For the style of Chinese painting, see Shan ShuiShan Shui refers to a style of Chinese painting that involves or depicts scenery or natural landscapes, using a brush and ink rather than more conventional paints. Mountains, rivers and often waterfalls are prominent in this art form.-History:Shan shui painting first arose to prominence during the...
Sanshui District (
ChineseA Chinese character, also known as a Han character , is a logogram used in writing Chinese , Japanese , less frequently Korean , and formerly Vietnamese , and other languages...
: 三水区;
pinyinPinyin , or more formally Hanyu Pinyin , is currently the most commonly used romanization system for Standard Mandarin. Hanyu means the Chinese language, and pinyin means "phonetics", or more literally, "spelling sound" or "spelled sound"...
: Sānshǔi Qū), formerly
Sanshui City, is a district with about 120,000 inhabitants in
GuangdongGuangdong is a province on the southern coast of People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...
province of the
People's Republic of ChinaThe People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the most populous in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately one-fifth of the world's population...
. Sanshui is part of Foshan City.
Average temperature 5n January is 13°C, and average temperature in June is at 27°C. Annual precipitation is approximately 1700 mm.
Oil, coal, and slate are found in the surrounding area.
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Foshan City |
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120,000 |
| Postal Code: |
528100 |
| Area Code The Chinese Telephone Code Plan is the way to group telephone numbers in the mainland of the People's Republic of China. Land lines and mobile phones follow different systems: land lines use area codes, while mobile phones do not....
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0757 |
| License Plate Prefix: |
粤 ET |
| Sanshui District |
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874 km² |
| Population: |
386,000 (2002) |
Population densityPopulation density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans. It is a key term used in geography....
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442/km² |
| Web site: |
www.sanshui.gov.cn |
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For the style of Chinese painting, see Shan ShuiShan Shui refers to a style of Chinese painting that involves or depicts scenery or natural landscapes, using a brush and ink rather than more conventional paints. Mountains, rivers and often waterfalls are prominent in this art form.-History:Shan shui painting first arose to prominence during the...
Sanshui District (
ChineseA Chinese character, also known as a Han character , is a logogram used in writing Chinese , Japanese , less frequently Korean , and formerly Vietnamese , and other languages...
: 三水区;
pinyinPinyin , or more formally Hanyu Pinyin , is currently the most commonly used romanization system for Standard Mandarin. Hanyu means the Chinese language, and pinyin means "phonetics", or more literally, "spelling sound" or "spelled sound"...
: Sānshǔi Qū), formerly
Sanshui City, is a district with about 120,000 inhabitants in
GuangdongGuangdong is a province on the southern coast of People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...
province of the
People's Republic of ChinaThe People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the most populous in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately one-fifth of the world's population...
. Sanshui is part of Foshan City.
Geography
Average temperature 5n January is 13°C, and average temperature in June is at 27°C. Annual precipitation is approximately 1700 mm.
Economy
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 KongHong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a highly autonomous territory of the People's Republic of China, facing Guangdong to the north and the South China Sea to the east, west and south...
market. However, embezzlement by the company's senior management has reduced its success. Despite Sanshui's proximity to
GuangzhouGuangzhou , in English formerly known as Canton and also known as Kwangchow, is a sub-provincial city and the capital of Guangdong Province in the southern part of the People's Republic of China.It is a port on the Pearl River,...
and other
Pearl River DeltaThe Pearl River Delta in southern People's Republic of China is the low-lying area alongside the Pearl River estuary where the Pearl River flows into the South China Sea. Since economic liberalisation was adopted by the Chinese government in the late 1970s, the delta has become one of the leading...
cities, it remains a relatively poor place with many people only earning a few hundred yuan a month.
Administration
The neighbouring cities, counties and districts are
GaoyaoGaoyao City is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Zhaoqing prefecture-level city in Guangdong province, in southern China. Population: 706,000.-Geography:...
, Dinghu and
SihuiSihui is a county-level city of Guangdong Province, in southern China, under the jurisdiction of Zhaoqing. Population: 80,000....
in the west, Qingxin and
QingyuanQingyuan is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong province of the People's Republic of China. Its total population is 4.03 million, and the primary language spoken is Cantonese. With an area of 19,015 km², Qingyuan is the city of the largest land area in Guangdong...
in the north, Huadu and
NanhaiNanhai District is a district of Foshan prefecture-level city, in Guangdong province, southern China. It is the first city to have developed e-government informatization at the county level in China.-Administration:...
in the east and
GaomingGaoming District is a district in Guangdong province of the People's Republic of China. Gaoming City is located west of Foshan City, and has a population of 276,000 and Covers an area of 967.4 km². -Economy:...
in the south-west. The district is divided into 6 townships and 3 Street committees. Major localities within the county include
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(大塘),
LiuheLiuhe may refer to:* Liuhe County , in Jilin Province, China* Luhe District , in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China* Liuhe Pagoda, multi-storied Chinese pagoda in southern Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China* Liuhe Town, Taicang , Jiangsu Province, China...
(六和),
LepingLeping is a city district of Jiangxi, China. It is under the administration of the Jingdezhen city....
(乐平), Nanbian (南边), Hekou (河口), Jinben (金本), Lubao (芦苞) and Baini (白坭).
Transporatation
Sanshui is on the railway line from
GuangzhouGuangzhou , in English formerly known as Canton and also known as Kwangchow, is a sub-provincial city and the capital of Guangdong Province in the southern part of the People's Republic of China.It is a port on the Pearl River,...
to
MaomingMaoming is located in southwestern Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. Facing the South China Sea to the city's south, Maoming city neighbors Zhanjiang in the west and is 362 kilometers from Guangzhou and 121 kilometers from Zhanjiang. The Maoming Port is a Grade I port that handled...
. The district is connected to other areas by the
GuangzhouGuangzhou , in English formerly known as Canton and also known as Kwangchow, is a sub-provincial city and the capital of Guangdong Province in the southern part of the People's Republic of China.It is a port on the Pearl River,...
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FoshanFoshan is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. The city has jurisdiction over an area of about 3,840 km² and a population of 5.4 million of which 1.1 million reside in the city proper ....
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KaipingKaiping or Hoi Ping is a county-level city in Guangdong Province, southern China. It has a population of 680,000 as of 2003 and an area of 1,659 km². The locals speak a variation of the Taishan dialect.-Administration:Administratively, Kaiping City is under the jurisdiction of Jiangmen...
,
GuangzhouGuangzhou , in English formerly known as Canton and also known as Kwangchow, is a sub-provincial city and the capital of Guangdong Province in the southern part of the People's Republic of China.It is a port on the Pearl River,...
-Sanshui-
ZhaoqingZhaoqing is a prefecture-level city of Guangdong province in southern China.-Administration:Zhaoqing has jurisdiction over 2 districts, 4 counties and 2 county-level cities:* Deqing County , 2,258 km², pop. 350,000...
(part of the G324) and Xi Er Huan Expressways.
Fireworks Explosion
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 death toll from the explosion in Sanshui has not been released by the Chinese government. The loss of inventory was extensive enough that U.S. markets faced real shortages of supply.