Chaonan () 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, People's Republic of China. The District includes the Xiashan Subdistrict () and the towns of Jingdu (), Longtian (), Leiling (), Chengtian (), Hongchang (), Lugang (), Liangying (), Xiancheng (), Chendian (), and Simapu ().

Transportation

The currently under construction Chaonan railway station, on the

Shantou–Shanwei high-speed railway The Shantou–Shanwei high-speed railway is a high-speed railway currently under construction in China. The railway runs from Shantou railway station to Shanwei railway station. It serves as a faster parallel corridor to the existing mixed passe ...

, will serve the district. Shantou County-level divisions of Guangdong {{Guangdong-geo-stub