Sanshui District,
formerly romanized
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as Samshui, is an
urban district
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* Urban area
* Quarter (urban subdivision)
* Neighbourhood
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of the
prefecture-level city of
Foshan
Foshan (, ), alternately romanized as Fatshan, is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. The entire prefecture covers and had a population of 9,498,863 as of the 2020 census. The city is part of the western side of the ...
in
Guangdong province, China. It had a population of 622,645 as of the 2010 census. It is known for the "
Samsui women", emigrants who labour in
Singapore, and for a large fireworks explosion in 2008.
History
According to archaeology sites discovered within the region, there were human beings inhabited in the town of Baini () Sanshui District about four thousand years ago.
Samshui was formerly a town which served as the
seat
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Types of seat
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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.
Administration divisions
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
Nanhai District (), is a District (PRC and ROC), district of Foshan, Guangdong, China. Its government is the first to have developed e-government informatization at the county level in China.
History
Establishment of Nanhai is traditionally at ...
in the east and
Gaoming District in the south-west. Sanshui administers 2 subdistricts and 5 towns:
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
Jianlibao Group（健力宝集团） is a soft drink producer based in Foshan, Guangdong, China which was established in 1984. In 1990s, The Jianlibao drink was one of the best sellers in China, on a par with Coca-Cola and Pepsi. However, poor man ...
, 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
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cities, it remains a relatively poor place with many people only earning a few hundred yuan a month.
Transportation
Sanshui is on the railway line from
Guangzhou to
Maoming
Maoming, alternately romanized as Mowming, is a prefecture-level city located in southwestern Guangdong province, China. Facing the South China Sea to the city's south, Maoming city borders Zhanjiang to the west, Yangjiang to the east, and Yunf ...
. The district is served by
G15 Shenyang–Haikou Expressway (which provides access to
Kaiping and the southern suburbs of Foshan),
G55 Erenhot–Guangzhou Expressway (which provides direct access to downtown Guangzhou),
China National Highway 321 (which provides access to
Zhaoqing) and
China National Highway 324.
Climate
Notes
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Foshan