Tongan District is the largest administrative district in Xiamen, and it is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese and the ancestral home of Taiwan compatriots. The total land area is 658 square kilometers, connecting Xiang 'an District and jimei district, and it is about 40 minutes' drive from Xiamen Island. Located at the junction of Tong 'an District and Xiang 'an District, the sea area around East China is the newly planned northern municipal center of Xiamen.
Tongan District is adjacent to Xiang 'an District of Xiamen in the east, Changtai District of Zhangzhou in the west, Anxi County and Nan 'an City of Quanzhou in the north and jimei district City of Xiamen in the southwest. By 0: 00 June 2020 1 65438+1October1,Tongan District had a permanent population of 855,920 and a total registered population of 405,300. It is composed of 34 ethnic groups, mainly Han nationality, and the number of ethnic minorities is small, with 2567 people. As of February 2022, Tongan District had four streets and four towns under its jurisdiction.
Location and boundary of Xiamen city
Xiamen is located at 24 23'-24 54' north latitude and117 53'-18 26' east longitude. It is located in the southeast coast of China, in the south of Fujian Province, connected with Zhangzhou and Quanzhou, and in the middle of the Golden Triangle in southern Fujian. Xiamen consists of Xiamen Island, Gulangyu Island and many small islands, reefs and Tongan, Jimei, Haicang, Xiang 'an, Xinglin Bay, Maluan Bay and Tongan Bay, with a land area of 1700.6 1 km2 and a sea area of about 390 km2.
The topography of Xiamen is dominated by coastal plains, terraces and hills, and the topography of Xiamen inclines from northwest to southeast. There are various types of landforms, including Zhongshan, low mountains, high hills, low hills, terraces, plains and beaches. There are many middle and low mountains in the northwest, among which Genting Mountain, located at the junction of Tongan and Anxi, is the highest mountain in the city with an altitude of 1 175.2 meters. From northwest to southeast, there are high hills, low hills, terraces, marine plains and beaches in turn, and Xiamen Island and Gulangyu Island in the south.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Tongan District