Chancheng

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Chancheng

Coordinates23.01°, 113.12°

Demographic figures from National Bureau of Statistics of China. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Chancheng District is a district and the seat of the city of Foshan, Guangdong Province, China. Chancheng is the economic, cultural and political center of the city.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Ip Man

Hong Kong martial artist (1893–1972)

K

Ko Lai Chak

Hong Kong table tennis player

Wong Fei-hung

Chinese martial artist and physician (1847-1924)

Kang Youwei

Chinese politician and scholar (1858-1927)

H

He Zhuoqiang

Chinese weightlifter

W

Wu Dixi

Chinese badminton player

Ip Chun

Wing Chun practitioner

Wong Kei-ying

Chinese martial artist

Lam Sai-wing

Chinese martial artist (1860–1943)

L

Lin Liang

Chinese artist (1436-1500)

Wu Jianren

writer (1866–1910)

Au Tak

Hong Kong businessman

G

Gordon Liu

Chinese martial arts film actor (born 1955)

L

Liang Jiahong

Chinese sprinter

L

Luo Jianming

Olympic weightlifter of China

Foo Ping-sheung

Republic of China politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Guangdong

• Guangzhou
  12.1 mi away · pop. 14,043,500
• Danzao
  13.2 mi away · pop. 239,360
• Panyu
  17.4 mi away
• Ronggui
  19.1 mi away
• Yundonghai
  21 mi away
• Guzhen
  27.5 mi away · pop. 158,400
• Pengjiang
  28.7 mi away
• Zhongluotan
  31.5 mi away
• Sihui
  33 mi away · pop. 231,200
• Wangniudun
  34.1 mi away
• Guangli
  34.2 mi away
• Wanqingsha
  34.4 mi away

Browse all places in Guangdong →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Chancheng

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Nile Tilapia

Oreochromis niloticus

Seen 2026-09-19

Wang’s Garden Lizard

Calotes wangi

Seen 2026-09-18

Amur Carp

Cyprinus rubrofuscus

Seen 2026-09-15

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Passer montanus

Seen 2026-09-14

Yellow-legged Hornet

Vespa velutina

Seen 2026-09-13

Blackberry Lily

Iris domestica

Seen 2026-09-13

Chinese Yellow Swallowtail

Papilio xuthus

Seen 2026-09-13

Rusty Millipede

Trigoniulus corallinus

Seen 2026-09-11

Chinese Pond-Heron

Ardeola bacchus

Seen 2026-09-09

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).