Raoping County is a county under the jurisdiction of Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province. It is located at the junction of Chaozhou City and Chenghai District of Shantou City, facing the South China Sea in the south and facing Nan 'ao County across the sea. It borders Zhao 'an County and Pinghe County in Fujian in the east and northeast, dapu county in the north and Fengshun County in the west and southwest.
Raoping County was located in the 13th year of Chenghua in Ming Dynasty (1477). The analysis shows that Xuanhua and Xinning in Taiping Township (now Chao 'an District) of Haiyang County, Luanzhou, Qingyuan and Xiange in Guangde Township, Qiuxi in Longyan City and Suwan in Huaide Township are all in Raoping County. 1983 65438+ February belongs to Shantou city; 199 1 year 65438+February 7th, under the jurisdiction of Chaozhou city.
Geological features:
Raoping County, located at the edge of Chaoshan Plain, is one of the mountainous counties in Guangdong. Its terrain is surrounded by mountains and seas, and the terrain is high in the north and low in the south. The east, north and west are surrounded by mountains, with valleys, basins and plains in the middle and the South China Sea in the south. The northwest is hilly, with empty valleys and basins in the middle, and platforms and alluvial plains along the southeast coast.