City
Foshan
China
What guided this image
- Landmarks
- Foshan Ancestral Temple; Ancient Nanfeng Kiln; Mount Xiqiao; Fengjian Water Village; Lingnan; lush subtropical Lingnan delta flora; Ancestral Temple
- Viewpoint
- Favor the classic viewpoint looking along the canal in Fengjian Water Village toward an ancient stone bridge or the courtyards of Zumiao Ancestral Temple, showing banyan branches and stone steps in the foreground, the tranquil canal water, arched stone bridge, and wok-ear rooftops in the middle-ground, and the lush forested silhouette of Mount Xiqiao fading in the background.
- Palette
- Green should be the predominant color, especially in the thick canopies of ancient banyans at Nanfeng Kiln, Fengjian water canals, and the forested slopes of Mount Xiqiao.
- Guarded against
- Not Guangzhou, Shenzhen, or Zhongshan
Population9,042,509Wikidata: 7,905,700
Coordinates23.03°N, 113.13°E
Elevation16 m
Area3,798 km²
Time zoneAsia/ShanghaiUTC+8
Solar noon12:27clock runs 0.5 h ahead of the sun
Through the Earth
Dig straight through the Earth from Foshan and you surface nearest to Susques, Argentina — 66 km from the exact antipodal point.
Nearest cities in the atlas
| Guangzhou | CN | 16 km |
| Jiangmen | CN | 50 km |
| Zhongshan | CN | 62 km |
| Dongguan | CN | 63 km |
| Zhaoqing | CN | 69 km |
| Qingyuan | CN | 75 km |
| Bao'an | CN | 94 km |
| Zhuhai | CN | 95 km |
Twinned cities
- Port Louis MU
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