Chaozhou

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For the Chaozhou dialect of the Chinese language, see Teochew (dialect).

For the township in Taiwan, see Chaojhou, Pingtung.

For the Zen monk Chao-chou, see Zhaozhou.

潮州市
Cháozhōu Shì
Image:ChinaGuangdongChaozhou.png
Administration Type	Prefecture-level city
City Seat	Xiangqiao District (Template:Coor dm)
Area	km²
Coastline	km
Population	2,495,900 (2004)
GDP - Total - Per Capita	¥25.69 billion (2004 ¥10,306 (2004)
Major Nationalities	Han
County-level divisions	4
Township-level divisions
CPC Committee Secretary
Mayor	Tang Xikun (汤锡坤) (interim)
Area code	768
Postal Code	521000 (Urban center) 515600, 515700 (Other areas)
License Plate Prefix	粤U

Chaozhou (Template:Zh-cpw), also widely known by its Postal Romanization Teochew, is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong province, People's Republic 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.

1 Administration
2 Geography and climate
3 History
4 Miscellaneous
5 See also
6 External link

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Administration

The prefecture-level city of Chaozhou administers 4 county-level divisions, including 2 districts and 2 counties.

Xiangqiao District (湘桥区)
Fengxi District (枫溪区)
Chao'an County (潮安县)
Raoping County (饶平县)

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Geography and climate

Image:Chaozhou location.png

Chaozhou is located in the easternmost part of Guangdong Province, north of the coastal Shantou City. It is located in the north of the delta of the Han River (韩江), which flows through the city.

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History

In 214 BC, Chaozhou was an undeveloped and unnamed part of Nanhai Commandry (南海郡) of the Qin Dynasty. In 331 during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Haiyang (海陽縣) was established as a part of Dongguan Commandry (東官郡).

Dongguan Commandry was renamed to Yi'an Commandry (義安郡) in 413. The commandry became a prefecture in 590 in the early Sui Dynasty; first as Xun Prefecture (循州, Xunzhou), then as Chao Prefecture (潮州, Chaozhou) in the following year. In 1914, the Republic of China government combined Chao and Xun prefectures into Chaoxun Prefecture or Chaoxun Circuit (潮循道).

For a short while in the Sui and early Tang Dynasties, Haiyang District was called Yi'an District (義安縣). The district's name remained Haiyang until 1914, when it was renamed to Chao'an County (潮安縣) to avoid ambiguity with the Haiyang County of Shandong Province.

The seat of the 1951 Guangdong People's Government was at Chao'an County, a part of it was created as Chao'an City in 1953 and later that year renamed to Chaozhou City (county-level). In 1955, the provincial seat moved to Shantou. Chaozhou City was abolished five years later, and reestablished again in 1979. In 1983, the situation was reversed, with Chao'an abolished and made a part of Chaozhou City. Chaozhou was made a provincially-administered city in January 1989, and a vice-prefecture-level city in January 1990.

Together, Chaozhou and the nearby city of Shantou are called Chaoshan. The name was used for the joint political-administrative area which encompassed the two cities from 1958 until 1983. For the next five years, Shantou City was a higher-level city containg Chaozhou within it. Currently, Chaozhou and Shantou are equal in status.

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