Minnan, Banlam, or Minnan Golden Triangle (), refers to the coastal region in South Fujian Province, China, which includes the prefecture-level cities of Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou.http://www.fjfao.gov.cn/english/foreignersinfujian/fujianintheeyesofforeigners/201112/t20111222_625021.htm The region accounts for 40 percent of the GDP of Fujian Province.Multiregional Economic Development in China Rongxing Guo, Hao Gui, Luc Changlei Guo. p 21 It is the native homeland of the Hokkien people who speak the Hokkien language or Minnan language, a variety of Southern Min.http://www.fjfao.gov.cn/english/foreignersinfujian/fujianintheeyesofforeigners/201112/t20111222_625021.htm
Other terms used in the Minnan region include the one sinologist G. William Skinner used, which was the term Zhang-Quan () to describe the region in his guide to the physiographic macroregions of China.
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