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Swatow: see Shantou Shantou or Swatow , city (1994 est. pop. 718,800), SE Guangdong prov., China, a port on the South China Sea, in the Han River delta. When it was opened to foreign trade after the second Opium War, it was a minor fishing village.
..... Click the link for more information. , China. Swatow (also Shant’ou), a city in China, in Kwangtung Province, on the coast of the South China Sea, in the delta of the Han Chiang. Population, more than 300,000 (1970). Swatow is a transportation hub and seaport. The city’s machine-building industry produces ships, diesel locomotives, machine tools, hydraulic generators, agricultural implements, and instruments. The chemical industry produces photographic paper and film, plastics, and caustic soda. There are enterprises of the rubber, match, textile, tobacco, canning, and sugar industries. Craftsmen make bamboo articles, lacquer ware, umbrellas, and fans. Swatow is a center of the fishing industry. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | Teochew/Teo-chew (1893) after the name Swatow in district of Kwangtung in southern China serves to designate both the people and the language spoken by this people. A second stream of Chinese men sought work as labourers and migrated through Hong Kong to California, Canada, Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand; through Amoy and Swatow to Singapore, Malaya, Thailand and Java; and from Canton and Macao to the West Indies and South America. At the time, all three children had been living in Swatow in China. |
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