Shantou

Japanese: 汕頭 - すわとう
Shantou

A prefecture-level city on the South China Sea in the eastern part of Guangdong Province, China. The name is in the Cantonese dialect. It is located at the western end of the Hanjiang Delta. It governs Nan'ao County and six other city districts, including Chenghai and Chaoyang (as of 2016). Its population is 5,504,600 (2015). When Chaozhou was opened to foreign trade by the Treaty of Tianjin in 1858, it became an open port in 1860 as its outer port, and has since developed as a port city. It was also known as a birthplace of overseas Chinese until the early 20th century. It has regular shipping routes to Singapore and Penang in Malaysia. In addition to agricultural processing such as canned goods, refined sugar, and tobacco, industries such as machinery, film, photographic paper, electronics, and shipbuilding have developed. It is also famous as the birthplace of Shantou embroidery. In 1980, it was designated a special economic zone to attract foreign capital, and export processing zones for electronics, plastics, furniture, etc. were established.

Across the sea of ​​Guoshi, south of the city, there are famous places of interest such as Shantou Seaside Park, Peach Blossom Canal, and Shishiqu. Religious activities are thriving in the city, and by 2012, the city government had approved 446 religious facilities, with a total of over 100,000 believers. The Guangzhou-Meizhou-Shantou Line connects the city and Guangzhou. There are also air routes to various parts of the country as well as Hong Kong.

[Chieko Aoki, Michihiro Kono, and editorial staff, January 19, 2017]

[Reference items] | Guangdong (province) | Special Economic Zone | White thread embroidery | Chaozhou

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

中国、広東(カントン)省東部の南シナ海に臨む地級市。スワトウは広東方言。韓江(かんこう)デルタの西端に位置する。南澳(なんおう)県と、澄海(ちょうかい)、潮陽(ちょうよう)など6市轄区を管轄する(2016年時点)。人口550万4600(2015)。1858年の天津(てんしん)条約で潮州(ちょうしゅう)が開港されると、その外港という名目で1860年開港場となり、以後港湾都市として発展した。また20世紀初頭までは華僑(かきょう)の出身地として知られた。シンガポールやマレーシアのペナンに定期航路が開かれている。缶詰、精糖、たばこなどの農産物加工のほか、機械類、フィルム、印画紙、電子、造船などの工業が発展している。また汕頭刺しゅうの産地として有名である。1980年に外資導入のため経済特区に指定され、電子、プラスチック、家具などの輸出品加工区が新設された。

 市街地南方の礐石(かくせき)海を隔てた礐石には汕頭海浜公園、桃花澗(とうかかん)、十四曲などの名勝がある。宗教活動が盛んで、2012年までに市政府に承認された宗教施設は446か所、信者の合計は10万人を超えたといわれる。広州(こうしゅう)―梅州(ばいしゅう)―汕頭を結ぶ広梅汕(こうばいさん)線が通じている。また国内各地のほか香港(ホンコン)への空路も開けている。

[青木千枝子・河野通博・編集部 2017年1月19日]

[参照項目] | 広東(省) | 経済特区 | 白糸刺しゅう | 潮州

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