Xiang'an District is a district of Xiamen

Xiamen

Xiamen , also known as Amoy , is a major city on the southeast coast of the People's Republic of China. It is administered as a sub-provincial city of Fujian province with an area of and population of 3.53 million...

 city on its eastern most mainland territory. It is situated in Fujian Province in the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

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History

Xiang'an District was created out of five towns (鎮) of Tong'an District

Tong'an District

Tong'an District is a northern mainland district of Xiamen which faces Jinmen. Tong'an is located on the southeast of Fujian province. To the north is Anxi and Nan'an, to the south is Jimei. Tong'an is also east of Lianxiang and Changqin to the West...

 in May 2003:

• Xindian
  Xindian
  Xindian District is a district in the southern part of New Taipei City in northern Republic of China .- History :Xindian's name originated during the Qing Dynasty close to 300 years ago. According to legend, a person named Lin and others came from Quanzhou, Fujian Province...
  
   (新店)
• Xinyu
  Xinyu
  -History:Xinyu has a history of more than 1,700 years. It became a county in 267 during the Three Kingdoms period.-Geography:Xinyu has an area of 3,178 km². It is located 135 km southwest of the city of Nanchang, the capital of the Jiangxi province - about two and half hours away by car via highway...
  
   (新圩)
• Maxiang (馬巷)
• Neicuo (內厝)
• Dadeng (大嶝)

Transport

Xiamen city is constructing the Xiamen Xiang'an Tunnel which is about 9 kilometres long. This includes 5.95 kilometres of the tunnel under water. It starts from Wutong of Xiamen Island and terminates at Xibin, Xiang'an District, Xiamen. It is scheduled to be completed by 2009.

External links

• Xiamen government website