Kaiyuan

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)".

Table of contents

1 History 2 Administration 3 External links

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).

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

• Official website