Chaoyang, Shantou
Chaoyang
潮阳区 | |
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Chaoyang Wenguang Pagoda | |
Location of Chaoyang in Shantou | |
Shantou in Guangdong | |
| Coordinates: 23°15′57″N 116°36′05″E / 23.2657°N 116.6014°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture-level city | Shantou |
| Area | |
• Total | 667.6 km2 (257.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,654,276 |
| • Density | 2,478/km2 (6,418/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Chaoyang District (postal: Chaoyang; simplified Chinese: 潮阳区; traditional Chinese: 潮陽區; pinyin: Cháoyáng Qū), also rendered in English as Teo Yor (variant: Teoyeo, Tioyio, Teoyall), is a district in the municipality of Shantou, Guangdong Province, China.
Chaoyang borders Haojiang District (濠江區) to the east, looks across Niutianyang (牛田洋) toward Jinping District (金平區) to the northeast, adjoins Puning City to the west, is next to Chaonan District to the south, and meets Jieyang City to the north. The region’s mother river, the Lian River, flows east to west through Chaoyang and enters the South China Sea at Haimen Town.