Sihai Town () is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in the
Yanqing District
Yanqing District (), formerly known as Yanqing County before 2015, is a District (China), district of the municipality of Beijing located northwest of the city proper of Beijing. The district consists of 3 Subdistrict (China), subdistricts, 11 ...
of
Beijing
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Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...
. It borders Qianjiadian Town and Zhenzhuquan Township in the north, Liulimiao and Yanqi Towns in the east, Bohai and Jiuduhe Towns in the south, as well as Yongning Town and Liubinbao Townships in the west. Its population was 4,434 as of 2020.
This region hosted a major smelter during the
Yuan dynasty
The Yuan dynasty (), officially the Great Yuan (; xng, , , literally "Great Yuan State"), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after its division. It was established by Kublai, the fifth ...
. With more workers immigrated here from all over China, the region was named Sihai () in the sense of "People come here from all four seas/all over the world."
Geography
Sihai Town sits in a basin within
Yan Mountain Range, with the Caishi River flowing through it.
History
Administrative divisions
As of the year 2021, 19 subdivisions, more specifically 1
community
A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, tow ...
and 18
villages, constituted Sihai Town, They can be seen in the following table:
See also
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List of township-level divisions of Beijing
This is a list of township-level divisions of the municipality of Beijing, People's Republic of China (PRC). After province, prefecture, and county-level divisions, township-level divisions constitute the formal fourth-level administrative divi ...
References
{{Subdivisions of Yanqing District, Beijing
Yanqing District
Towns in Beijing