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Which province does Chaoyang City belong to?

There is no Chaoyang City, but Chaoyang District.

Chaoyang District, a district under the jurisdiction of Shantou City, is located in the southeast of Guangdong Province, on the edge of the South China Sea. It is called Chaoyang because it is located in the north of the sea. Chaoyang District currently governs 4 subdistricts: Wenguang, Chengnan, Mianbei, and Jinpu, and 9 towns: Haimen, Heping, Gurao, Guiyu, Tongyu, Hexi, Xilu, Guanbu, and Jinzao, and 272 villages (communities). ), with an area of ??665.74 square kilometers, a total population of 1.8086 million, and more than 1.2 million overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. It is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese in the country.

Tourism Culture

There are more than 130 tourist attractions and cultural relics in the district, including 1 national key cultural relics protection unit (Wenguang Tower) and 5 provincial cultural relics protection units ( Tomb of Patriarch Dadian in Lingshan Temple, Haimen Mass Tomb, Haimen Lotus Peak Cliff Carvings, Sixu Hall Stone Carvings, Dongyan Cliff Carvings), Dongshan Scenic Area, Lianhua Peak Scenic Area, Dafeng Scenic Area, Lingshan Temple, Wenguang Pagoda And other places of interest are famous far and wide.

English singing and dancing, paper-cutting, and flute music are the "three treasures" of Chaoyang culture and art, and are included in the first batch of national and provincial "intangible cultural heritage" protection projects. There are traditional crafts such as wood carving, stone carving, tin carving, and incense manuscript end sculpture, as well as folk cultural activities such as Teochew opera, "Double Loyalty" culture, "Mazu" culture, "Dafeng" charity culture, and Guiyu's "street sheds", which won the title of "Chinese Folk "Hometown of Culture and Art" title.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Chaoyang District