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  Chaozhou - China-related Topics CE-CH - China-Related Topics
Chaozhou is located in the easternmost part of Guangdong Province, north of the coastal Shantou City.
Chaozhou was made a provincially-administered city in January 1989, and a vice-prefecture-level city in January 1990.
Together, Chaozhou and the nearby city Shantou are called "Chao-Shan" (潮汕); Chaoshan was used as the name of the joint political-administrative area which encompassed the two cities from 1958 until 1983.
www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Chaozhou   (488 words)

  
 CHAOZHOU Articles City: 265,300 (2002)The prefecture-
The prefecture-level city of Chaozhou administers 4 county-level divisions, including 2 districts and 2 counties.
It is located in the north of the delta of the Han River (??), which flows through the city.
In 214 BC, Chaozhou was an undeveloped and named part of Nanhai Commandery (???) of the Qin Dynasty.
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 Guangdong
As time passed, the demographics of what is now Guangdong slowly shifted to Han Chinese-dominance, especially during several periods of massive migration from the north during periods of political turmoil and/or nomadic incursions from the fall of the Han Dynasty onwards.
For example, internal strife in northern China following the rebellion of An Lushan resulted in a 75% increase in the population of Guangzhou prefecture between 740s-750s and 800s-810s[1].
After the communist takeover and until the start of the Deng Xiaoping reforms in 1978, Guangdong was an economic backwater, although a large underground, service-based economy has always existed.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/g/gu/guangdong.html   (1886 words)

  
 Hakka Villages
According to records, the name Three Mountains is derived from the names of three famous mountains, the Du, Ming, and Ding Mountains, in Jieyang County, Chaozhou Prefecture, Guangdong Province.
These beliefs are a relic of the nature and mountain worshiping traditions passed down from ancient times.
Chaozhou and Shantou were brought completely under his control.
edu.ocac.gov.tw /lang/hakka/english/c/main.htm   (214 words)

  
 Chaoshan - China-related Topics CE-CH - China-Related Topics
Image:Chaozhou_map2005.jpgthumb270pxleftChaozhou Prefecture (in yellow), part of the Chaoshan Teochiu linguistic region
Image:Jieyang_map2005.jpgthumb270pxleftJieyang Prefecture (in yellow), part of the Chaoshan Teochiu linguistic region
Encompassing the cities of Raoping, Chaozhou, Shantou, Jieyang, Chaoyang, Puning, Chao'an, Huilai, and Shanwei, the Chaoshan region, with a population of approximately 10 million, covers an area of about 10,500 km??
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 China Guide - the complete reference about China.
It is divided into three branches: Guangdong food is traditional Guangdong cuisine; Chaozhou food is similar to Fujian cuisine because Chaozhou neighbors Fujian Province; and Dongjiang food, which is represented by Huizhou food, emphasizes domestic animals and poultry.
After the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty (221-206BC) unified the whole China, Nanhai Prefecture was founded in Guangdong.
Guangzhou and Chaozhou are the renowned historical and cultural cities and Foshan is one of the Four Great Towns nationwide.
www.china-guide.de /english/provinces/guangdong.html   (942 words)

  
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Hotelrates.com Directory of hotels, Cities, states, best rates, hotel info, » East Asia » China » Guangdong »; Chaozhou
"Tide Prefecture"; pinyin: Cháozhōu; Wade-Giles: Ch'ao²-chou¹; usually spelled Chiu Chow in the US and Hong Kong), also widely known by its Postal map spelling Teochew, is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong province, People's Republic of China.
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 China Travel
The rate of land covered by forest in Xinjiang has risen from 1.03 percent 20 years ago to the current 1.92 percent.
Aksu Prefecture, an area frequented by sandstorms, has organized 26 tree-planting campaigns since 1986
Water pollution controls at Dianchi Lake pay off
www.chinainfotravel.com /china_travel.htm   (15456 words)

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