Kaiyuan District
Encyclopedia
Kaiyuan Subdistrict is a subdistrict
of Siming District, Xiamen
, Fujian
Province, People's Republic of China. It covers an area of 5.7 square kilometres (2.2 sq mi) and has a registered population of 63362.
It is located 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)".
(鼓浪嶼區) and Heshan District (禾山區). In August 1966, it was renamed Dongfeng (lit. East Wind) District (东风), but this was reverted in October 1979. Finally, in April 2003, Kaiyuan and Gulangyu Districts were merged into Siming District.
Subdistrict (China)
The subdistrict , is one of the smallest political divisions of China. It is a form of township-level division which is typically part of a larger urban area, as opposed to a discrete town surrounded by rural areas, or a rural townships known as a xiang .In general, urban areas are divided into...
of Siming District, Xiamen
Xiamen
Xiamen , also known as Amoy , is a major city on the southeast coast of the People's Republic of China. It is administered as a sub-provincial city of Fujian province with an area of and population of 3.53 million...
, Fujian
Fujian
' , formerly romanised as Fukien or Huguing or Foukien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait...
Province, People's Republic of China. It covers an area of 5.7 square kilometres (2.2 sq mi) and has a registered population of 63362.
It is located in central Xiamen Island, north of the original Siming District and south of Huli District
Huli District
Huli District is located in the north of Xiamen island with 3 sides facing the ocean. Huli is the heart of Xiamen Special Economic Zone. It was founded as district in November 1987. Huli District administers Jiangtou, Heshan, Jingshan, Huli and Dianqian. It covers land area of 61.41km2 which is...
. It is named after a street meaning "Initiating the First (Year)".
History
In October 1945, Kaiyuan was created as a district (Kaiyuan District 開元區) along with Zhongxin District (中心區) Gulangyu DistrictGulangyu District
Gulangyu is a subdistrict or Street Committee under Siming District in the municipality of Xiamen, Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It is named for the island it encompasses....
(鼓浪嶼區) and Heshan District (禾山區). In August 1966, it was renamed Dongfeng (lit. East Wind) District (东风), but this was reverted in October 1979. Finally, in April 2003, Kaiyuan and Gulangyu Districts were merged into Siming District.