Place:Foshan, Guangdong, People's Republic of China

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NameFoshan
Alt namesFatshansource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Namhoisource: Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 307
Nan-haisource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Nanhaisource: Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-119
TypeCity
Coordinates23.033°N 113.1°E
Located inGuangdong, People's Republic of China     (1000 - )
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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 Pearl River Delta Economic Zone whose built-up (or metro) area was home to 65,694,622 inhabitants as of 2020 (excluding Hong Kong not conurbated yet), making it the biggest urban area of the world.

Foshan is regarded as the home of Cantonese opera, a genre of Chinese opera; Nanquan, a martial art; and lion dancing.

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