Minnan_Golden_Triangle

Minnan region

Minnan region

Place in Fujian

Minnan, Banlam or Minnan Golden Triangle (simplified Chinese: 闽南金三角; traditional Chinese: 閩南金三角; pinyin: Mǐnnán jīnsānjiǎo; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bân-lâm kim-saⁿ-kak; lit. 'Southern Fujian Golden Triangle'), refers to the coastal region in Southern 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]

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Other terms used on the Minnan region include the one sinologist G. William Skinner used, which was the term Zhang-Quan (漳泉分區) to describe the region in his guide to the physiographic macroregions of China.

References

  1. [1]
    http://www.fjfao.gov.cn/english/foreignersinfujian/fujianintheeyesofforeigners/201112/t20111222_625021.htm [dead link]
  2. [2]
    Multiregional Economic Development in China Rongxing Guo, Hao Gui, Luc Changlei Guo. p 21
  3. [3]
    http://www.fjfao.gov.cn/english/foreignersinfujian/fujianintheeyesofforeigners/201112/t20111222_625021.htm [dead link]


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