Shantou
Shantou, referred to as "Shan", also known as 鮀城 and 鮀岛, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province, a sub-central city of Guangdong, a special economic zone, located in the east of Guangdong Province, adjacent to Chaozhou and Jieyang in the north, and the South China Sea in the south.
- City with about 5,500,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 50 metres (170 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code SWA
- Description: prefecture-level city in Guangdong, China
- Also known as“Laiwu”“Shan-t’ou-shih”“Shantou Shi”“Shantow”“Souatoou”“Swatow”
Places of Interest
Discover Catholic Church of Shantou and Queshi Scenic Area.
Catholic Church of Shantou
St. Joseph's Cathedral is the cathedral of the…
Shantou Queshi Bridge
The Queshi Bridge, in Shantou, China, is among the world's longest bridges.
Suburbs in the Area
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Shantou
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Latitude
23.3564° or 23° 21′ 23″ north
Longitude
116.6776° or 116° 40′ 39″ east
UN/LOCODE
CN STG
Open location code
7PMR9M4H+H2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = city
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zhuang—“Shantou” goes by many names.
ShantouAfrikaans
SjantouAfrikaans
شانتوArabic
ՇանտոուArmenian
ShantouAsturian
ShantouBasque
ШаньтоуBelarusian
শানটুBengali
শানতুBengali
শানতোউBengali
শানথৌBengali
শ্যানটুBengali
শ্যানটোউBengali
সানটোউBengali
সানতুBengali
সানতোউBengali
ShantouBreton
ШантоуBulgarian
ShantouCatalan
Shantou ShiCebuano
Shàntóu ShìChinese
汕头Chinese
汕头市Chinese
汕頭Chinese
汕頭市Chinese
潮汕Chinese
ShantouCroatian
Šan-tchouCzech
ShantouDanish
ShantouDutch
ŜantoŭoEsperanto
ShantouEsperanto
Shantou ShiEstonian
ShantouFinnish
ShantouGalician
汕头市Gan Chinese
შანტოუGeorgian
ΣαντόουGreek
શાન્તૌGujarati
Sân-thèu-sṳHakka Chinese
שאנטואוHebrew
שנטאוHebrew
शांतोऊHindi
शांतौHindi
SantouHungarian
ShantouIcelandic
ShantouIndonesian
ShantouIrish
ShantouItalian
汕頭Japanese
汕頭市Japanese
ಶಾಂಟೋKannada
ಶಾಂತೌKannada
ShantouKikuyu
산터우 시Korean
ShantouKurdish
ຊານໂຖLao
ŠaņtouLatvian
汕頭市Literary Chinese
ŠantouLithuanian
ShantouMalagasy
ShantouMalay
षांतौMarathi
Sáng-tàuMin Dong Chinese
Sòaⁿ-thâu-chhīMin Nan Chinese
ШантоуMongolian
ShantouNorwegian
ShantouNorwegian Bokmål
ShantouNorwegian Nynorsk
ShantouOccitan (post 1500)
ШаньтоуOssetian
ShantouPampanga
شانتوPersian
ShantouPolish
ShantouRomanian
ШаньтоуRussian
ShantouScots
ШантоуSerbian
ShantouSilesian
ෂැන්ටොඋSinhala
ŠantouSlovenian
ŠantovSlovenian
ShantouSwahili
ShantouSwedish
Shantou ShiSwedish
ShantouTagalog
ஷான்டோவுTamil
శాంటౌTelugu
ชั่นโถวThai
ซัวเถาThai
ShantouTurkish
شەنتۇ شەھىرىUighur
ШаньтоуUkrainian
شانتوUrdu
ShantouVenetian
Sán ĐầuVietnamese
ShantouWaray (Philippines)
ShantouWelsh
شانتوؤWestern Panjabi
汕头Wu Chinese
Ciu SanYue Chinese
San TauYue Chinese
汕頭Yue Chinese
SandouzZhuang
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Localities in the Area
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