Shuibu

Town in Guangdong, People's Republic of China

Shuibu 水步镇
Town
22°20′25″N 112°48′07″E / 22.34028°N 112.80194°E / 22.34028; 112.80194
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Guangdong
Prefecture-level city	Jiangshan
County-level city	Taishan
Village-level divisions	1 residential community 20 villages
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	529200
Area code	0750

Shuibu (Chinese: 水步; pinyin: Shuǐbù; Jyutping: seoi²bou⁶) is a town of Taishan, Guangdong province, China, near Kaiping. As of 2011^[update], It has one residential community (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]

References

^ 2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：隐贤镇 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
^ New York Times "Chinese Village Swells With Pride As Washington Governor Seeks His Roots On a Pilgrimage", October 13, 1997