Jieyang

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揭阳市
Jiēyáng Shì

Administration Type	Prefecture-level city
City Seat	(}; pinyin: ) is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. It borders Shantou to the east, Chaozhou to the northeast, Meizhou to the north, Shanwei to the west, and looks out to the South China Sea to the south. Contents 1 Administration 2 Economy 3 Language and culture 4 External links Administration The prefecture-level city of Jieyang administers 5 county-level divisions, including 1 district, 1 county-level city and 3 counties. Rongcheng District (榕城区) Puning City (普宁市) Huilai County (惠来县) Jiedong County (揭东县) Jiexi County (揭西县) These are further divided into 100 township-level divisions, including 69 towns, 10 townships and 21 subdistricts. Economy Rice cultivation and the textile industry are important to its economy. Language and culture The Teochew dialect is spoken in the surrounding prefecture. External links [Government website of Jieyang] (in Simplified Chinese) Prefecture-level divisions of Guangdong '''Sub-provincial cities: Guangzhou | Shenzhen '''Prefecture-level cities: Chaozhou | Dongguan | Foshan | Heyuan | Huizhou Jiangmen | Jieyang | Maoming | Meizhou | Qingyuan | Shantou | Shanwei Shaoguan | Yangjiang | Yunfu | Zhanjiang | Zhaoqing | Zhongshan | Zhuhai List of Guangdong County-level divisions   From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details. Search Titles 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ? E-mail this article to: Personal Message: