Shunde
顺德区 Shuntak; Shunte | |
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Coordinates: 22°50′11″N 113°15′09″E / 22.83639°N 113.25250°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Guangdong |
Prefecture-level city | Foshan |
Area | |
• Total | 806 km2 (311 sq mi) |
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Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 3,229,090 |
• Density | 4,000/km2 (10,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 528300 |
Website | (in Chinese) www |
Shunde, Foshan | |||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 顺德区 | ||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 順德區 | ||||||||||||
Jyutping | seon6 dak1 keoi1 | ||||||||||||
Cantonese Yale | Seuhndāk Kēui | ||||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Shùndé Qū | ||||||||||||
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Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 顺德 | ||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 順德 | ||||||||||||
Jyutping | seon6 dak1 | ||||||||||||
Cantonese Yale | Seuhndāk | ||||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Shùndé | ||||||||||||
Postal | Shuntak | ||||||||||||
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Shunde (Shun Tak in Cantonese) is a district of the city of Foshan, Guangdong province, located in the Pearl River Delta. It had a population of 2,464,784 as of the 2010 census.[2] Once a traditional agricultural county, it has become one of the most affluent counties in Guangdong and mainland China. Since 2009 it has been administered independently of Foshan city, answerable directly to the Guangdong provincial government.