Foshan
Foshan
佛山市 Fatshan | |
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Clockwise from top right: Zumiao of Foshan, Qingyun Tower in Shunfengshan Park, Foshan New Town in Shunde, Guanyin atop Mount Xiqiao, & Downtown Foshan in Chancheng | |
| Nickname: 禅 (Chan) | |
Location of Foshan in Guangdong | |
| Coordinates (Foshan municipal government): 23°01′17″N 113°07′18″E / 23.0214°N 113.1216°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Municipal seat | Chancheng District |
| Government | |
| • CPC Committee Secretary | Zheng Ke (郑轲) |
| • Mayor | Bai Tao (白涛) |
| Area | |
| 3,848 km2 (1,486 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 690 km2 (270 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 3,848 km2 (1,486 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 19,870.4 km2 (7,672.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 16 m (52 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| 9,498,863 | |
| • Density | 2,500/km2 (6,400/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 9,042,500 |
| • Urban density | 2,300/km2 (6,100/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 65,594,622 |
| • Metro density | 3,300/km2 (8,500/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 1.759 trillion US$ 166.8 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 127,085 US$ 19,699 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard Time) |
| Postal code | 528000 |
| Area code | (0)757 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-GD-06 |
| Licence plate prefixes |
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| Website | foshan |
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"Foshan" in Chinese characters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese | 佛山 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Fóshān | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | Fahtsàan or Fahtsāan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Postal | Fatshan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "Buddha Mountain" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Foshan (UK: /foʊˈʃæn/, US also /-ˈʃɑːn/; Chinese: 佛山) is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. The entire prefecture covers 3,848 km2 (1,486 sq mi) and had a population of 9,498,863 as of the 2020 census. The city is part of the western side of the Pearl River Delta megalopolis, a conurbation housing 86,100,000 inhabitants, making it the biggest urban area of the world.
Foshan is regarded as the home of Cantonese opera, a genre of Chinese opera; Nanquan, a martial art; and lion dancing.