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Region of Fujian province, China
Place in Fujian, China
Minnan (South Fujian)
闽南
From top: Xiamen's
CBD,
Xiamen University, colonial houses on
Gulangyu Island,
South Putuo Temple, beach on Gulangyu Island and
Haicang Bridge Coordinates: 25°00′N 118°00′E / 25.0°N 118.0°E / 25.0; 118.0 Country China Province Fujian CitiesList
• Total
25,806.3 km2 (9,963.9 sq mi)• Total
~17,049,863 (2,010) Demonym(s) Minnan, Hokkien, Banlamese, HokloMinnan, Banlam or Minnan Golden Triangle (Chinese: 闽南金三角; pinyin: Mǐnnán jīnsānjiǎo; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bân-lâm kim-saⁿ-kak; lit. 'South Fujian Golden Triangle'), refers to the coastal region in South Fujian Province, China, which includes the prefecture-level cities of Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou.[1] The region accounts for 40 percent of the GDP of Fujian Province.[2] It is the native homeland of the Hokkien people who speak the Hokkien language or Minnan language, a variety of Southern Min.[3]
Other terms used on the Minnan region include the one sinologist G. William Skinner used, which was the term Zhang-Quan (漳泉分区) to describe the region in his guide to the physiographic macroregions of China.
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