Xiamen
prefecture-level city in Fujian, China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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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 | |
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 |
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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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