Chaozhou
| 潮州 市 Chaozhou |
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| Coordinates | 23 ° 40 ′ N , 116 ° 38 ′ E | ||
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| Country | People's Republic of China | ||
| Guangdong | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | CN-GD | ||
| surface | 3078 km² | ||
| Residents | 2,646,000 (2016) | ||
| density | 859.6 Ew. / km² | ||
 Location in Guangdong
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Chaozhou ( Chinese 潮州 市 , Pinyin Cháozhōu shì - "tidal prefecture"; regionally also: Tiuchiu , Teochiu ; outdated : Teochew ) is a district-free city in the easternmost part of Guangdong Province , People's Republic of China .
The city is located in a hilly landscape on the delta of the Han Jiang River , 40 km north of Shantou . Your administrative area has an area of 3,078 km² and approx. 2.65 million inhabitants (end of 2016). 1.26 million people live in the actual urban settlement area of Chaozhou (2010 census). The regional language is named after the city and also overseas Chinese spread Teochew ( 潮州話 / 潮州话 , Cháozhōuhuà - "Chaozhou language") that the Min Nan group of Chinese languages heard.
The regional cuisine , namely the Chaozhou cuisine within the Cantonese regional cuisine , and tea culture (gongfu tea) are known nationwide.
There are many monuments from the Song Dynasty and ruins of a church. The Guangji Bridge in the city area , the manorial residence of the imperial son-in-law Xu, the Chaozhou Kilns , the Kaiyuan Temple , the Jilüe Huang Gong Ancestral Temple and the Hanwengong Ancestral Temple are on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China .
Administrative structure
Chaozhou is composed of a city district and two counties at the county level. These are:
- District Xiangqiao (湘桥区), 176 square kilometers, 340,000 inhabitants;
- Fengxi District (枫溪 区);
- District of Chao'an (潮安 区), 1,232 km², 1.18 million inhabitants, capital: large municipality Anbu (庵 埠镇);
- Raoping district (饶平 县), 1,670 km², 960,000 inhabitants, main town: Huanggang (黄冈 镇).
history
The name Chaozhou comes from the Sui Dynasty (591 AD), around this time the place became a prefecture.
In the 19th century, the city was ravaged by famine and the Opium Wars, and many residents emigrated to Southeast Asia. There are talk of 2.3 million overseas Chinese who have their roots in Chaozhou.
In the twentieth century Chaozhou was temporarily attached to the neighboring Shantou, today both cities are independent and equal.
See also
Web links
- Chaozhou (English)
- Guangji Bridge & a. (Chaozhou)