page_title: Tong'an District
hierarchical_section_title: Tong'an District
caption_attribution_description: 中文: 同安孔庙，位于中国福建省厦门市同安区，是福建省文物保护单位。
context_page_description: Tong'an District is a northern mainland district of Xiamen which faces Kinmen County, Republic of China. To the north is Anxi and Nan'an, and to the south is Jimei. Tong'an is also east of Lianxiang and Changqin to the West. It covers 657.59 square kilometres
  Tong'an District has a population of 496,129 residents.
  The District deserves a nickname of Silver City because the old city resembled a sycee in plan view.
context_section_description: Tong'an District (simplified Chinese: 同安区; traditional Chinese: 同安區; pinyin: Tóng'ān Qū; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâng-oaⁿ-khu) is a northern mainland district of Xiamen which faces Kinmen County, Republic of China (Taiwan). To the north is Anxi and Nan'an, and to the south is Jimei. Tong'an is also east of Lianxiang and Changqin to the West. It covers 657.59 square kilometres (253.90 sq mi)
  Tong'an District has a population of 496,129 residents. (2010 Census) 
  The District deserves a nickname of Silver City (銀城 POJ: Gûn-siâⁿ pinyin: Yínchéng) because the old city resembled a sycee in plan view.
caption: Tong'an Confucian Temple
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