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Xiamen

Xiamen
厦门市
Sub-provincial city
From top: Xiamen's CBD, Xiamen University, colonial houses on Gulangyu Island, South Putuo Temple, beach on Gulangyu Island, and Haicang Bridge
From top: Xiamen's CBD, Xiamen University, colonial houses on Gulangyu Island, South Putuo Temple, beach on Gulangyu Island, and Haicang Bridge
Motto: 温馨城市·海上花园 (Comfortable city, oceanfront garden)
Location of Xiamen City jurisdiction in Fujian
Location of Xiamen City jurisdiction in Fujian
Xiamen is located in China
Xiamen
Xiamen
Location in China
Coordinates: 24°28′47.41″N 118°05′21.91″E / 24.4798361°N 118.0894194°E / 24.4798361; 118.0894194Coordinates: 24°28′47.41″N 118°05′21.91″E / 24.4798361°N 118.0894194°E / 24.4798361; 118.0894194
Country China
Province Fujian
County-level
divisions
6 districts
Government
 • Party Secretary Pei Jinjia
 • Mayor Zhuang Jiahan
Area
 • Sub-provincial city 1,699.39 km2 (656.14 sq mi)
 • Urban 281.6 km2 (108.7 sq mi)
 • Metro 3,217.98 km2 (1,242.47 sq mi)
Population (2010)
 • Sub-provincial city 3,531,347
 • Urban 1,861,289
 • Metro 5,114,758 Xiamen-Zhangzhou Metro area (including Xiamen city, Zhangzhou City and Longhai City)
 • Major nationalities Han: 96%
Manchu: 2%
Hui: 2%
Mongolian: 0.3%
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code 361000
Area code(s) 592
GDP 2012
 - Total CNY 301.816 billion (USD 44.79 billion)
 - Per capita CNY 77,392 (USD 12,260)
 - Growth Increase 12.1%
License plate prefixes D
Local dialect Amoy (Hokkien)
Website www.xm.gov.cn
Xiamen
Xiamen (Chinese characters).svg
"Xiamen" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Hokkien POJ Ē-mn̂g
Ē-mûiⁿ
Postal Amoy
/əˈmɔɪ/
Literal meaning Mansion Gate
Former names
Tong'an
Chinese
Jiahe
Chinese
Xiamen
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Literal meaning Lower Gate
Siming
Chinese
Literal meaning Remembering the Ming
Xiamen
Climate chart ()
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Source: CMA