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Shantou (Simplified: 汕头; Traditional: 汕é ; Hanyu Pinyin: Shà ntóu; POJ: Sòaâ?¿-thau; also seen as SwátÅ?w or Suátao) is a city of 784,000 in coastal eastern Guangdong Province, China.
Shantou, a city significant in 19th-century Chinese history as one of the treaty ports established for Western trade and contact, was one of the original Special Economic Zones of the People's Republic of China established in the 1980s, but failed to blossom like other cities such as Shenzhen, Xiamen and Zhuhai. However, it is home to the only university in the northeast region of Guangdong province, Shantou University.
Geographic coordinates: 116º14' - 117º19' E, 23º02' - 23º38' N
Area: 234 km²
Shantou was a fishing village part of Tuojiang City (鮀江都), Jieyang District (æ?陽縣) during the Song Dynasty. It came to be Xialing (廈嶺) during the Yuan Dynasty. In 1563, Shantou was a part of Chenghai District (澄海縣) in Chao Prefecture (Chaozhou). As early as 1574, Shantou had been called Shashan Ping (沙汕å?ª). In the seventeenth century, a cannon platform called Shashan Toupaotai (沙汕é 炮臺 sha shan tou pao tai) was made here, and the placename later was shortened to "Shantou".
It became a city in 1919, and was separated from Chenghai in 1921. As a high-level city, Shantou administered Chaozhou City from 1983 to 1989.
Shantou, a city significant in 19th-century Chinese history as one of the treaty ports established for Western trade and contact, was one of the original Special Economic Zones of the People's Republic of China established in the 1980s, but failed to blossom like other cities such as Shenzhen, Xiamen and Zhuhai. However, it is home to the only university in the northeast region of Guangdong province, Shantou University.
Geographic coordinates: 116º14' - 117º19' E, 23º02' - 23º38' N
Area: 234 km²
Shantou was a fishing village part of Tuojiang City (鮀江都), Jieyang District (æ?陽縣) during the Song Dynasty. It came to be Xialing (廈嶺) during the Yuan Dynasty. In 1563, Shantou was a part of Chenghai District (澄海縣) in Chao Prefecture (Chaozhou). As early as 1574, Shantou had been called Shashan Ping (沙汕å?ª). In the seventeenth century, a cannon platform called Shashan Toupaotai (沙汕é 炮臺 sha shan tou pao tai) was made here, and the placename later was shortened to "Shantou".
It became a city in 1919, and was separated from Chenghai in 1921. As a high-level city, Shantou administered Chaozhou City from 1983 to 1989.
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