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 | |
---|---|
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Traditional Chinese | 廈門 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hokkien POJ | Ē-mn̂g or Ē-mûi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Postal | Amoy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | "Mansion Gate"[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Notable people change
- Un Seng Chong, or Yin Chengzong, a Chinese pianist and composer born in Xiamen
International relations change
Consulates change
Singapore, Philippines and Thailand has consulates in Xiamen.[3]
Sister cities change
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 change
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 change
Citations change
- ↑ "China: Fújiàn (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
- ↑ Formerly "Lower Gate" (下門); see Name section.
- ↑ 厦门领事馆区大楼封顶 (in Chinese). Xiamen People's Government. 30 December 2014. Archived from the original on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ↑ 厦门市外事办-友城一览-厦门市20个国际友好城市名录 (in Chinese). Foreign Affairs Office, Xiamen People's Government. 18 August 2015. Archived from the original on 8 January 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ↑ 厦门市外事办-国际友好交流城市-厦门市国际友好交流城市一览. fao.xm.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
Sources change
- 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 change
- Ng, Chin-Keong (1983). Trade and Society, the Amoy Network on the China Coast, 1683–1735. NUS Press. ISBN 978-9971690694.
Other websites change
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
🔥 Top keywords: Main PageSpecial:SearchList of people who have walked on the MoonLisa SparxxxAdolf Hitler UunonaWikipedia:AboutHelp:ContentsHelp:IntroductionBlackGolden EdgeQueen (band)List of U.S. statesRahul GandhiThe Dark Knight TrilogyEducationUnited StatesBismillahir Rahmanir RaheemSpecial:RecentChangesDawn of the Planet of the ApesSOLID (object-oriented design)24-hour clockCristiano RonaldoMurder of Junko Furuta0Judith BarsiHelp:Authority controlBTSList of countries by areaNational Democratic AllianceList of countries by continentsPaige DeSorboSlash (punctuation)List of U.S. states and territories by time zoneXXXTentacionSupreme Court of the United StatesList of countries and dependencies by population densityNames of large numbersThe Valley (2024 TV series)Prophets of Islam