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Shantou, alternately romanized as Swatow [3] [4] and sometimes known as Santow, [5] is a prefecture-level city on the eastern coast of Guangdong, China, with a total population of 5,502,031 as of the 2020 census (5,391,028 in 2010) and an administrative area of 2,248.39 square kilometres (868.11 sq mi).
The Teochew people or Chaoshanese, Teo-Swa people or Chaoshan people (rendered Têo-Swa in romanized Teoswa [clarification needed] and Cháoshàn in Modern Standard Mandarin also known as Teo-Swa in mainland China due to a change in place names [1]) is an ethnic group native to the historical Chaoshan region in south China [2] who speak the Teochew language.
City Map Shantou 汕头: Pinyin: Shàntóu Cantonese Yale: Saantàu Peng'im: Suan1-tao5 Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sòaⁿ-thâu: 5,391,028 Shantou is the main city of the Chaoshan region. It is a port on the South China Sea, and is one of China's Special Economic Zones.
Chaozhou (Chinese: 潮州), alternatively Chiuchow, [3] Chaochow [4] or Teochew, [5] 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.
Raoping Hakka has some phonological and lexical features that appear to come from contact with Teochew.Some nasalized vowels come from Teochew, such as 鼻 'nose' /pʰĩ˧˥/ (Teochew /pʰĩ˩/), 好 'to like' /hãũ˥˧/ (Teochew /hãũ˨˩˧/). [4]
The China–Vietnam border is the international boundary between China and Vietnam, consisting of a 1,297 km (806 mi) terrestrial border stretching from the tripoint with Laos in the west to the Gulf of Tonkin coast in the east, and a maritime border in the Gulf of Tonkin and South China Sea. [1]
A coordinated attack by the Japanese drove the Chinese defenders, Hua Chen-chung's brigade and local militia units, from the city of Swatow. They fell back to the Yenfu–Meihsi line on June 23. The Japanese also had landed at Jiao Yu, the island south of Swatow, on June 22. They occupied the whole island by June 24.
The Port of Shantou is located in the estuary of the Rongjiang river (榕江), opening to the South China Sea. As of 2012 it had 86 berths, 18 of which were deep-water berths capable of handling ships over 10,000 DWT. [3] Shantou Port has eight port areas. The Old Port Area (老港区) Zhuchi Port Area (珠池港区) is the main port area as of ...