Shantou
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Shantou is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong, with administrative division code 440500.

## Administrative status

Shantou is part of [Guangdong](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong.html) (province)[^mca2023].

## Subdivisions

7 county-level or higher divisions[^mca2023]:

- [Longhu District](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/longhu.html) (district, 440507)
- [Jinping District](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/jinping.html) (district, 440511)
- [Haojiang District](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/haojiang.html) (district, 440512)
- [Chaoyang District](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/chaoyang-shantou.html) (district, 440513)
- [Chaonan District](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/chaonan.html) (district, 440514)
- [Chenghai District](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/chenghai.html) (district, 440515)
- [Nan'ao County](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/nan-ao.html) (county, 440523)

## Basic facts

- Administrative division code: 440500[^mca2023]
- Area: 2,199.04 km²[^wikidata]
- Population: 5.50 million (2020)[^wikidata]

Updated: 2026-10-29

Tags:
- Administrative division https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/tags/admin-division.html

Relations:
- Located in: Guangdong https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Longhu District https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/longhu.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Jinping District https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/jinping.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Haojiang District https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/haojiang.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Chaoyang District https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/chaoyang-shantou.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Chaonan District https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/chaonan.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Chenghai District https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/chenghai.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Nan'ao County https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/nan-ao.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: 潮汕味道·煮海餐厅（金麟大厦店） https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/restaurant-shantou-zhuhai-jinlin.html
- Contains places: 建业酒家（凤凰山路店） https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/restaurant-shantou-jianye-fenghuangshan.html
- Related works: 达濠鱼丸 https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/works/shantou-dahao-yuwan.html
- Related works: 潮汕卤鹅 https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/works/shantou-lu-e.html

Mentioned in:
- Guangdong https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guangdong.html
- Longhu District https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/longhu.html
- Jinping District https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/jinping.html
- Haojiang District https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/haojiang.html
- Chaoyang District https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/chaoyang-shantou.html
- Chaonan District https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/chaonan.html
- Chenghai District https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/chenghai.html
- Nan'ao County https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/nan-ao.html

Sources:
- 2023年中华人民共和国县以上行政区划代码（民政部） https://www.mca.gov.cn/mzsj/xzqh/2023/202301xzqh.html 代码 440500 汕头市
- Wikidata Q59100 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59100
- Shantou (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shantou
- 汕头市（维基百科） https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B1%95%E5%A4%B4%E5%B8%82