Sanshui District
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Sanshui 三水区 |
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Lubao Temple
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.png) Location of Sanshui District (red) in Foshan City and Guangdong |
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| Coordinates: 23°09′21″N 112°53′48″E / 23.15583°N 112.89667°ECoordinates: 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 (2002) | |
| • Total | 386,000 |
| • Density | 440/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 528100 |
| Area code | 0757 |
| Licence plate prefix | 粤 ET |
| Website | http://www.sanshui.gov.cn/ |
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| Cantonese Yale | Sāamsēui | ||||||||||||
| Cantonese Jyutping | Saam1-seoi1 | ||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Sānshǔi | ||||||||||||
| Postal | Samshui | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning |
Three Waters Tri-River |
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Sānshǔi |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Sāamsēui |
| Jyutping | Saam1-seoi1 |
Sanshui District, formerly romanized as Samshui, is an urban district of the prefecture-level city Foshan in Guangdong, China. It had about 386,000 inhabitants in 2002. It is known for the "Samsui women", emigrants who labor in Singapore, and for a large fireworks explosion in 2008.
Samshui was formerly a town which served as the seat of an eponymous county. It was elevated to city status before becoming an urban district of Foshan.
In February 2008, twenty fireworks warehouses exploded in Sanshui. In total over 15,000 cartons of fireworks were set off over a period of 24 hours. The loss of inventory was extensive enough that U.S. markets faced real shortages of supply.
The neighbouring cities, counties and districts are Gaoyao, Dinghu District and Sihui in the west, Qingxin County and Qingyuan in the north, Huadu District and Nanhai District in the east and Gaoming District in the south-west. Sanshui administers 2 subdistricts and 5 towns:
Oil, coal, and slate are found in the surrounding area. However, Sanshui is also an important producer of food for Guangdong Province, especially fruit. The mainstay of the former city's economy was the Jianlibao Company, which produced a soft drink made from oranges and honey. During the 1990s, Jianlibao was a popular drink throughout China and it even made it into the Hong Kong market. However, embezzlement by the company's senior management has reduced its success. Despite Sanshui's proximity to Guangzhou and other Pearl River Delta cities, it remains a relatively poor place with many people only earning a few hundred yuan a month.
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