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* GDP per capita: ¥38567 (ca. US$4660) in 2003, ranked no 9 among 659 Chinese cities.

Xiamen wasis also known as '''Amoy''' internationally, which is how "Xiamen" is spoken in Northern [[Min (linguistics)|Min]], the localvernacular of the provincial capital [[Fuzhou]]. In the dialectvernacular of Xiamen, known as [[Min-nan|Southern Min]], theit Amoyis dialectpronounced '''E-mng'''. The [[placename]] means "The Gate of the Grand Mansion".

[[image:Xiamen_china.jpg|thumbnail|350px|Xiamen with old and new buildings]]