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Chaozhou
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Chaozhou (), alternatively Chiuchow, Chaochow or Teochew, is a city in the eastern Guangdong province of China. It borders Shantou to the south, Jieyang to the southwest, Meizhou to the northwest, the province of Fujian to the east, and the South China Sea to the southeast. It is administered as a prefecture-level city with a jurisdiction area of and a total population of 2,568,387. It is also the ancestral hometown of 2.7 million overseas Teochow people.
Chaozhou is a city in eastern Guangdong province, China, that serves as an administrative center for a region of about 2.6 million people. It holds cultural significance as the ancestral homeland of 2.7 million Teochow people living overseas.
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Key facts
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- Chaozhou
- Settlement.native_name
- 潮州市
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- zh
- Settlement.other_name
- Teochew
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- The Phoenix City ()
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- Prefecture-level city
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- yes
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- 8
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- Guangdong subdivisions - Chaozhou.svg
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- Location of Chaozhou in Guangdong province
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- China
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- Location in China
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- Municipal seat
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- Xiangqiao District
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- Country
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- People's Republic of China
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- Province
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Official name
- 潮州市
- Country
- China
- Located in
- Guangdong
- Contains
- Raoping County
- Population
- 2568387
- Area
- 3145.93
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Official website
- www.chaozhou.gov.cn
- Image
- Chaozhou hbr.jpg
- Dialing code
- 768
- Licence plate code
- 粤U
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- topic's main category
- Category:Chaozhou
- Commons category
- Chaozhou
- twinned administrative body
- Bangkok
- category for people born here
- Q32755434
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Chaozhou
- postal code
- 521000
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- History
- Modern era
- Geography
- Climate
- Administrative divisions
- Language
- Education
- Culture
- Tourism
- Media
- Newspaper
- Radio and television
- Chaozhou communities
- Demographics
- Sister cities
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Chaozhou (), alternatively Chiuchow, Chaochow or Teochew, is a city in the eastern Guangdong province of China. It borders Shantou to the south, Jieyang to the southwest, Meizhou to the northwest, the province of Fujian to the east, and the South China Sea to the southeast. It is administered as a prefecture-level city with a jurisdiction area of and a total population of 2,568,387. It is also the ancestral hometown of 2.7 million overseas Teochow people.
Along with Shantou and Jieyang, Chaozhou is a cultural center of the Chaoshan region.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chaozhou” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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