Sanshui District

This article is about the administrative district. For the style of Chinese painting, see shan shui. For the main-belt asteroid, see 3509 Sanshui.

Sanshui 三水区
District
Lubao Temple
Location of Sanshui District (red) in Foshan City and Guangdong
Coordinates:
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/

Sanshui District
Simplified Chinese	三水区
Traditional Chinese	三水區
Cantonese Jyutping	saam1 seoi1 keoi1
Cantonese Yale	Sāamsēui Kēui
Hanyu Pinyin	Sānshǔi Qū
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Sānshǔi Qū Yue: Cantonese Jyutping saam1 seoi1 keoi1 Yale Romanization Sāamsēui Kēui
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese	三水
Cantonese Jyutping	saam1 seoi1
Cantonese Yale	Sāamsēui
Hanyu Pinyin	Sānshǔi
Postal	Samshui
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Sānshǔi Yue: Cantonese Jyutping saam1 seoi1 Yale Romanization Sāamsēui

Sanshui District, formerly Sanshui City, is a district with about 386,000 inhabitants in Foshan, Guangdong province, People's Republic of China.

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 in the east and Gaoming District in the south-west. Sanshui administers 2 subdistricts and 5 towns:

Name	Chinese (S)	Hanyu Pinyin	Population (2010)
Xinan Subdistrict	西南街道	Xīnán Jiēdào	283,819
Yundonghai Subdistrict	云东海街道	Yúndōnghǎi Jiēdào	29,953
Lubao Town	芦苞镇	Lúbāo Zhèn	40,626
Datang Town	大塘镇	Dàtáng Zhèn	46,704
Leping Town	乐平镇	Lèpíng Zhèn	134,508
Baini Town	白坭镇	Báiní Zhèn	64,425
Nanshan Town	南山镇	Nánshān Zhèn	22,610

"Xantshui", from Johan Nieuhof (1618-1672); Jean-Baptiste Le Carpentier (1606-ca. 1670): L'ambassade de la Compagnie Orientale des Provinces Unies vers l'Empereur de la Chine, 1665

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 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.

Transportation

Sanshui is on the railway line from Guangzhou to Maoming. 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.

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 loss of inventory was extensive enough that U.S. markets faced real shortages of supply.

See also

• Samsui women - emigrant women from Samsui who settled in Singapore, working as manual labourers.