How many districts are there in Chaoshan?

Chaoshan area is located in the southeast coast of Guangdong Province, at the southern foot of Lianhua Mountain range, belonging to Chaoshan cultural area, including Shantou, Chaozhou, Jieyang and Shanwei, and has long been a local administrative region in history. Chaoshan is connected to Lianhua Mountain in the north, the South China Sea in the south, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in the west, Minnan in the east and Taiwan Province Province across the sea. Chaoshan four cities and Fengshun county are similar in geography, culture, folk customs and language. They are the ancestral home and settlement of Chaoshan people and the birthplace and prosperity of Chaoshan culture. The four cities cover 1 1 district, 6 counties, 2 county-level cities, Puning and Lufeng, with a total resident population of18 million and a total area of 1665438+.

Chaoshan, known as Yi 'an and Chaozhou in ancient times, is a famous historical and cultural city in China, a political, economic, cultural and military center in eastern Guangdong, a famous tourist resort and a hometown of famous food and tea. "Food is in Guangzhou and taste is in Chaozhou". Chaozhou cuisine has been officially designated as the sole representative of China's food culture for three times to participate in the World Expo. Since the Song Dynasty, it has enjoyed the reputation of "a famous country in the sea, a county in the south, a seaside Zou Lu and a cultural window". The famous contemporary writer Lao She said in his poem that "I look forward to Chaoshan for dozens of autumn".

Chaoshan area in Guangdong Province is a local administrative region with a long history. Jieyang county and Nanhai county were established in the early Qin and Han dynasties, and Chaozhou was named in the early years of Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing and Republic of China. At the beginning of the founding of New China, it was named Chaoshan and later Shantou. Fengshun County left Shantou in 1965, and Shanwei left Shantou in 1983.