Jieyang
Jieyang
揭阳市 Kityang | |
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Jieyang music fountain | |
Location of Jieyang in Guangdong | |
Interactive map of Jieyang | |
Jieyang Location in China | |
| Coordinates (Jieyang municipal government): 23°33′04″N 116°22′22″E / 23.5510°N 116.3727°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| County-level division | 5 |
| Township-level division | 100 |
| City seat | Rongcheng District |
| Government | |
| • CPC Secretary | Yan Zhichan (严植婵) |
| • Mayor | Chen Dong (陈东) |
| Area | |
| 5,240.5 km2 (2,023.4 sq mi) | |
| • Coastline (excluding islands) | 82 km2 (32 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| 5,877,025 | |
| • Density | 1,121.5/km2 (2,904.6/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 741,674 |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 226.5 billion US$ 35.1 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 40,470 US$ 6,273 |
| Time zone | China Standard |
| Postal code | 522000
(Urban center) 515300-515500 (Other areas) |
| Area code | 663 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-GD-52 |
| Language | Min and Hakka |
| Local dialect | Chaoshan Min and Hakka |
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"Jieyang", as written in Chinese calligraphy | |||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 揭阳 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 揭陽 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jyutping | Kit3 joeng4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | Kityèuhng | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Jiēyáng | ||||||||||||||||||
| Postal | Kityang | ||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Rising sun | ||||||||||||||||||
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Jieyang (simplified Chinese: 揭阳; traditional Chinese: 揭陽; pinyin: Jiēyáng; Chaozhou dialect: gig4 iên5; Jieyang dialect: gêg4 ion5) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong Province (Yuedong), People's Republic of China, part of the Chaoshan region whose people speak Chaoshan Min distinct from neighbouring Yue speakers. It is historically important as the hometown of many overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia. It borders Shantou to the east, Chaozhou to the northeast, Meizhou to the north, Shanwei to the west, and looks out to the South China Sea to the south.