Geographical environment of Chaoyang district

Chaoyang District is located at 23 03'-23 31'north latitude and11614'-1/6 40' east longitude. Located in the southeast of Guangdong Province, bordering the South China Sea, Shantou in the northeast, Puning in the west, Huilai in the south and Jiedong in the north. The total area is 647.67 square kilometers.

Chaoyang District belongs to the coastal hilly plain area, with the topographical features of "two mountains, two rivers and two plains", and the terrain inclines from northwest to southeast. The south is Da Nanshan, which belongs to the Da Nanshan system residual vein, and the north is Xiao Beishan, which belongs to the Tieshan residual vein of Puning City. The coastal areas are banded beaches, which are distributed in the coastal areas of Haimen, Du Jing and Tianxin Town. After the shelterbelt is built, it becomes a fixed or semi-fixed sandy land.

Chaoyang District is located in the southeast coast of Guangdong Province, close to the Tropic of Cancer, with a subtropical maritime climate. The annual average temperature in this area is 2 1.5℃, the annual average sunshine time is 1, 000-3,000 hours, the sunshine rate is 48%, the annual average rainfall is 1, 72 1mm, and the annual average relative humidity is 80%. Chaoyang District has no heat in summer, no cold in winter, abundant sunshine, abundant rainfall and mild climate.

Chaoyang has superior natural conditions and abundant resources. Hills and plains alternate in the territory, and rivers and canals crisscross. There are more than 200,000 mu of cultivated land in the whole region and 300,000 mu in mountainous areas. Rich in labor resources, the region has 690,000 laborers, including 200,000 industrial workers; More than 654.38 million overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan; Private capital and people's power, overseas Chinese capital and overseas Chinese power are rich.

Chaoyang Plain covers an area of 690 square kilometers, accounting for 52.7% of the total area. The hilly area is 578 square kilometers, accounting for 44.2%; The beach area is 40.4 square kilometers, accounting for 3. 1%.