Chaonan District is one of the urban areas of Shantou City, Guangdong Province. It is named after its geographical location in the south of the former Chaoyang City (county level). The word "Chaonan" is the abbreviation of "Southern Chaoyang". Chaonan District is located in the southwest of Shantou City, bordering the South China Sea to the east, Puning to the west, Huilai to the south, and Chaoyang District to the north. Chaonan District has a total area of ??596.42 square kilometers, accounting for 30% of the total area of ??Shantou City, and a total population of 1.29 million people1 (2010), accounting for 24% of the total population of Shantou City. It governs 10 towns, 1 street, and 232 villages. (residence). The coastline in Chaonan region is 14.7 kilometers long, the sea area is more than 4,000 square kilometers, the mountain area is 382,300 acres, and the cultivated land area is 208,200 acres. The city is 34 kilometers away from the central city of Shantou, 30 kilometers away from Puning city, 22 kilometers away from the entrance and exit of Tianxin Expressway, and 23 kilometers away from Chaoyang Station of Xiamen-Shenzhen Railway. The water resources are very abundant, with annual rainfall of 1,700 mm. There are 7 medium-sized reservoirs including Qiufeng Reservoir, with an annual water storage capacity of 140 million cubic meters. Chaonan District has the Dananshan Revolutionary Site where Peng Pai, an older generation of proletarian revolutionaries, was engaged in revolutionary activities in his early years, as well as tourist resources such as Edi Hot Spring, Cuifeng Rock, Xianhu Scenic Area, beaches and sea colors.