Shantou
prefecture-level city in Guangdong, China
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Shantou is a prefecture-level city[1]. Shantou draws 2,559 Wikipedia views per month (prefecture level city category, ranking #28 of 278).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Guangdong[3]
- Country: People's Republic of China[4]
- Head of government: Cai Zongze[5]
- Instance of: big city[6]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Longhu District[7], Jinping District[8], Haojiang District[9], Chaoyang District[10], Chaonan District[11], Chenghai District[12], Nan'ao County[13]
- Twinned administrative body: Tekirdağ[14], Saint John[15]
- Legislative body: Q106071072[16]
- Postal code: 515000[17]
- Commons category: Shantou[18]
- Licence plate code: 粤D[19]
- Local dialing code: 0754[20]
- Coordinate location: 23.35388888888889, 116.68222222222222[21]
- Official website: https://www.shantou.gov.cn/[22]
- Topic's main category: Category:Shantou[23]
- Population: 5,502,031[24]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[26], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[27], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[28]
- Official name: 汕头市[29]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Shantou[30]
- Native label: 汕头[31]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Shantou[32]
- Elevation above sea level: 51[33]
- Area: 2199.04[34]
- Hashtag: Shantou[35]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Shantou[36]
Why It Matters
Shantou has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Shantou is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]