Longhu District () is a district of

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 ...

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. It is the birthplace of the famous

Shantou Special Economic Zone Shantou Special Economic Zone (), located within Shantou, Guangdong, is one of the five special economic zones in the People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With popu ...

Administrative divisions

There are 10

subdistrict A subdistrict or sub-district is an administrative division that is generally smaller than a district. Equivalents * Administrative posts of East Timor, formerly Portuguese-language * Kelurahan, in Indonesia * Mukim, a township in Brunei, Ind ...

s in the district:

Shantou Special Economic Zone

In the northwestern part of the Zhuchi Street Subdistrict lies the Longhu Processing Area of the Shantou Special Economic Zone.

Industry

Towards the south is the Zhuchi Deep-water Port Area of the Shantou Port. This area contains an international terminal. Connecting the port to the rest of the mainland are two railways: the Shugang railway and the Guangmeishan Railway, which has a Passenger Station.

Transportation

Shantou railway station Shantou Railway Station () is a railway station located in Longhu District, Shantou. It opened on 28 December 1995, situating on the eastern end of Guangzhou–Meizhou–Shantou railway, and later also branching off from Xiamen–Shenzhen railway ...

is located here. *

Shantou South railway station Shantou South railway station () is a railway station in Longhu District, Shantou, Guangdong, China. It is an intermediate stop on the Shantou–Shanwei high-speed railway. Layout The station is expected to have two side platforms and a bypass l ...

is under construction and will be situated here.

References

Shantou County-level divisions of Guangdong Island counties of China {{Guangdong-geo-stub