Xiamen, alternately known as Amoy, is a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian province, People's Republic of China, beside the Taiwan Strait. It is divided into six districts: Huli, Siming, Jimei, Tong'an, Haicang, and Xiang'an. Altogether, these cover an area of 1,699.39 square kilometers with a population of 3,531,347 as of 2010. The urbanized area of the city has spread from its original island to include parts of all six of its districts, with a total population of 1,861,289. This area connects to Quanzhou in the north and Zhangzhou in the west, making up a metropolis of more than five million people. The Kinmen Islands (Quemoy) administered by the Republic of China lie less than 6 kilometers (4 mi) away.
Xiamen Island possessed a natural harbor in
Yundang Bay, but Fujian's international trade was long
restricted to Quanzhou or to Guangzhou in Guangdong. Due to the
siltification of Quanzhou's harbor, the British insisted that
Xiamen be opened to foreign trade in the treaty that ended the
First Opium War in 1842. Under the Qing, both before and after
the war, there was a large-scale emigration of Chinese from
southern Fujian who spread Hokkien-speaking communities to
Singapore, Malaysia (especially in Penang), Indonesia (Medan and
Riau Province) and the Philippines. The overseas Chinese
continue to support Xiamen's educational and cultural
institutions. As part of the Opening Up Policy under Deng
Xiaoping, Xiamen became one of China's original four special
economic zones opened to foreign investment and trade in the
early 1980s. Its former harbor was enclosed using land excavated
during the city's expansion, however, the city remains an island
connected by bridges to the rest of mainland China.
The city is well known for its mild climate, Hokkien culture and
Gulangyu Island, as well as its relatively low pollution. In
2006, Xiamen was ranked as China's second-"most suitable city
for living", as well as China's "most romantic leisure city" in
2011.
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