Shantou and Chaozhou are not the same place, but Shantou and Chaozhou belong to the same region.

Shantou and Chaozhou are two different cities, but both belong to the Chaoshan area.

1. Chaozhou City: Located in the southern Xinjiang of the motherland, in the middle and lower reaches of the Han River, it is a port city on the eastern coast of Guangdong Province.

2. Shantou City: a municipality under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province and a special economic zone. It is also an important port city on the southeast coast and a central city in eastern Guangdong.

Extended information:

Shantou City, Chaozhou City, and Jieyang City, namely the three cities of Chaoshan, Shantou and Chaojie, have been a city administrative region since ancient times. The name of Jieyang County in the Qin, Han and Western Jin Dynasties has been the name of the past dynasties. Chaozhou Prefecture, formerly known as Shantou City in contemporary times, was divided into Shantou, Chaozhou and Jieyang in 1991.

In the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the three counties of Haiyang, Chaoyang, and Jieyang of the Chaoshan ethnic group under the jurisdiction of Chaozhou were collectively known as Chaozhou Sanyang. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the counties of Haiyang, Chaoyang, Jieyang, and Chenghai under the jurisdiction of Chaozhou Prefecture were inhabited by Chaoshan people. , Puning, Huilai, Raoping and Fengshun are collectively known as Chaozhou Eight Counties.

The name "Chaozhou" originated from Chaozhou, which was established in the original Yi'an County in the 11th year of Emperor Wen's reign in the Sui Dynasty (591). Taking the meaning of "in Chaozhou, the tide comes and goes", Chaoshan was named Chaozhou in the Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing and early Republic of China. Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and overseas still call Chaoshan Chaozhou.

The name "Chaoshan" originated from the construction of the Chaoshan Railway, China's first private railway in modern times, in 1904. It has been widely known since the Chaoshan Huanggang Uprising led by Sun Yat-sen in 1907. It was widely used after the division of the former Shantou City in 1991. After present-day Shantou City, Chaozhou City, and Jieyang City.

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