Which district is Shantou downtown in?

Longhu district is located in the center of Shantou.

Longhu district belongs to Shantou City. Located in the northeast of Shantou City, it borders Waisha River and Chenghai District in the northeast, Meixi and Chaoan District in the northwest, jinping district in the west and the South China Sea in the south and southeast.

Longhu district, named after Longhugou in China, is the birthplace of Shantou Special Economic Zone and the central city of Shantou. It is the core area of Shantou Bay New District and Overseas Chinese Economic and Cultural Cooperation Experimental Zone, with developed trade and logistics. It is the commercial center of eastern Guangdong and the gathering place of finance, exhibition, securities and hotel industry.

Climate and Environment in Shantou City

Shantou belongs to the subtropical zone, between the equatorial low pressure zone and the subtropical high pressure zone, and at the southern edge of the northeast trade wind zone. Shantou is located at the southeast end of the Eurasian continent, on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, near the South China Sea. It is often northerly in winter and southerly or southeasterly in summer, which has obvious monsoon climate characteristics.

The Tropic of Cancer passes through the northern part of Shantou City. The city belongs to the tropical maritime climate of South Asia. Mild and humid, sunny, abundant rain, long frost-free period, wet spring rain; In early summer, the temperature rises and changes, and there are often heavy rains. In midsummer, although it is hot and less hot, it is often hit by typhoons. Autumn is cool and dry, the weather is sunny, and the temperature drops obviously; There is no severe cold in winter, but it is cold for a short time.