() is one of the districts of
Xiamen
Xiamen ( , ; ), also known as Amoy (, from Hokkien pronunciation ), is a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian, People's Republic of China, beside the Taiwan Strait. It is divided into six districts: Huli, Siming, Jimei, Tong'an, ...
,
People's Republic of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. It is located on the mainland, and is Xiamen's easternmost district.
Geography
Dadeng Subdistrict
Dadeng Subdistrict () is an insular subdistrict in Xiang'an District, Xiamen, Fujian, China. During the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis in 1958, the islands were designated by the State Council of the People's Republic of China as the "Hero's Tri ...
of Xiang'an District is made up of offshore islands and islets including:
*Dadeng (Tateng) ()
*Xiaodeng ()
*Jiaoyu ()
*Baihajiao ()
Dadeng (大嶝
/大嶝島
), Xiaodeng (小嶝
/小嶝島
) and Jiaoyu (角嶼
) were part of
Kinmen County
Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands governed as a county by the Republic of China (Taiwan), off the southeastern coast of mainland China. It lies roughly east of the city of Xiamen in Fujian, from which it is separate ...
in
Republican China and are claimed by modern Kinmen County, Republic of China (Taiwan).
The islands have been under PRC control since October 9
or October 15, 1949.
Administrative divisions
Xiang'an District administers one
subdistrict A subdistrict or sub-district is an administrative division that is generally smaller than a district.
Equivalents
* Administrative posts of East Timor, formerly Portuguese-language
* Kelurahan, in Indonesia
* Mukim, a township in Brunei, In ...
, four
towns
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and one other area:
*
Dadeng Subdistrict
Dadeng Subdistrict () is an insular subdistrict in Xiang'an District, Xiamen, Fujian, China. During the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis in 1958, the islands were designated by the State Council of the People's Republic of China as the "Hero's Tri ...
(大嶝街道, formerly 大嶝镇)
*
Xindian ()
*
Xinxu ()
*
Maxiang ()
*
Neicuo ()
* Damaoshan Farm ()
The district was created out of five towns () of
Tong'an District
Tong'an District () is a northern mainland district of Amoy which faces Quemoy County, Republic of China. To the north is Anxi and Nan'an, and to the south is Jimei. Tong'an is also east of Lianxiang and Changqin to the West. It covers in October 19, 2003.
Since then Dadeng Town has been renamed
Dadeng Subdistrict
Dadeng Subdistrict () is an insular subdistrict in Xiang'an District, Xiamen, Fujian, China. During the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis in 1958, the islands were designated by the State Council of the People's Republic of China as the "Hero's Tri ...
() and made the district seat.
Transport
The Xiamen Xiang'an Tunnel is located in the district. The tunnel is about long, including of road under water. 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.
Healthcare
The Healthcare industry started rapidly adopting
AI technology applications in 2017 and at the beginning of 2018 the
People's Government of Xiang’an Xiamen announced plans to build China's first
healthcare
Health care or healthcare is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivered by health profe ...
industry centre in Xiamen. To achieve this it partnered with leading technology firms
Deloitte
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (), commonly referred to as Deloitte, is an international professional services network headquartered in London, England. Deloitte is the largest professional services network by revenue and number of profession ...
and the
Cogobuy Group.
Cogobuy Group's subsidiary
IngDan () 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 and focused on promoting healthcare projects, establishing healthcare industry
investment fund
An investment fund is a way of investing money alongside other investors in order to benefit from the inherent advantages of working as part of a group such as reducing the risks of the investment by a significant percentage. These advantages inc ...
s, as well as the build out of a new healthcare medical
data platform.
Education
![Xiang'an Campus of Xiamen University - construction - DSCF9156](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Xiang%27an_Campus_of_Xiamen_University_-_construction_-_DSCF9156.JPG)
Xiang'an district is the location of the new campus of
Xiamen University
Xiamen University (; Southern Min: ''Ē-mn̂g-toā-o̍h''), colloquially known as Xia Da (; Southern Min: ''Hā-tāi''), is a national public research university in Xiamen, Fujian, China.
Founded in 1921 by Tan Kah Kee, a Chinese patriotic exp ...
.
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 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.
References
External links
Xiamen government website
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County-level divisions of Fujian
Geography of Xiamen