China
East China
Fujian

Gulangyu

Gulangyu is a suburb in , . Gulangyu is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near .
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: subdistrict in Fujian Province, China
  • Also known as: “Gulangyu Subdistrict” and “鼓浪屿”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Xiamen Music School and The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University.

School
Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.

Hospital
Photo: HualinXMN, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Museum
Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gulangyu and Zhonghua.

Photo: Jerry Luo, CC BY 2.0.
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.

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. is situated 3½ km northeast of Gulangyu.

Gulangyu

Latitude
24.44738° or 24° 26′ 51″ north
Longitude
118.06243° or 118° 3′ 45″ east
Open location code
7PPWC3W6+XX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8168609825
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q5617248
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Wu Chinese—“Gulangyu” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “鼓浪屿街道”
  • Chinese: “鼓浪屿街道办事处”
  • Chinese: “鼓浪嶼街道”
  • French: “sous-district de Gulangyu”
  • French: “Sous-district de Gulangyu”
  • Gan Chinese: “鼓浪屿街道”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kó͘-lōng-sū Ke-tō”
  • Swedish: “Gulangyu”
  • Wu Chinese: “鼓浪屿街道”

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Notable Places Nearby

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