Sanshui, Foshan

Sanshui, Foshan
Sanshui, Foshan
Chinese	三水
Jyutping	Saam1-seoi2
Cantonese Yale	Sāamséui
Hanyu Pinyin	Sānshǔi
Postal	Samshui
Literal meaning	Three Waters; Tri-River
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Sānshǔi
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Sāamséui
Jyutping	Saam1-seoi2

Sanshui

三水区
Sanshui 三水区
District
	Sanshuibei railway station
	Location of Sanshui District (red) in Foshan City and Guangdong
	Coordinates: 23°09′21″N 112°53′48″E / 23.15583°N 112.89667°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Guangdong
Prefecture-level city	Foshan
Area
• Total	874 km2 (337 sq mi)
Elevation	11 m (37 ft)
Population (2010)
• Total	622,645
• Density	710/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	528100
Area code	0757
Licence plate prefix	粤 ET
Website	http://www.sanshui.gov.cn/

Sanshui District, formerly romanized as Samshui,^[a] is an urban district of the prefecture-level city of Foshan in Guangdong province, China. It had a population of 622,645 as of the 2010 census.^[2] It is known for the "Samsui women", emigrants who labour in Singapore, and for a large fireworks explosion in 2008.

^ Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878), "China" , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 5 (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
^ Tabulation on the 2010 population census of the people's republic of China by township (1st ed.). Beijing: China Statistics Print. 2012. ISBN 978-7-5037-6660-2.

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[1] Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878), "China" , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 5 (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons

[3] Tabulation on the 2010 population census of the people's republic of China by township (1st ed.). Beijing: China Statistics Print. 2012. ISBN 978-7-5037-6660-2.

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