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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.

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)".

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

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