Xiamen

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
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
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	.
• CPPCC Chairman	.
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	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
"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"[2]
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

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- -)