Tong'an District
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Tong'an 同安区 |
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Tong'an Confucian Temple
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 Tong'an
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| Coordinates: 24°47′21″N 118°09′09″E / 24.78917°N 118.15250°ECoordinates: 24°47′21″N 118°09′09″E / 24.78917°N 118.15250°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Fujian |
| Sub-provincial city | Xiamen |
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| • Total | 657.59 km2 (253.90 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 520,000 |
| • Density | 790/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Tong'an District (simplified Chinese: 同安区; traditional Chinese: 同安區; pinyin: Tóng'ān Qū; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâng-oaⁿ-khu) is a northern mainland district of Xiamen which faces Kinmen. To the north is Anxi and Nan'an, and to the south is Jimei. Tong'an is also east of Lianxiang and Changqin to the West. It covers 657.59 square kilometres (253.90 sq mi)
Tong'an District has a population of 520,000 residents.
Tong’an District administers two subdistricts: Datong and Xiang Ping. It has local authority over six towns. They are Hongtang, Wuxian, Dingxi, Xinming, Xike and Lianhua.
Tong'an District is also attracting foreign investment because of its status as a designated special economic zone in Xiamen.
Tong'an District is almost coterminous with the basin of the Xixi River ("Western Stream"), the largest river of Xiamen City.
The Xixi starts in the Zhaijianwei Mountains (寨尖尾山 Zhàijiānwěishān) in the northwestern part of Tong'an District, and flows in the general south-eastern direction. After receiving a number of tributaries - Lianhuaxi (莲花溪, Lotus Stream), Aoxi (澳溪), Dingxi (汀溪), it merges with the Dongxi (东溪, Eastern Stream) at the place called Suangxikou (双溪口, "The confluence of two streams).
The Xixi's estuary opens into the Dongzui Harbor (东咀港), which is a bay of Taiwan Strait mostly enclosed by Tong'an District and Xiang'an District on the mainland (on the northwest and east, respectively) and by the Xiamen Island in the south. A number of large bridges have been constructed across the Xixi estuary, carrying roads and a railway between Tong'an and Xiang'an Districts (and, viewed on a larger scale, between Xiamen and Quanzhou).
Tong'an was made a county in AD 282 during the Jin Dynasty, but its status was revoked not long after. It was again given "county" status in AD 933 under the Later Tang administration.
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