Siming District

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website = http://www.siming.gov.cn
footnotes = Siming District (Chinese: 思明区; Pinyin: Sīmíng Qū) is on southeastern Xiamen Island and the capital district of Xiamen Municipality, Fujian Province, the People's Republic of China.

History

Siming literally means Missing Ming Dynasty (思念明朝). In 1650, Zheng Chenggong changed the name of Xiamen to Siming Zhou (思明州). In the beginning age of the Republic of China, a Siming County was established. [zh [http://www.siming.gov.cn/qqjs/default.htm Profile of Siming] , Official website of Siming District Government, visited on April 14, 2008. ]

The place was made Zhongxin District (中心区) in October 1945. It was renamed to Siming in 1950. In April 1953, the district's government was upgraded from District Bureau (区公所) to People's Government (人民政府). From August 1966 to October 1979, Siming was named Xiangyang (向陽).

Administration

Before the merge, Siming originally has five street offices (街道办事处):
* Binghai (滨海)
* Siming (思明)
* Wen'an (文安)
* Xiagang (厦港)
* Zhonghua (中华)

The above five are divided into 58 residential committees (居委会), and two villages: Zengcuoan (曾厝埯) and Huangcuo (黄厝). In May 2003, Siming's two neighbouring districts -- Gulangyu Island and the larger Kaiyuan -- were merged into Siming.

Xiagang Street was originally a district in 1950.

Today, Siming has ten street offices (街道办事处):
* Binghai (滨海)
* Zhonghua (中华)
* Xiagang (厦港)
* Lianqian (莲前)
* Jialian (嘉莲)
* (筼筜)
* Wucun (梧村)
* Kaiyuan (开元)
* Lujiang (鹭江)
* Gulangyu (鼓浪屿)

These street offices are divided into 95 residential committees (社区居委会)

References

External links

* [http://www.siming.gov.cn/ Official website] (in Simplified Chinese)

* [http://www.amoymagic.com/main.htm Guide to Xiamen]