Foshan, China
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Foshan 佛山市 |
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| Prefecture-level city | |
Clockwise from top right: Zumiao of Foshan, Qingyun Tower in Shunfengshan Park, Gaoming, Guanyin atop Mount Xiqiao, & Downtown Foshan in Chancheng District
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| Nickname(s): 禅 (Chan) | |
 Location of Foshan in Guangdong |
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| Coordinates: 23°01′0″N 113°07′0″E / 23.01667°N 113.11667°ECoordinates: 23°01′0″N 113°07′0″E / 23.01667°N 113.11667°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Municipal seat | Chancheng District |
| Government | |
| • CPC Committee Secretary | Lu Yi (鲁毅) |
| • Mayor | Zhu Wei (朱伟) |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 3,848.49 km2 (1,485.91 sq mi) |
| • Water | 690 km2 (270 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 3,848.49 km2 (1,485.91 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 17,572.9 km2 (6,784.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 16 m (52 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 7,197,394 |
| • Density | 1,900/km2 (4,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard Time (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 528000 |
| Area code(s) | + 86 (0)757 |
| License plate prefixes |
粤E（for motor vehicles registered in Chancheng, Sanshui, and Gaoming）, 粤Y(for motor vehicles registered in Nanhai), 粤X(for motor vehicles registered in Shunde) |
| GDP | ¥ 701.0 billion (2013) |
| GDP per capita | ¥ 96,535 (2011) |
| Website | foshan |
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"Foshan" in Chinese characters
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| Chinese | 佛山 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Cantonese Yale | Fahtsàan or Fahtsāan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Postal | Fatshan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "Buddha Hill" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Fóshān |
| Bopomofo | ㄈㄛˊ ㄕㄢ |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh | Forshan |
| Wade–Giles | Fo2-shan1 |
| Yale Romanization | Fwóshān |
| IPA | [fwǒ.ʂán] |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Fahtsàan or Fahtsāan |
| IPA | [fɐ̀t̚.sâːn] or [fɐ̀t̚.sáːn] |
| Jyutping | Fat6-saan1 |
| Southern Min | |
| Tâi-lô | Pu̍t-suann |
Foshan, formerly romanized as Fatshan, is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province in southeastern China. The entire prefecture covers 3,848.49 km2 (1,485.91 sq mi) and has an urban population around 7.2 million. It forms part of the western side of the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone, which includes Guangzhou to the north and Shenzhen to the east.
Foshan is regarded as the home of the Cantonese forms of Chinese opera, kung fu, lion dancing, and dragon boat racing.
Fóshān is the pinyin romanization of the city's Chinese name , based on its Mandarin pronunciation. The Postal Map spelling "Fatshan" derives from the same name's local Cantonese pronunciation. Other romanizations include Fat-shan and Fat-shun. Foshan means "Buddha hill" and, despite the more famous present-day statue of Guanyin or Kwanyin on Mount Xiqiao, who isn't a Buddha, it refers to a smaller hill near the centre of town where three bronze sculptures of Buddha were discovered in AD AD 628. The town grew up around a monastery founded nearby that was destroyed in 1391.
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