Gulangyu

Gulangyu is an island in , a few minutes by ferry from downtown. It has a population around 17,000 and an area of about 2 km². It was a foreign enclave from the 1840s until the 1930s, and is now a residential suburb, a major tourist area, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: island of China
  • Also known as: Kou-lang-se

Places of Interest

Highlights include Overseas Chinese Museum and The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University.

Museum
Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.

Metro station
is a metro station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gulangyu and Zhonghua.

Suburb
is a suburb.

Suburb
Subdistrict is a township-level division of the Siming District of Xiamen, Fujian Province, .

Suburb
Subdistrict is a subdistrict of Siming District, , Province, People's Republic of China. It covers an area of 5.7 square kilometres and has a registered population of 63,362.

Gulangyu

Latitude
24.4445° or 24° 26′ 40″ north
Longitude
118.0666° or 118° 3′ 60″ east
Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)
Open location code
7PPWC3V8+QM
Geo­Names ID
7931996
Wiki­data ID
Q1025339
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Gulangyu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: جزيرة قولانغيو
  • Basque: Gulangyu
  • Belarusian: Гулан’юй
  • Cebuano: Gulang Yu
  • Chinese: Kó͘-lōng-sū
  • Chinese: 圆沙洲
  • Chinese: 圆洲仔
  • Chinese: 鼓浪屿―万石山风景名胜区
  • Chinese: 鼓浪屿
  • Chinese: 鼓浪屿岛
  • Chinese: 鼓浪屿风景名胜区
  • Chinese: 鼓浪嶼
  • Croatian: Kulangsu
  • Czech: Ku-lang-jü
  • Dutch: Gulangyu
  • Esperanto: Gulangyu
  • Finnish: Kulangsu
  • French: Gulangyu
  • Georgian: კულანსუ
  • German: Gulangyu
  • German: Kulangsu
  • Hebrew: גולאנגיו
  • Indonesian: Gulangyu
  • Indonesian: Pulau Gulangyu
  • Italian: Gulangyu
  • Italian: Kulangsu
  • Japanese: コロンス島
  • Japanese: 鼓浪嶼
  • Korean: 구랑위 섬
  • Korean: 구랑위
  • Lithuanian: Gulangju
  • Macedonian: Гулангју
  • Maltese: Gulang
  • Maltese: Gulangyu
  • Maltese: Kulangsu
  • Min Nan Chinese: Kó͘-lōng-sū
  • Min Nan Chinese: Kó·-lōng-sū
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Gulangyu
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kulangsu
  • Norwegian: Gulangyu
  • Persian: جزیره گولانگ‌یو
  • Portuguese: Gulangyu
  • Russian: Гуланъюй
  • Russian: Остров Гуланъюй
  • Slovak: Ku-lang-jü
  • Spanish: Isla Gulangyu
  • Swedish: Gulangyu
  • Swedish: Kulang-Su
  • Swedish: Kulangsoo
  • Swedish: Kulangsu
  • Turkish: Gulangyu
  • Ukrainian: Кулансу
  • Vietnamese: Cổ Lãng Tự
  • Wu Chinese: 鼓浪屿
  • Yue Chinese: 鼓浪嶼

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Gulangyu”. Photo: Jerry Luo, CC BY 2.0.