Amoy Island
Xiamen Island, alternately known as Amoy Island from its Hokkien pronunciation, is an island in southeastern Fujian, China, on the Taiwan Strait. It is administered by the People's Republic of China as the Huli and Siming urban districts of the sub-provincial city of Xiamen.Photo: BreakdownDiode, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in southeastern Fujian, China
- Also known as: “Dalimu Yu”, “Hia-Men-Sou”, “Hsia-Men Tao”, “Island Aimoey”, “Mu Yu”, “Xiamen Dao”, “Xiamen Island”, and “Xiaolimu Yu”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport and Xiamen.
Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport
Aerodrome
Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport is an international airport serving the city of Xiamen in East China's Fujian province. It is the main airline hub for XiamenAir and TAECO, an aircraft maintenance provider. Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport is situated 5 km north of Amoy Island.
Xiamen
Railway station
Photo: MasaneMiyaPA, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Xiamen railway station is a railway station located in Xiamen, Fujian, China, on the Yingxia Railway which is operated by Nanchang Railway Bureau, China Railway Corporation.
Xiamen Sports Centre Stadium
Stadium
The Xiamen Sports Center Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Xiamen, China. It is currently used mostly for football matches and athletics events. The stadium has a capacity of 32,000 people, and was the home of Xiamen Blue Lions, between 1996 and 2007.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Xiamen and Kaiyuan.
Xiamen
Photo: SaraYeomans, CC BY 2.0.
Xiamen is a coastal city in Fujian Province in China. It is a very vibrant, affluent and modern place, though by Chinese standards it is a small city — only 5.1 million counting suburbs.
Kaiyuan
Suburb
Kaiyuan Subdistrict is a subdistrict of Siming District, Xiamen, Fujian Province, People's Republic of China. It covers an area of 5.7 square kilometres and has a registered population of 63,362. Kaiyuan is situated 6 km southwest of Amoy Island.
Zhonghua
Suburb
Zhonghua Subdistrict is a township-level division of the Siming District of Xiamen, Fujian Province, China. Zhonghua is situated 7 km southwest of Amoy Island.
Amoy Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Fujian, East China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover Amoy Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Amoy Island” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Ē-mn̂g-tó”
- Chinese: “亩屿”
- Chinese: “厦门岛”
- Chinese: “廈門島”
- Czech: “Sia-men”
- French: “île de Xiamen”
- French: “Île de Xiamen”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Xiamen”
- Korean: “샤먼섬”
- Literary Chinese: “廈門島”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Ē-mn̂g-tó”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Ē-mûiⁿ-tó”
- Min Nan Chinese: “厦门岛”
- Min Nan Chinese: “廈門島”
- Polish: “Xiamen Dao”
- Yue Chinese: “廈門島”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Houpu Shequ and Xiangdian.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gaodian Shuiku and Dailiao Shuiku.
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