Xiamen Municipality, A prefecture-level city under Fujian Province , In Chinese [厦门市]

Facts & Informations :

Administrative Division Code : 350200;

Post Code : 361003;

Phone Area Code :0592

The Prefix of Motor Vehicle License Plate : 闽D

The Prefix of Citizen Identity Card Number: 350200

Area Coverage: 1569 square kilometers;

Population : 1,770,000 persons (Including the subordinate cities and counties);

The Seat : Siming District

Official Website of local Government: http://english.xm.gov.cn/ >>>>

Xiamen in Pictures

City Guide to Xiamen: Restaurants, Hotels,Shopping, Hospitals ...

Restaurant and Catering Service

Muslim Cuisine	Western Food	Japanese Cuisine
Korean Cuisine	Hotpot	Snacks and Fast Food
Asian Cuisine

Leisure and Recreation Facilities

KTV	Cinema	Night Club
Cyber Cafe	Bath

Financial Facilities	Mall,Store and Market

Hospitals & Clinics	Sports Facilities

Community Service	Travel Services

Tour Guide to Xiamen: Streets and Roads

Xiahe Road	Jiahe Road	Hubin South Road
Zhongshan Road	Siming South Road	Hexiang West Road
Hubin North Road	Jiahe Road	Xianyue Road

Tour Guide to Xiamen: Tour Attractions

Mt. Tianzhu National Forest Park	Wuyuanwan Wetland Park
Xiamen Piano Museum	Nanputuo Temple
Riyuegu Aquatic Park	International Lettering Museum of Art of
Xiamen Shuzhuang Garden	Wangshi Botanical Garden
Xiamen Riyuegu Hot Spring Resort Communi	Huaijiu Gulangyu Museum

The adminitrative division form of Xiamen is Municipality, which is one of the four administrative divisional forms at the the second level of China local administrative division system .
Municipality is also referred to as a prefecture level city (地级市). Most of Chinese big cities belong to this variety.
A prefecture-level municipality is subject to the juridiction of a provincial government ,and directly controls some urban districts while overseeing some counties or smaller cities on behalf of the provincial government.
Thus it's normal to see a large City (a Municipality) have jurisdiction over some small cities in China.

Urban Subdivisions of Xiamen City
S/N	Full Name	In Chinese	In Pinyin	Divison type
1	Xiang′an District	翔安区	Xiang′an Qu	District
2	Tong′an District	同安区	Tong′an Qu	District
3	Jimei District	集美区	Jimei Qu	District
4	Huli District	湖里区	Huli Qu	District
5	Haicang District	海沧区	Haicang Qu	District
6	Siming District	思明区	Siming Qu	District

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The city of Xiamen, Fujian Province, is situated on the coast about 50 kilometers, measured from city center to city center, below the city of Quanzhou. Since China's coast here lies on a southwest-northeasterly axis, with Taiwan, which also lies on the same directional axis, situated some 150 kilometers off the mainland coast, this means that the center of Xiamen lies about 50 kilometers southwest of the center of Quanzhou. To place the city of Xiamen in relation to Taiwan, the nearby city of Quanzhou lies on a parallel, or latitude, that.....
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