Chaoyang District, Shantou

Chaoyang 潮阳
District
潮阳区
Chaoyang Wenguang Pagoda
Location of Chaoyang in Shantou
Chaoyang Location in Guangdong
Coordinates: 23°19′N 116°29′E / 23.317°N 116.483°E / 23.317; 116.483Coordinates: 23°19′N 116°29′E / 23.317°N 116.483°E / 23.317; 116.483
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Guangdong
Prefecture-level city	Shantou
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)

Chaoyang District (Chinese Postal Map Romanisation: Chaoyang; simplified Chinese: 潮阳区; traditional Chinese: 潮陽區; pinyin: Cháoyáng Qū) is a district in the municipality of Shantou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China.

Administration

Population figures given as of the 2003 census.

Street Committee (街道, jiedao)

• Wenguang 文光 - pop. 146649
• Mianbei 棉北 - pop. 54942
• Chengnan 城南 - pop. 108651
• Jinpu 金浦 - pop. 79252

Town (镇, zhen)

• Haimen 海门 - pop. 115221
• Guanbu 关埠 - pop. 121930
• Heping 和平 - pop. 162174
• Gurao 谷饶 - pop. 135628
• Guiyu 贵屿 - pop. 133727
• Tongmeng 铜盂 - pop. 116044
• Jinyu 金玉 - pop. 77977
• Zaopu 灶浦 - pop. 49406
• Xilu 西胪 - pop. 154725
• Hexi 河溪 - pop. 79155

Famous natives

• Chin Sophonpanich, founder of Bangkok Bank.
• Huang Guangyu, the richest man in mainland China.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chaoyang District, Shantou.

• Official site, in simplified Chinese