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Foshan,alternately romanized as Fatshan,is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province,China. The entire prefecture covers 3,848 km2 (1,486 sq mi) and had a population of 9,498,863 as of the 2020 census. The city is part of the western side of the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone whose built-up area was home to 65,694,622 inhabitants as of 2020,making it the biggest urban area of the world.
Heshan,formerly romanized as Hokshan,is a county-level city of Jiangmen City in the southern part of Guangdong Province,China with a total land area of 1,081 square kilometres (417 sq mi) and a population of 530,684 inhabitants as of 2020 census and some 200,000 internal migrants. The city is now being conurbated with Jiangmen and so included in the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Pearl River conurbation with more than 65,57 million inhabitants. There are approximately 360,000 people of Heshan origin or descent living in other parts of the world,particularly in the Americas such as Chile,Peru and the United States.
Baiyun District is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Guangzhou,the capital of Guangdong Province,China. The district is located in the city's northern suburbs,and is named after the Baiyun Mountain,one of the area's natural attractions.
Gaoming District,formerly romanized as Koming,is an urban district of Foshan,Guangdong,in the People's Republic of China. Gaoming is located west of downtown Foshan and had a population of 420,044 during the 2010 census. It covers an area of 967.4 km2 (373.5 sq mi).
Sanshui District,formerly romanized as Samshui,is an urban district of the prefecture-level city of Foshan 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.
Nanhai District,is a district of Foshan,Guangdong,China. Its government is the first to have developed e-government informatization at the county level in China.
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Jiujiang Town is a town in Nanhai District,Foshan,Guangdong,Southern China. It covers an area of 94.75 square kilometres (36.58 sq mi) with a registered population of 99,600 and a migrant population of 55,000. It is an important production base for clothing,electronics,packaging and rice wine in Foshan. It connects with Heshan by the famous Jiujiang Bridge across the Xi River.
The Jiujiang dialect is a variety of Cantonese spoken in Jiujiang Town,in Nanhai District,Foshan,Guangdong. A few words differ from Standard Cantonese,but generally other Cantonese speakers can understand Jiujiang dialect without difficulty.
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Sanyi or Nanpanshun,also known by Cantonese romanizations such as Sam Yup and Nam Pun Shun,refers to the three districts of Nanhai,Panyu and Shunde surrounding Guangzhou and Foshan in Guangdong,China.
Foshan West railway station is a major railway station located in Nanhai District,Foshan,Guangdong,China. The station started construction on February 26,2013 and was opened on August 18,2017. The station serves as a gateway for conventional,regional and high-speed rail services for southwest Guangdong,serviced by the Nanning–Guangzhou and Guiyang–Guangzhou high speed railways.
Nanhai Commandery was an ancient Chinese commandery that existed from Qin dynasty to Tang dynasty. At the greatest extent,Nanhai's territories covered present-day Guangdong,Hainan,southeastern Guangxi and the southern tip of Fujian. The seat of Nanhai Commandery was Panyu.
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