- Wanfeng Forestry (万峰林场)
- Wenci (文祠镇)
References
[edit]- ^ 潮州市潮安县“撤县建区”获批准. Nanfang Daily. 2013-08-09. Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
- ^ "Profile of Chao'an County" (in Chinese). Official website of Chao'an County Government. Archived from the original on 2008-10-07. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
External links
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