In which province and city is Chaonan District, Shantou City, Guangdong Province located?

Located in: Chaonan District, Shantou City, Guangdong Province

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Chaonan District is located in the southwest of Shantou, bordering the South China Sea to the east, Puning to the west, and Puning to the south. It is adjacent to Huilai and borders Chaoyang to the north. The total area of ??the district is 599.87 square kilometers. In 2019, it governed 1 sub-district in Xiashan and 10 towns including Chendian, Simapu, Lugang, Liangying, Xiancheng, Hongchang, Leiling, Longtian, Narita and Jingdu, and 232 villages (communities), including Revolutionary There are 177 villages in old districts and 107 villages in mountainous areas. At the end of the year, the registered population was 1.4869 million and the permanent population was 1.3909 million.

Chaonan District has a cultivated land area of ??168,900 acres, a grain sowing area of ??355,300 acres, and a grain output of 157,100 tons. The forest area is 20,400 hectares, the forest coverage rate is 34.05%, and the standing stock volume is 731,200 cubic meters. In 2019, the region's GDP was 45.696 billion yuan, the total industrial output value above designated size was 75.161 billion yuan, the total fixed asset investment in the whole society was 46.058 billion yuan, the total retail sales of consumer goods was 30.358 billion yuan, and the general public budget revenue was 1.088 billion yuan. Yuan.

Chaonan District’s important mineral resources include granite, quartz sand, zircon, titanium iron, magnets and rare earths; the district is very rich in water resources, with an annual rainfall of 1,700 mm and 7 Qiufeng Reservoirs. A medium-sized reservoir with an annual water storage capacity of 140 million cubic meters; important marine resources include more than 200 kinds of common fish such as grouper, hairtail, bass, carp, and crucian carp, and more than 50 kinds of shellfish such as shrimp, crab, and oyster; local specialties include Xiancheng Shusha, Leiling lychees, Jingdu preserved vegetables, etc. The main tourist attractions in Chaonan District include the provincial-level cultural relics protection units Red Square, the Red Palace and the Dananshan Stone Carvings Revolutionary Slogans, the provincial party history education base, the municipal patriotism education base Red Square Revolutionary Martyrs Monument and the Dananshan Revolutionary History Memorial Hall, the municipal Class-level scenic spots such as Xianhu Scenic Area, Cuifengyan Scenic Area, Tianxianyan Scenic Area, etc. Chaonan District is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese, with more than 1 million overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. It is a famous old revolutionary area and an important part of the Hailufeng Revolutionary Base Area. There are the older generation of proletarian revolutionaries Peng Pai and Xu Xiangqian in the district. The Dananshan Revolutionary Site where they were engaged in revolutionary activities in their early years.

In September 2020, Alibaba Research Institute released the "Top 100 Taobao Village Counties in 2020", and Chaonan District was on the list, ranking 24th.

In June 2020, Chaonan District was included in the second batch of counties and counties for the protection and utilization of revolutionary cultural relics (Guangdong area).

In October 2019, Chaonan District was selected as one of the Top 100 National Science and Technology Innovation Districts in 2019, ranking 76th.

In March 2019, Chaonan District was included in the first batch of districts and counties for the protection and utilization of revolutionary cultural relics (Hailufeng District).

In February 2017, Chaonan District was included in the list of counties (cities, districts) with basically balanced development of compulsory education nationwide in 2016.