Foshan map regional divisions

Foshan was formerly the Central Guangdong Administrative Office and Foshan Prefecture that governed the Pearl River Delta. As of 2019, Foshan has 5 municipal districts: Chancheng District, Shunde District, Nanhai District, Sanshui District, and Gaoming District.

Foshan is located in the center of Guangdong Province and the hinterland of the Pearl River Delta, adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao, Guangzhou to the east, and Zhongshan to the south. It forms the "Guangzhou-Foshan Metropolitan Area" with Guangzhou *** and vigorously promotes Guangzhou-Foshan urbanization cooperation. , to build an international metropolitan area, is one of the cities in the Pearl River Delta, an important node city in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and an important part of the "Guangzhou-Foshan-Zhaoqing Economic Circle" and the "Pearl River-Xijiang Economic Belt".

Extended information

Foshan City has jurisdiction over 5 districts: Chancheng District, Nanhai, Shunde, Sanshui and Gaoming, with a total area of ??3813.64 square kilometers.

The terrain in the territory is gentle, mostly alluvial plains, with crisscrossing rivers and canals and dense fish ponds. The annual average temperature is 21.7℃, the average temperature in January is 12.8℃, and the average temperature in July is 27.3℃. The average annual rainfall is 1630 mm. It was one of the four famous towns in China during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and is now an important town in central Guangdong. It has concentrated factories and enterprises, complete industrial categories, and particularly developed light industry.

Textiles, ceramics, household appliances, electronics, and plastics are Foshan's five pillar industries. Food, leather, chemicals, printing, building materials, pharmaceuticals, hardware, papermaking, casting, and machinery also have considerable foundations.

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