Xiamen
厦门市 Amoy | |
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| Motto(s): 温馨城市·海上花园 (Comfortable city, oceanfront garden) | |
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 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 | Wu Bin |
| • CPPCC Chairman | Wei Keliang |
| Area | |
| 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] | |
| 5,163,970 | |
| • Density | 3,000/km2 (7,900/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 3,866,555 |
| • Urban density | 2,300/km2 (5,900/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 5,163,970 |
| • Metro density | 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi) |
| • Major nationalities | |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level and Sub-provincial city | CN¥ 806.6 billion US$ 114.5 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 151,697 US$ 21,527 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 361000 |
| Area code | 592 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-FJ-02 |
| License plate prefixes | 闽D |
| Language | |
| Website | www.xm.gov.cn |
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| Simplified Chinese | 厦门 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 廈門 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hokkien POJ | Ē-mn̂g or Ē͘-mûi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Postal | Amoy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "Mansion Gate"[a] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Xiamen,[b] historically romanized as Amoy, is a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian, People's Republic of China, beside the Taiwan Strait. It is divided into six districts: Huli, Siming, Jimei, Tong'an, Haicang, and Xiang'an. All together, these cover an area of 1,700.61 square kilometers (656.61 sq mi) with a population of 5,163,970 as of 2020 and estimated at 5.308 million as of 31 December 2022. The urbanized area of the city has spread from its original island to include most parts of all six of its districts, as well as 4 Zhangzhou districts (Xiangcheng, Longwen, Longhai and Changtai), which form a built-up area of 7,284,148 inhabitants.[3] This area also connects with Quanzhou in the north, making up a metropolis of nearly ten million people.[4] The Kinmen Islands (Quemoy) administered by the Republic of China (Taiwan) lie less than 6 kilometers (4 mi) away separated by Xiamen Bay. As part of the Opening Up Policy under Deng Xiaoping, Xiamen became one of China's original four special economic zones opened to foreign investment and trade in the early 1980s.
Xiamen Island possessed a major international seaport. The port of Xiamen is a well-developed first-class trunk line port in the Asia-Pacific region. It is ranked the 7th-largest container port in China and ranks 14th in the world. It is the 4th port in China with the capacity to handle 6th-generation large container ships. On 31 August 2010, Xiamen Port incorporated the neighboring port of Zhangzhou to form the largest port of China's Southeast. Ever since the 12th century, Xiamen was also an important origin for many migrants to Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. The overseas Chinese used to support Xiamen's educational and cultural institutions.[5] Xiamen is classified as a Large-Port Metropolis.[6]
Xiamen is one of the top 40 cities in the world by scientific research as tracked by the Nature Index.[7] The city is home to several major universities, including Xiamen University, one of China's most prestigious universities as a member of the Double First Class Universities, Huaqiao, Jimei, Xiamen University of Technology and Xiamen Medical College.[8]
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- ^ "Leading 200 science cities | Nature Index 2023 Science Cities | Supplements | Nature Index". www.nature.com. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
- ^ "US News Best Global Universities Rankings in Xiamen". U.S. News & World Report. 26 October 2021. Archived from the original on 31 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
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