Shuitou, Fujian
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Shuitou (simplified Chinese: 水头; traditional Chinese: 水頭; pinyin: Shuǐtóu; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chúi-thâu; lit. 'water head') is a town (a township-level division) of Nan'an City, in southern Fujian province, China.[1]
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Coordinates: 24°42′27″N 118°26′07″E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Fujian |
Prefecture-level city | Quanzhou |
County | Nan'an |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 362300 |
Area code | 0595 |
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Shuitou is located on the western side of the Shijing River and its estuary, the Anhai Bay (安海湾). It is connected to its eastern neighbor, the town of Anhai, by the famous ancient five-li-long Anping Bridge, built from large (some almost 10 meters long) slabs of stone. There is also a modern road to Anhai (and on to Jinjiang City and Quanzhou), which has a much shorter bridge over the Shijing, as the estuary has largely silted up over a thousand of years since the old bridge was built.