Haimen () is a town of
Chaoyang District,
Shantou
Shantou, Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanization of Chinese, romanized as Swatow and sometimes known as Santow, is a prefecture-level city on the eastern coast of Guangdong, China, with a total population of 5,502,031 as of the 20 ...
, in the east of
Guangdong
) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...
province,
China
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, and is situated on the
South China Sea
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coast. It administers 16 villages, and in 2005, it had a population of about 114,300 residing in a total area of , although of it is ocean.
In December 2011, it was the site of
protests
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where thousands of demonstrators spoke out over plans to expand a coal-fired power plant in the town.
广东海门逾万民众抗议反对建电厂
BBC Chinese. Accessed 2011-12-20
References
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Township-level divisions of Guangdong
Shantou