Xiamen

Transcriptions
Xiamen
	"Xiamen" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
Simplified Chinese	厦门
Traditional Chinese	廈門
Hokkien POJ	Ē-mn̂g or Ē-mûi
Postal	Amoy
Literal meaning	"Mansion Gate"
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xiàmén
Wade–Giles	Hsia4-mên2
IPA	[ɕjâ.mə̌n] (listen)
Wu
Shanghainese; Romanization	Gho3-men3
Gan
Romanization	Ha5-mun4
Hakka
Romanization	Hà-mûn
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Haah-mùhn
IPA	[hàː.mȕːn]
Jyutping	Haa6-mun4
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Ē-mn̂g or Ē-mûi
Tâi-lô	Ē-mn̂g or Ē-mûi
Eastern Min
Fuzhou BUC	Â-muòng

Xiamen

厦门市
Amoy
Xiamen 厦门市 Amoy
Prefecture-level and Sub-provincial city
	From top, left to right: Xiamen's CBD, Xiamen University, Gulangyu Island, South Putuo Temple, beach on Gulangyu Island, and Haicang Bridge
	Motto(s): 温馨城市·海上花园 (Comfortable city, oceanfront garden)
	Location of Xiamen City jurisdiction in Fujian
	Xiamen Location in China
	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)
• 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	Han: 96%; Manchu: 2%; Hui: 2%; Mongolian: 0.3%;
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 (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.

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

↑ "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

Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878), "Amoy" , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 1 (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, p. 748.
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911), "Amoy" , 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.

Other websites

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
- US Army map of Xiamen, 1945
- Japanese Government Railways map of Xiamen and surrounds, 1915

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[1] "China: Fújiàn (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".

[2] Formerly "Lower Gate" (下門); see Name section.

[3] 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.

[4] 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.

[5] 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.

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