The location of Chaozhou is in the northeast of Guangdong.

Guangdong Province has 21 prefectural-level cities under its jurisdiction, which are divided into four regions: the Pearl River Delta (PRD), the eastern part of Guangdong, the western part of Guangdong and the northern part of Guangdong, of which the eastern part of Guangdong is: Shantou, Chaozhou, Jieyang and Shanwei.

Chaosuzhou is located on the southern border of the motherland, in the middle and lower reaches of the Han River, and is a port city on the eastern coast of Guangdong Province. It borders Zhao'an and Pinghe counties of Fujian Province in the northeast and is separated from Taiwan's Treasure Island by the sea in the east. The main rivers in the territory are Han River and Huanggang River.

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Chaoshan, belonging to the same prefecture as Chiu Chow since ancient times, is the capital of eastern Guangdong, a national historical and cultural city. It is a famous national historical and cultural city, which has been recorded in history for more than 3,000 years.

Qin Shihuang 33 years (214 BC), Qin Shihuang will be seized by the Lingnan region, set up "Guilin, Elephant, South China Sea," three counties, Chaozhou belongs to the South China Sea County, Jieyang County (Jieyang garrison), Jieyang County, Jieyang Ridge and named.

Qing Xianfeng eight years (1858) the second Opium War "Tianjin Treaty" set Chaozhou as a commercial port, located in the Chaozhou Province Chenghai County, Tuopu Shi Shantou.

Shantou Port was opened in 1860, which is one of the earliest port cities opened to the outside world in modern China. In the 1930s, Shantou's port throughput ranked the 3rd in the country, and its commercial prosperity ranked the 7th in the country, and it was the transportation hub, port of entry and exit, and merchandise distribution center of eastern Guangdong, southwestern Fujian, and southeastern Gan.

The name "Chaoshan" originated from the construction of the Chaoshan Railway, the first private railroad in modern China, in 1904, and was widely used after Shantou was divided into the three cities of Chaoshan (Shantou, Chaozhou and Jieyang) in 1991.

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