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Chaozhou Municipality, A prefecture-level city under Guangdong Province , In Chinese [潮州市]

Facts & Informations :

Administrative Division Code : 445100;
Post Code : 521000;
Phone Area Code :0768
The Prefix of Motor Vehicle License Plate : 粤U
The Prefix of Citizen Identity Card Number: 445100
Area Coverage: 3078 square kilometers;
Population : 2,500,000 persons;
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Current Weather of Chaozhou:
The adminitrative division form of Chaozhou is Municipality, which is one of the four administrative divisional forms at the the second level of China local administrative division system .
Municipality is also referred to as a prefecture level city (地级市). Most of Chinese big cities belong to this variety.
A prefecture-level municipality is subject to the juridiction of a provincial government ,and directly controls some urban districts while overseeing some counties or smaller cities on behalf of the provincial government.
Thus it's normal to see a large City (a Municipality) have juridiction over some small cities in China.
Subdivisions Under the jurisdication of Chaozhou Municipality
S/NFull NameIn Chinese In PinyinDivison type
1Xiangqiao District湘桥区Xiangqiao QuDistrict
2Raoping County饶平县Raoping XianCounty
3Chao’an County潮安县Chao'an XianCounty
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Overview



As a famous city with a long history and good culture, also a medium modernized city, Chaozhou was successively assessed as the hygienic and civilized city in Guangdong Province. It is now working hard to gain the title of “excellent tourism city in China”. It covers an area of 3,614 square kilometers with a total population of 2.47 million. Chaozhou is one of the major source of overseas Chinese, and 2.3 million overseas Chinese are from here.



In 1986, Chaozhou was announced to be a famous historical and cultural city of our country. And then our government protected and renovated the National Key-protected historical relic, Guangji Bridge and emperor’s son-in-law Xu’s mansion; besides, our country also reconditioned a series of places of interest, such as ancient walls, towers, temples and residence, built Taifo Hall, Huiru Garden, Raozongyi Academic House, Fenghuangzhou Park, Bingjiang Gallary, Daibei Hall in Kaiyuan Temple, extended Kaiyuan Public Square and renovated Hanwengong Temple, which added beauty to the famous city.

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