Does Shanwei belong to Chaoshan area?

Shantou belongs to Chaoshan.

The Chaoshan area is located on the southeast coast of Guangdong Province and south of the Lianhua Mountains. It belongs to the Chaoshan Cultural District and includes the four cities of Shantou, Chaozhou, Jieyang and Shanwei. It has been a local administrative region for a long time in history.

Chaoshan borders the Lianhua Mountains to the north, the South China Sea to the south, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to the west, southern Fujian to the east, and faces Taiwan. The four cities of Chaoshan and Fengshun County are closely related in terms of geography, culture, folk customs and language. They are the ancestral home and settlement place of Chaoshan people, and the birthplace and prosperity of Chaoshan culture.

Shanwei City is located on the southeastern coast of Guangdong Province, bordering Jieyang City on the east and Huilai County; Huizhou City on the west and Huidong County; Heyuan City on the north and Zijin County; and Zijin County on the south. South China Sea. The total area is 5271 square kilometers.

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The historical evolution of Shanwei:

After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Haifeng and Lufeng were both commissioners of the Guangdong River. In 1953, it was transferred to the Eastern Administrative Office; in 1957, it was affiliated to the Huiyang Commissioner's Office; in December 1958, it was placed under the jurisdiction of the Shantou District Commissioner's Office; in September 1983, it was again under the jurisdiction of the Huiyang District Commissioner's Office.

In January 1988, with the approval of the State Council, prefecture-level Shanwei City was established in the administrative areas of the original Haifeng and Lufeng counties. At the end of 1992, the Red Bay Economic Development Experimental Zone was established in Tiangan Town and Zhelang Town in the urban area. In 1995, an overseas Chinese management area was established at the overseas Chinese farm under the jurisdiction of Lufeng.

In 1995, with the approval of the State Council, Lufeng was removed from the county and established as a city (county-level city), under the direct jurisdiction of the provincial government and entrusted to the Shanwei Municipal People's Government. On May 21, 2011, the Shenzhen-Shantou Special Cooperation Zone licensing ceremony was held in Guangzhou. The planning scope of the "Shenzhen-Shantou Special Cooperation Zone" includes the four towns of Ebu, Xiaomo, Qianmen and Chishi in Haifeng County, with a total area of ??463 square kilometers.

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