Sanshui, China
Sanshui District, formerly romanized as Samshui,[a] is an urban district of the prefecture-level city of Foshan in Guangdong province, 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.
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Sanshui
三水区
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Sanshuibei railway station
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Location of Sanshui District (red) in Foshan City and Guangdong
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| Coordinates: 23°09′21″N 112°53′48″E | |
| Country | People’s Republic of China |
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| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture-level city | Foshan |
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| • Total | 874 km2 (337 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 11 m (37 ft) |
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| • Total | 386,000 |
| • Density | 440/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code |
528100
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| Area code | 0757 |
| Licence plate prefix | 粤 ET |
| Website | http://www.sanshui.gov.cn/ |
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| Chinese | 三水 | ||||||||||||
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| Jyutping | Saam1-seoi1 | ||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | Sāamsēui | ||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Sānshǔi | ||||||||||||
| Postal | Samshui | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Three Waters Tri-River |
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