Xiamen
prefecture-level city in Fujian, China
Xiamen (UK: /ʃ(j)ɑːˈmɛn/ sh(y)ah-MEN, US: /-ˈmʌn/ -MUN; simplified Chinese: 厦门; traditional Chinese: 廈門; pinyin: Xiàmén), also known as Amoy is a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian, People's Republic of China. It is beside the Taiwan Strait.
Xiamen 厦门市 Amoy | |
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Prefecture-level and Sub-provincial city | |
Motto(s): 温馨城市·海上花园 (Comfortable city, oceanfront garden) | |
Coordinates (Xiamen municipal government): 24°28′47″N 118°05′20″E / 24.4796°N 118.0889°E | |
Country | China |
Province | Fujian |
Municipal seat | Siming District |
County-level divisions | 6 districts |
Government | |
• Type | Sub-provincial city |
• Body | Xiamen Municipal People's Congress |
• CCP Secretary | Cui Yonghui |
• Congress Chairman | Yang Guohao |
• Mayor | Huang Wenhui |
• CPPCC Chairman | Wei Keliang |
Area | |
• Prefecture-level and Sub-provincial city | 1,700.61 km2 (656.61 sq mi) |
• Urban | 1,700.61 km2 (656.61 sq mi) |
• Metro | 4,290.84 km2 (1,656.70 sq mi) |
Population (2020 census)[1] | |
• Prefecture-level and Sub-provincial city | 5,163,970 |
• Density | 3,000/km2 (7,900/sq mi) |
• Urban | 5,163,970 |
• Urban density | 3,000/km2 (7,900/sq mi) |
• Metro | 7,284,148 |
• Metro density | 1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi) |
• Major nationalities | |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 361000 |
Area code | 592 |
ISO 3166 code | CN-FJ-02 |
GDP | 2021 |
- Total | CNY 703.389 billion (US$109.027 billion) |
- Per capita | CNY 134,491 (US$20,847)(2021) |
- Growth | 8.1% |
License plate prefixes | 闽D |
Language | Standard Mandarin (official), Xiamen Min Nan (local vernacular) |
Website | www.xm.gov.cn |
Xiamen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 厦门 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 廈門 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hokkien POJ | Ē-mn̂g or Ē-mûi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Postal | Amoy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | "Mansion Gate"[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Notable people
- Un Seng Chong, or Yin Chengzong, a Chinese pianist and composer born in Xiamen
International relations
Consulates
Singapore, Philippines and Thailand has consulates in Xiamen.[3]
Sister cities
Source[4]
- Cardiff, Wales (1983-3-31)
- Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan (1983-10-28)
- Cebu, Philippines (1984-10-26)
- Baltimore, Maryland, US (1985-11-7)
- Wellington, New Zealand (1987-6-23)
- George Town, Penang, Malaysia (1993-11-10)
- Sunshine Coast, Australia (1999-9-28)
- Kaunas, Lithuania (2001-3-11)
- Guadalajara, Mexico (2003-8-15)
- Zoetermeer, Netherlands (2005-7-14)
- Surabaya, Indonesia (2006-6-24)
- Mokpo, South Jeolla, South Korea (2007-7-25)
- Sarasota, Florida, US (2007-11-9) (Sister City of Siming District)
- Marathon, Greece (2009-1-4)
- Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (2010-11-11)
- Richmond, British Columbia, Canada (2012-4-27)
- Dushanbe, Tajikistan (2013-6-20)
- Nice, France (2014-5-22)
- Phuket, Thailand (2017-5-11)
- İzmir, Turkey (2018-1-18)
- Netanya, Israel (2022-1-18)
Friendly exchange cities
Source[5]
- Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan (1995-11-20)
- Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea (2002-8-27)
- Gwangyang, South Jeolla Province, South Korea (2007-11-22)
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain (2008-7-18)
- Miami, Florida, US (2010-11-12)
- Stolp in Pommern, Poland (2011-9-8)
- Negeri Sembilan, including Kelang, Malaysia (2011-10-18)
- Markham, Ontario, Canada (2012-7-22)
- Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia (2013-4-23)
- Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil (2013-9-11)
- Narva, Ida-Viru, Estonia (2015-10-20) (Friendly exchange city of Tong'an District)
- Pécs, Baranya, Hungary (2017-5-25) (Friendly exchange city of Haicang District)
- Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil (2021-11-29)
- Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile (2022-4-6)
- Abidjan, Ivory Coast (2022- -)
References
Citations
Sources
- Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878), Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 1 (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, p. 748. ,
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911), Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 1 (11th ed.), Cambridge University Press, p. 878. ,
- Ouchterlony, John (1844), The Chinese War, London, England: Saunders & Otley.
- Pitcher, Philip Wilson (1893), Fifty Years in Amoy or A History of the Amoy Mission, China, New York, NY: Reformed Church in America, ISBN 9785871498194, archived from the original on 24 November 2021, retrieved 30 June 2020.
Further reading
- Ng, Chin-Keong (1983). Trade and Society, the Amoy Network on the China Coast, 1683–1735. NUS Press. ISBN 978-9971690694.
Other websites
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Xiamen.
- Xiamen Municipal People's Government Archived 2016-01-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Xiamen, China – local news, business, education, trave
- Xiamen, Fujian province – Your online guide to government services in China
- Xiamen English website powered by Xiamen Daily
- What's On Xiamen Archived 2012-09-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Amoy Magic – English Guide to Xiamen & Fujian
- Xiamen travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Historic maps
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