Shuibu Explained

Shuibu
Native Name:水步镇
Native Name Lang:zh-cn
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:China Guangdong
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Guangdong
Coordinates:22.3403°N 112.8019°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:People's Republic of China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Guangdong
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:Jiangshan
Subdivision Type3:County-level city
Subdivision Name3:Taishan
Subdivision Type4:Village-level divisions
Subdivision Name4:1 residential community
20 villages
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:China Standard
Utc Offset1:+8
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:529200
Area Code:0750

Shuibu is a town of Taishan, Guangdong province, China, near Kaiping., It has one residential community (Chinese: 社区) and 20 villages under its administration.[1] Gary Locke, the United States Ambassador to China and the former Governor of the US State of Washington, visited the town in 1997, to visit his ancestral home of Kut Lung or Lilong (吉龍/吉龙).[2]

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  1. Web site: http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjbz/cxfldm/2011/44/07/81/440781101.html . zh:2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:隐贤镇 . National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China . Chinese . 2012-07-06.
  2. http://partners.nytimes.com/library/national/race/101397race-ra.html New York Times "Chinese Village Swells With Pride As Washington Governor Seeks His Roots On a Pilgrimage", October 13, 1997