Why is Chaozhou under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province instead of Fujian Province?

Administratively, this area is under the jurisdiction of Guangdong. Chaozhou is located in the south of the motherland, in the middle and lower reaches of the Han River. It is one of the cities in the economic zone on the west side of the Taiwan Strait and a coastal port city in the east of Guangdong Province. It is adjacent to Zhaoan County and Pinghe County in Fujian Province in the east, Jiedong District in Jieyang City in Guangdong Province in the west, Fengshun County and dapu county in Meizhou City in the north, Nanhai City in the south and Shantou City in the south.

The city covers a total area of 3,679 square kilometers, including 3 146 square kilometers of land, 533 square kilometers of sea area and 0/36 kilometers of coastline.

Extended data Chaozhou has a total area of 3600.9 square kilometers. The terrain is high in the north and low in the south, and the mountainous area accounts for about 65.2% of Chaozhou's land area. There are 9 peaks above 1000m above sea level.

Chaozhou has a subtropical maritime monsoon climate, and June ~ 10 is the main period affected by tropical cyclones every year, with heavy rain and heavy rain. In autumn, affected by the cold air in the north, the temperature gradually drops. At this time, the weather was fine and there was little precipitation, and Chaozhou began to enter the dry season. The northeast wind or the north wind prevails in winter, and the dry and cold air from the north has been greatly weakened after a long journey, so the winter here is warmer, and there are few cold weather below 0℃.

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