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Shantou

China

Watercolour of Shantou, China. Centered around Shantou Small Park (Xiaogongyuan) arcade rotunda, Queshi Scenic Area granite hills overlooking the bay, and the Queshi Bridge, with Xiaogongyuan and Queshi Scenic Area.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Xiaogongyuan; Queshi Scenic Area; Queshi Bridge and Shantou Bay Bridge; Chaoshan; Swatow Customs House and Maritime Museum; Chaoshan subtropical coastal flora
Viewpoint
Favor the classic viewpoint looking across the landscape toward the signature landmarks of Shantou, showing regional foliage and foreground textures, the iconic architectural monuments in the middle-ground, and the distant horizon fading in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in banyan trees with dangling aerial roots, flame trees, and casuarina pines.
Population3,838,900Wikidata: 5,502,031
Coordinates23.35°N, 116.68°E
Elevation51 m
Area2,199 km²
Time zoneAsia/ShanghaiUTC+8
Solar noon12:13clock runs 0.2 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Shantou and you surface nearest to Embarcación, Argentina — 81 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

ChaozhouCN34 km
JieyangCN38 km
XiamenCN190 km
LongyanCN194 km
HuizhouCN232 km
JinjiangCN252 km
QuanzhouCN260 km
Luohu DistrictCN276 km

Twinned cities

Wikidata records no twinned cities for Shantou inside this atlas.

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