求粤东汕头市英文简介

[Shantou]

　　Geographic coordinates: 116º14' - 117º19' E, 23º02' - 23º38' N
　　Shantou (also known as Swatow or Suátao) is a city of 1.2 million in coastal eastern Guangdong Province, China, metropolitan area 4,721,117 (calculation 2006).

　　History ：
　　Shantou was a fishing village part of Tuojiang City (鮀江都), Jieyang District (揭阳县) during the Song Dynasty. It came to be Xialing (厦岭) during the Yuan Dynasty. In 1563, Shantou was a part of Chenghai District (澄海县) in Chao Prefecture (Chaozhou). As early as 1574, Shantou had been called Shashan Ping (沙汕坪). In the seventeenth century, a cannon platform called Shashan Toupaotai (沙汕头炮台 sha shan tou pao tai) was made here, and the placename later was shortened to "Shantou".

　　It became a city in 1919, and was separated from Chenghai in 1921. In the 1930s, Shantou Port was a transport hub and merchandise distribution centre for Southeast China; its cargo