Chao'an | |
Other Name: | Chaoan |
Settlement Type: | District |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Guangdong |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name2: | Chaozhou |
Area Total Km2: | 1231 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Total: | 1076500 |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Chao'an (the former county) | |
Psp: | Chaoan |
C: | 潮安 |
W: | Ch'ao2-an1 |
P: | Cháo'ān |
Haiyang | |
Psp: | Haiyang |
T: | 海陽 |
S: | 海阳 |
W: | Hai3-yang2 |
P: | Hǎiyáng |
Chao'an is a district of Chaozhou City in eastern Guangdong Province. It was Chao'an County until June 2013, when it became a district of Chaozhou.[1] The former county was known as 'Haiyang' until 1914.
It has an area of 1238.77km2 and a population of 1,076,500.[2] It is under the jurisdiction of Chaozhou prefecture-level city.