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Minnan region
Minnan
,
Southern
Fujian
, or
Minnan
Golden Triangle
refers to the
coastal region
in southern
Fujian Province, China
, which includes the
prefecture-level cities
of
Xiamen
,
Quanzhou
and
Zhangzhou
. The
region
accounts for
40
percent
of the GDP of
Fujian province
. It is the
native
homeland
of the
Hokkien people
who
speak
the
Hokkien language
or
Minnan language
, a variety of
Southern Min
.
G.
William Skinner
used the term
Zhang-Quan
to
describe
the region in his
physiographic macroregions of China
.