Shantou is located in southeast of Guangdong, China, adjacent to the South China Sea. It is known as "the gateway of east Nanling Mountains and the communication hub of Southeast China" because of its advantageous geographical location. The city covers an area of 2,064 square kilometers and has a population of 4.795 million people. It has jurisdiction over six districts----Longhu, Jinping, Haojiang, Chenghai, Chaoyang, Chaonan and Nan'ao County. The SEZ itself takes up 234 square kilometers of the area.
The climate here is of subtropical marine type with an annual average temperature of 21.3°C. It is not too cold in winter or too hot in summer. Shantou has plentiful sunshine and rain. The annual average sunshine time is 2,000-3,000 hours and sunlight centigrade 49%. The annual rainfall averages 1,672.25mm with an annual relative humidity of 82%.
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