Zhanjiang, formerly known as "Guangzhou Bay" or "Port City", is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province, an important port city on the southeast coast approved by the State Council, and one of the central cities in western Guangdong and Beibu Gulf. Modern emerging port industrial city with tropical scenery. Zhanjiang is located at the southern tip of Chinese mainland, southwest of Guangdong Province, with a tropical monsoon climate. Zhanjiang has a total area of 13263 square kilometers, and governs 4 municipal districts, 2 counties and 3 county-level cities.
Zhanjiang was named after Shenchuan County in history, and the Shenchuan Inspection Department is located here. 1September, 1983, the system of merging cities and counties was implemented, and Zhanjiang was a prefecture-level city directly under the provincial government.
Zhanjiang, located at the junction of Guangdong, Qiong and Guangxi provinces, is the main seaport of China's southwest provinces and the shortest sea passage from Chinese mainland to Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe and Oceania. The representative cultures of Zhanjiang are Leizhou culture and Gaoliang culture. Xuwen ancient port in Zhanjiang was the earliest port of departure of the Maritime Silk Road in Han Dynasty.
Postal codes of cities, districts and counties in Guangdong Province:
Chaozhou: Chaoan County (5 15600), Raoping County (5 15700), Xiangqiao District (52 1000) and Fengxi District (52 1000).
Foshan: Gaoming District (528500), Nanhai District (528200), Sanshui District (528 100), Shunde District (528000) and Chancheng District (528000).
Heyuan City: Dongyuan County (5 17500), peace county City (5 17200), Lianping County (5 17 100), Longchuan County (5 17300) and Yuanyuan County.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhanjiang