Sanshui, Foshan
Sanshui
三水区 | |
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Sanshui North 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 (2020) | |
• Total | 803,226 |
| • Density | 970/km2 (2,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 528100 |
| Area code | 0757 |
| Licence plate prefix | 粤 E |
| Website | https://www.ss.gov.cn/ |
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| Chinese | 三水 | ||||||||||||
| Jyutping | Saam1-seoi2 | ||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | Sāamséui | ||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Sānshǔi | ||||||||||||
| Postal | Samshui | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Three Waters Tri-River | ||||||||||||
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Sanshui District, formerly romanized as Samshui, is an urban district of the prefecture-level city of Foshan in Guangdong province, China. It had a population of 803,226 as of the 2020 census. It is known for the "Samsui women", emigrants who labour in Singapore, and for a large fireworks explosion in 2008.