![]() ![]() Xiamen Island possessed a natural harbor in Yundang Bay, but Fujian's international trade was long restricted to Quanzhou or to Guangzhou in Guangdong. The Kinmen Islands (Quemoy) administered by the Republic of China lie less than 6 kilometers (4 mi) away. ![]() This area is also about to connect with Quanzhou in the north, making up a future metropolis of nearly ten million people. ![]() The urbanized area of the city has spread from its original island to include most parts of all six of its districts, and with 4 Zhangzhou districts ( Xiangcheng, Longwen, Longhai and Changtai), form a built-up area of 7,284,148 inhabitants. All together, these cover an area of 1,700.61 square kilometers (656.61 sq mi) with a population of 5,163,970 as of 2020 and estimated at 5.18 million as of 31 December 2020. It is divided into six districts: Huli, Siming, Jimei, Tong'an, Haicang, and Xiang'an. Xiamen ( UK: / ʃ( j) ɑː ˈ m ɛ n/ sh(y)ah- MEN, US: /- ˈ m ʌ n/ - MUN simplified Chinese: 厦门 traditional Chinese: 廈門 pinyin: Xiàmén), also known as Amoy ( / ə ˈ m ɔɪ/, from Hokkien pronunciation Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ēe-muî / Ē-mn̂g ), is a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian, People's Republic of China, beside the Taiwan Strait. "Xiamen" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters ![]()
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