Siming District

Siming District 思明区
—  District  —
Siming Location in Fujian
Coordinates: 24°27′38″N 118°04′26″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Fujian
Sub-provincial city	Xiamen
Area
• Total	76 km2 (29 sq mi)
Population
• Total	860,000
• Density	11,000/km2 (29,000/sq mi)
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code	361001
Area code(s)	0592
Website	http://www.siming.gov.cn

Siming District (simplified Chinese: 思明区; traditional Chinese: 思明區; pinyin: Sīmíng Qū; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Su-bêng-khu) is on southeastern Xiamen Island and the seat of the city of Xiamen, 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.

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)
• Yundang (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)

External links

• Siming District Official website (Chinese)
• Guide to Xiamen