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Xiamen

China

Watercolour of Xiamen, China. Centered around Gulangyu Island with Sunlight Rock and Victorian-colonial stone villas, South Putuo Temple, and the coastal Yanwu Bridge. Featuring UNESCO World Heritage and Sunlight Rock.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
UNESCO World Heritage; Sunlight Rock; South Putuo Temple; Yanwu Bridge; Hulishan Fortress; subtropical coastal Fujian flora; European-colonial
Viewpoint
Favor the classic viewpoint looking across the landscape toward the signature landmarks of Xiamen, showing regional foliage and foreground textures, the iconic architectural monuments in the middle-ground, and the distant horizon fading in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in sprawling banyans with dangling roots, flowering red flame trees (fenghuangmu), and queen palms.
Population4,617,251Wikidata: 5,163,970
Coordinates24.48°N, 118.08°E
Area1,699 km²
Time zoneAsia/ShanghaiUTC+8
Solar noon12:08clock runs 0.1 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Xiamen and you surface nearest to Ingeniero Guillermo N. Juárez, Argentina — 65 km from the exact antipodal point.

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Twinned cities

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