Chenghai, Shantou

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Mountain Hexiang (河象山)

Chenghai or Tenghai (澄海, Hanyu Pinyin: Chénghǎi, Teochew: Thěng Hài) is a district of the city of Shantou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China.

It is the birthplace of Qin Mu, and Hai-Hong, the father of Taksin who was a Thai king.

It is located in the southeast part of Guangdong Province. Chenghai was a town controlled by Shantou City till 1994. From 1994 onward, Chenghai was upgraded to a country-level city and was administrated by the Provincial Government directly. When in 2005, Chenghai was absorbed as a district by Shantou City, it had already become a worldwide known toy manufacturing hub.

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