Sihai Town () is a town in the Yanqing District of Beijing. 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. 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 +Timetable of Sihai TownTimeStatusUnderMing dynastySihai FortQing dynastySihai County, Zhili1912 - 1951Sihai County, Hebei1951 - 1952Yanqing County, Chahar1952 - 1956Yanqing County, Hebei1956 - 1958Sihai Township1958 - 1983Sihai People's CommuneYanqing County, Beijing1983 - 1995Sihai Township1995 - 2015Sihai Town (Incorporated Heihanling Township in 1997)2015–presentYanqing District, Beijing
Administrative divisions As of the year 2021, 19 subdivisions, more specifically 1 community and 18 villages, constituted Sihai Town, They can be seen in the following table: Subdivision namesName transliterationsType四海镇SihaizhenCommunity西沟里Xigou LiVillage西沟外Xigou WaiVillage四海SihaiVillage椴木沟DuanmugouVillage菜食河CaishiheVillage海字口HaizikouVillage岔石口ChashikouVillage永安堡Yong'anpuVillage郭家湾GuojiawanVillage石窑ShiyaoVillage大胜岭DashenglingVillage南湾NanwanVillage黑汉岭HeihanlingVillage大吉祥DajixiangVillage上花楼ShanghualouVillage王顺沟WangshungouVillage前山QianshanVillage楼梁LouliangVillage
See also
List of township-level divisions of Beijing
References