Kaiyuan District
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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)".
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
