Foshan

Foshan
佛山市
Fut-San
Century Lotus Sports Center
Museum of Cantonese Opera
Foshan TV Tower
Qingyun Pagoda
Foshan Science Center
Nickname: 
禅 (Chan)
Location of Foshan in Guangdong
Location of Foshan in Guangdong
Interactive map of Foshan
Coordinates (Foshan municipal government): 23°01′17″N 113°07′18″E / 23.0214°N 113.1216°E / 23.0214; 113.1216
CountryChina
ProvinceGuangdong
Municipal seatChancheng District
Government
 • CPC Committee SecretaryZheng Ke (郑轲)
 • MayorBai Tao (白涛)
Area
3,848 km2 (1,486 sq mi)
 • Water690 km2 (270 sq mi)
 • Urban
3,848 km2 (1,486 sq mi)
 • Metro
19,870.4 km2 (7,672.0 sq mi)
Elevation
16 m (52 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)
9,498,863
 • Density2,469/km2 (6,393/sq mi)
 • Urban
9,042,500
 • Urban density2,350/km2 (6,086/sq mi)
 • Metro
65,594,622
 • Metro density3,301.12/km2 (8,549.87/sq mi)
GDP
 • Prefecture-level cityCN¥ 1.759 trillion
US$ 166.8 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 127,085
US$ 19,699
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard Time)
Postal code
528000
Area code(0)757
ISO 3166 codeCN-GD-06
Licence plate prefixes
  • 粤E
  • 粤Y (for motor vehicles registered in Nanhai before February 2018)
  • 粤X (for motor vehicles registered in Shunde before February 2018)
Websitefoshan.gov.cn
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Foshan
"Foshan" in Chinese characters
Chinese佛山
Hanyu PinyinFóshān
Cantonese YaleFahtsàan or Fahtsāan
PostalFatshan
Literal meaning"Buddha Mountain"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinFóshān
Bopomofoㄈㄛˊ   ㄕㄢ
Gwoyeu RomatzyhForshan
Wade–GilesFo2-shan1
Yale RomanizationFwóshān
IPA[fwǒ.ʂán]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationFahtsàan or Fahtsāan
JyutpingFat6saan1
IPA[fɐ̀t̚.sâːn] or [fɐ̀t̚.sáːn]
Southern Min
Tâi-lôPu̍t-suann

Foshan (UK: /foʊˈʃæn/, US also /-ˈʃɑːn/; Chinese: 佛山) or Futsan 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 megalopolis, a conurbation housing 86,100,000 inhabitants, 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.