Sihai Town () is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

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, 74km away from the city center. The district consists of 3 Subdi ...

Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

. 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 ( ; zh, c=元朝, p=Yuáncháo), officially the Great Yuan (; Mongolian language, Mongolian: , , literally 'Great Yuan State'), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after Div ...

. 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

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and 18

villages A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village ...

, constituted Sihai Town, They can be seen in the following table:

References

{{Subdivisions of Yanqing District, Beijing Yanqing District Towns in Beijing

Geography

History

Administrative divisions

See also

References