Shuitou
Shuitou is a town of Nan'an City, in southern Fujian province, China. Shuitou is located on the western side of the Shijing River and its estuary, the Anhai Bay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town
- Description: town in Fujian Province, China
- Also known as: “Shuitou Town (Nan’an City)”, “Shuitou, Fujian”, and “水头”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Longshan Temple.
Longshan Temple
Buddhist temple
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Longshan Temple is a Buddhist temple located on the foot of Mount Long in Anhai Town of Jinjiang, Fujian, China. The eldest thing in the temple is the statue of Thousand-armed and eyed Guanyin, which was supposed carved by ancient Indian monk Yilisha. Longshan Temple is situated 4 km northeast of Shuitou.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Anhai and Dongshi.
Anhai
Town
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Anhai is a town in southern Fujian province or Minnan, People's Republic of China. It is located in the far southern suburbs of the Quanzhou metropolitan area and is separated by Weitou Bay from Kinmen, which is controlled by the Republic of China on Taiwan. Anhai is situated 4½ km east of Shuitou.
Dongshi
Town
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Dongshi Town is a township-level division of Jinjiang County-level city, which in its turn is a part of Quanzhou Prefecture-level city in Fujian Province, China. Dongshi is situated 5 km southeast of Shuitou.
Shijing
Town
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Shijing Town is a township-level division of Nan'an City, in southern Fujian Province, China. Shijing is situated 9 km south of Shuitou.
Shuitou
- Categories: town of China and locality
- Location: Quanzhou, South Fujian, Fujian, East China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
24.70762° or 24° 42′ 27″ northLongitude
118.42864° or 118° 25′ 43″ eastElevation
23 metres (75 feet)Open location code
7PPWPC5H+2FOpenStreetMap ID
node 6863220933OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Yue Chinese—“Shuitou” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Shuitou Town (Nan’an City)”
- Chinese: “水头镇”
- Chinese: “水頭”
- Chinese: “水頭鎮”
- Gan Chinese: “水头镇”
- Japanese: “水頭鎮”
- Welsh: “Shuitou”
- Wu Chinese: “水头镇”
- Yue Chinese: “水頭”
- Yue Chinese: “福建省南安市水頭鎮”
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