Xiang'an, Xiamen

Not to be confused with Xiong'an New Area, Hebei.

Xiang'an^{[lower-alpha 1]} is one of the districts of Xiamen, People's Republic of China. It is located on the mainland, and is Xiamen's easternmost district.

Xiang'an 翔安区
District
Rural landscape in Xiang'an District
Xiang'an Location in Fujian
Coordinates: 24°37′07″N 118°14′53″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Fujian
Sub-provincial city	Xiamen
Seat	Dadeng Subdistrict (大嶝街道)
Area
• Total	352 km2 (136 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	578,255
• Density	1,600/km2 (4,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	361101
Area code	0592
Website	web.archive.org/web/20120606051430/http://www.xiangan.gov.cn:80/

Geography

Map including the area of modern Xiang'an District (1954)

Dadeng Subdistrict of Xiang'an District is made up of offshore islands and islets including:^[1][2]

• Dadeng (Tateng^[3][4]) (大嶝岛)
• Xiaodeng (小嶝岛)
• Jiaoyu (角屿)
• Baihajiao (白蛤礁/白哈礁)

Dadeng (大嶝^[5][6]/大嶝島^[7]), Xiaodeng (小嶝^[5][6]/小嶝島^[7]) and Jiaoyu (角嶼^[5][6][7]) were part of Kinmen County in Republican China and are claimed by modern Kinmen County, Republic of China (Taiwan).^[5][7] The islands have been under PRC control since October 9^[8] or October 15, 1949.^[7]

Administrative divisions

Xiang'an District administers one subdistrict, four towns and one other area:^[2][9][10]

• Dadeng Subdistrict (大嶝街道, formerly 大嶝镇)
• Xindian (新店镇)
• Xinxu (新圩镇)
• Maxiang (马巷镇)
• Neicuo (内厝镇)
• Damaoshan Farm (大帽山农场)

The district was created out of five towns (鎮) of Tong'an District in October 19, 2003.^[2] Since then Dadeng Town has been renamed Dadeng Subdistrict (大嶝街道) and made the district seat.

Transport

The Xiamen Xiang'an Tunnel is located in the district. The tunnel is about 9 km (5.6 mi) long, including 5.95 kilometres (3.70 mi) of road under water.^[11] It starts from Wutong of Xiamen Island and terminates at Xibin, Xiang'an District, Xiamen. It was completed in November 2009 and was at the time the first tunnel of its kind on the mainland.^[12]

Healthcare

The Healthcare industry started rapidly adopting AI technology applications in 2017^[13] and at the beginning of 2018 the People's Government of Xiang’an Xiamen announced plans to build China's first healthcare industry centre in Xiamen.^[14] To achieve this it partnered with leading technology firms Deloitte and the Cogobuy Group.^[15]

Cogobuy Group's subsidiary IngDan (硬蛋) had over 1,000 healthcare innovation projects at the time with many planned for integration into the new healthcare centre. The integration plan involved the projects gradually being introduced into the city's new healthcare centre^[16] and focused on promoting healthcare projects, establishing healthcare industry investment funds, as well as the build out of a new healthcare medical data platform.^[17]

Education

Construction in progress on the future Xiang'an Campus of Xiamen University

Xiang'an district is the location of the new campus of Xiamen University.^[18][19]

Completed in 2013, the 243 hectare campus makes the university the second largest in China by student numbers and area - with regular shuttle buses to the historic Siming Campus in the city centre 33 kilometres (21 mi) away.

It is predicted to accommodate up to 30,000 students. The campus has an automobile-free policy; most journeys by students and faculty are made on bicycles.

Notes

1. Chinese: 翔安区; pinyin: Xiáng'ān Qū; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siông-an-khu; ^ⓘ

References

1. 大嶝街道. 厦门市翔安区人民政府 PEOPLE'S GOVERNMENT OF XIANG'AN XIAMEN (in Simplified Chinese). 12 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019. 大嶝街道位于厦门市翔安区东南部，隔海北与南安市石井镇毗邻，南与金门岛相对，西南与厦门岛相望，由大嶝、小嶝、角屿三个岛屿组成，总人口约2.6万人，土地面积13.2平方公里，海岸线25.15公里，{...}一方面加快大嶝战地旅游设施建设，另一方面开辟了"游三岛、登白哈、看金门"的旅游航线，组建了一支豪华舒适的旅游船队。
2. 魅力翔安. 厦门市翔安区人民政府 PEOPLE'S GOVERNMENT OF XIANG'AN XIAMEN (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 9 August 2019. 翔安区设立于2003年10月19日。陆地总面积420平方公里，海域面积134平方公里，下辖一街（大嶝街道）、四镇（新店、马巷、内厝和新圩），{...}大嶝岛 小嶝岛 角屿 白蛤礁
3. "IMPLICATIONS OF US-CHICOM GENEVA DEADLOCK". CIA. 29 November 1955. p. 6. Retrieved 9 August 2019. 2. {redacted}ChiComs are building a causeway to link Tateng Island, the Communist territory nearest Quemoy, to mainland. 3.{redacted}several thousand troops (recently arrived in Amoy from Shanghai) will be garrisoned on Tateng after the causeway is completed (in next two months).
4. "CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN". CIA. 1 December 1955. p. 6. Retrieved 9 August 2019. After a lull of several weeks in artillery duels in the Quemoy area, Chinese Nationalist 155mm howitzers on 28 November fired 240 rounds at a causeway which the Chinese Communists are constructing between the mainland and Tateng Island, four to five miles north of Quemoy. Communist artillery responded with 680 rounds. No major damage was reported. {redacted} 2. The Chinese Communists began constructing the 6,300-foot causeway to Tateng apparently in early November. Such a link with the mainland would facilitate supply of Communist military positions on Tateng. Communist artillery now on the island is believed to include only 76mm guns, but 122mm or larger weapons could take any point on Quemoy under fire.{redacted}
5. 行政面積. 金門縣政府民政處 Civil Affairs Department, Kinmen County Government (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 29 January 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019. 外圍 島嶼 面積單位： (平方公里） 大嶝 22.7500 小嶝 3.3100 角嶼 2.4400{...}附記 本縣縣境總面積153.011平方公里。 (不含中共管轄之大小嶝、角嶼)
6. 金門縣統計月報 中華民國一Ο六年十二月份 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 金門縣政府主計處. pp. 5, 6, 8. Retrieved 10 August 2019. 極 北 大嶝田墘 東 經 118 19 6 北 緯 24 34 16{...}區 域 別 面 積 ( 平方公里 ) 佔 總 面 積 百 分 比(%){...} 外 圍 島 嶼 大 嶝 22.7500 16.92 小 嶝 3.3100 1.82 角 嶼 2.4400 1.34{...}說 眀：1.本縣縣境總面積153.0110平方公里(不含中共管轄之大小嶝、角嶼)。{...}說 眀：外圍島嶼土地面積不含中共管轄之大嶝、小嶝及角嶼。
7. 臺灣歷史地圖 增訂版 [Taiwan Historical Maps, Expanded and Revised Edition] (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Taipei: National Museum of Taiwan History. February 2018. pp. 154, 158. ISBN 978-986-05-5274-4. 古寧頭戰役地圖1949年10月 大嶝島（原屬金門縣） 1共軍佔領大嶝、小嶝、角嶼10.15 小嶝島（原屬金門縣）角嶼{...}大嶝島 小嶝島 角嶼
8. 建治沿革. 泉州市人民政府 [Quanzhou City People's Government] (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 10 August 2019. 民国26年4月，南安县治徙溪美。10月，日本侵略军攻陷金门岛及烈屿，金门县政府迁到大嶝乡。{...}1949年8月24日，福建省人民政府(省会福州)成立。8、9月间，南安、永春、惠安、晋江、安溪相继解放。9月， 全省划为八个行政督察区。9月9日，第五行政督察专员公署成立，辖晋江、南安、同安、惠安、安溪、永春、仙游、莆田、金门(待统一)等九县。公署设晋江县城(今泉州市区)。10月9日，金门县大嶝岛、小嶝岛及角屿解放。{...}1970年{...}6月18日，福建省革命委员会决定实行。于是,全区辖有泉州市及晋江、惠安、南安、同安、安溪、永春、德化、金门(待统一)八县。同年12月25日，划金门县大嶝公社归同安县管辖。{...}
9. 2018年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：翔安区 [2018 Statistical Area Numbers and Rural-Urban Area Numbers: Xiang'an District] (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2019. 统计用区划代码 名称 350213001000 大嶝街道 350213102000 马巷镇 350213103000 新圩镇 350213104000 新店镇 350213111000 内厝镇 350213404000 大帽山农场
10. 翔安区历史沿革 [Xiang'an District Historical Development] (in Simplified Chinese). XZQH.org. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2019. 2010年第六次人口普查，翔安区常住总人口304333人，其中：大嶝街道18328人，马巷镇117606人，新圩镇36141人，新店镇92770人，内厝镇37254人，大帽山农场2234人。
11. News Archived January 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
12. People's Daily Online – Mainland's first undersea tunnel completed
13. "DB Power - HK Free Stock Quote - Financial Information and Data". www.dbpower.com.hk. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
14. "Cogobuy Establishes AI + Healthcare Industrial Center in Xiamen". Healthy Times. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
15. "China's Cogobuy to build healthcare industry center in Xiamen". www.spglobal.com. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
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18. WOXnews.com (10 August 2012). "Xiang'an campus of Xiamen University to open in September". Whats on Xiamen, Inc.
19. China Daily (10 April 2011). "Construction of Xiamen University Xiang'an Campus kicks off". Whats on Xiamen, Inc.

External links

• Xiamen government website