Kaiyuan District

Kaiyuan District

Kaiyuan (開元) is a region in Xiamen Municipality and a former district that now belongs to Siming District. It is in Fujian Province, the People's Republic of China.

* Area: 54 km²
* Population: 527,000 (330,400 permanent)

Kaiyuan is in central Xiamen Island, north of the original Siming District and south of Huli District. It is named after a street meaning "Initiating the First (Year)".

History

After the establishment of the Republic of China, Kaiyuan was made a district in October 1945. From August 1966 to October 1979, Kaiyuan was named Dongfeng (東風). It was merged into Siming in May 2003.

Administration

Kaiyuan compasses six street offices (街道办事处):
* Lujiang (鹭江)
* Gongyuan (公园)
* Wucun (梧村)
* Yuandang (员当)
* Jialian (嘉莲)
* Lianqian (莲前)

The street offices contains 99 residential committees (社區居委會), and six villages.

External links

* [http://www.kaiyuan.gov.cn/web/index.php Official website]


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