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Boston (US: /ˈbɔːstən/), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th-most populous city in the country. The city boundaries encompass an area of about 48.4 sq mi (125 km2) and a population of 675,647 as of 2020. It is the seat of Suffolk County (although the county government was disbanded on July 1, 1999). The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Boston, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 4.8 million people in 2016 and ranking as the tenth-largest MSA in the country. A broader combined statistical area (CSA), generally corresponding to the commuting area and including Providence, Rhode Island, is home to approximately 8.2 million people, making it the sixth most populous in the United States.

Boston is one of the oldest municipalities in America, founded on the Shawmut Peninsula in 1630 by Puritan settlers from the English town of the same name. It was the scene of several key events of the American Revolution and the nation's founding, such as the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the siege of Boston. Upon American independence from Great Britain, the city continued to be an important port and manufacturing hub as well as a center for education and culture. The city has expanded beyond the original peninsula through land reclamation and municipal annexation. Its rich history attracts many tourists, with Faneuil Hall alone drawing more than 20 million visitors per year. Boston's many firsts include the United States' first public park (Boston Common, 1634), first public or state school (Boston Latin School, 1635) first subway system (Tremont Street subway, 1897), and first large public library (Boston Public Library, 1848).

Today, Boston is a center of scientific research; the area's many colleges and universities, notably Harvard and MIT, make it a world leader in higher education, including law, medicine, engineering and business, and the city is considered to be a global pioneer in innovation and entrepreneurship, with nearly 5,000 startups. Boston's economic base also includes finance, professional and business services, biotechnology, information technology, and government activities. Boston is a hub for LGBT culture and LGBT activism in the United States. Households in the city claim the highest average rate of philanthropy in the United States. Boston businesses and institutions rank among the top in the country for environmental sustainability and new investment.

Xiamen, also known as Heron Island, referred to as Xiamen and Heron, is a vice-provincial city, special economic zone and an important central city along the southeast coast. Xiamen is located at the southeast end of Fujian Province, belonging to Fujian Province, facing Jinmen County, Longhai City and Zhangzhou China Merchants Economic and technological Development Zone in the east, and bordering Nanan City, Anxi County, Changtai County and Zhangzhou Taiwan Investment Zone on land. Xiamen consists of the island (Xiamen main island), Gulangyu outlying island, Haicang Peninsula on the west coast, Jimei Peninsula on the north coast, Xiangan Peninsula on the east coast, Dacheng Island, Xiaolang Island, inland Tongan,.
Airport In Xiamen - Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport
Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport, IATA: XMN, ICAO: ZSAM), located in Huli District, Xiamen City, Fujian Province, China, is a 4E-class civil international airport and an important regional aviation hub on the southeast coast of China. One of the two major trunk airports.  
Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport was opened to traffic in 1983. In November 1996, Terminal 3 of the airport was put into use. In December 2014, Terminal 4 was officially opened, and the annual passenger handling capacity of the airport rose to 27 million.   
According to information on the airport's official website in September 2017, Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport has a 3,400-meter-long runway, 2 parallel taxiways and 10 contact roads; the total area of ​​the apron is 770,000 square meters, with 89 parking spaces; the terminal building The total construction area is 237,800 square meters; a total of 109 cities and 182 domestic and overseas routes have been opened.  
In 2016, Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport completed a passenger throughput of 22.7376 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 4.2%; cargo and mail throughput of 328,400 tons, a year-on-year increase of 5.7%; take-off and landing sorties of 183,500 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 1.9%, ranking first in China respectively. 11, 12, 13.  
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