Xiamen Travel Guide

Xiamen Travel Guide

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Xiamen Travel Guide

Marvelous charming sightseeings in Gulangyu Island

Xiamen is situated on the Southeast coast of China and to the west of the Taiwan Straits. It covers an administrative area of 1,565 square kilometers with seven districts and has a population of 1.27 million. Known as one of the earliest treaty ports opened to foreign trade in the Chinese history, Xiamen is also an important window to foreign exchange at the present time. Xiamen has been famed as a hometown of overseas Chinese with 400,000 overseas Chinese of Xiamen descent, chiefly distributed in such nations or territories as Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Hongkong, Macao. Xiamen has a close relationship with all parts of the world and has established sister city relationship with six nations successively. The Philippines and Singapore have consulates in Xiamen. As one of the earliest Special Economic Zones, Xiamen is empowered with provincial-level authority in economic administration. Its national economy has experienced anrapid growth. Xiamen Port has opened sea routes with more than 60 ...Read More »

 

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Xiamen Quick Facts
  • Chinese Name: 厦门
  • Chinese Pinyin: xia men
  • Location: East of China
  • Latitude: °26′46〃 N
  • Longitude : 118°04′04〃 E
  • Elevation: 63.2 M (142.7 FT)
  • Time Zone : (UTC+8)
  • Area Code: 0592
  • Population: 1381.9million

 

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