Xiamen

Xiamen () is a coastal sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It looks out to the Taiwan Strait and borders the cities of Quanzhou and Zhangzhou to the north and south respectively.

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Xiamen is also known as Amoy internationally, especially in the old times. "Amoy" is how "Xiamen" is spoken in Northern Min, the vernacular of the provincial capital Fuzhou. In the Amoy vernacular, it is pronounced ?-mn?g. The toponym literally means "The Gate of the Grand Mansion".

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Sub-provincial city: A sub-provincial city (副省级城市), or vice-provincial city, in the People's Republic of China, is a prefecture-level city that is ruled by a province, but is administered independently in regard to economy and law. The mayor of a sub-provincial city is equal in status ...

Fujian: Fujian (; Postal System Pinyin: Fukien, Foukien; local transliteration Hokkien from Min Nan Hok-kiàn) is one of the provinces on the southeast coast of China. Fujian borders Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Stra...

Province: This article is about political regions. See geologic province for geological meanings....