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Kinmen

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<caption><font size="+1">Kinmen County
<br>金門縣</td></tr>
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<td align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom:3px solid gray;">Image:Kinmen County emblem.gif<br><small>Kinmen County emblem</small>
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Abbreviation: Kinmen (金門)
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<tr><td width=50%>Capital</td><td>Jincheng township</td></tr>
<tr><td>list of regions in Taiwan|Region</td><td>Southern Fujian</td></tr>
<tr><td>County magistrate</td><td>http://web2.kinmen.gov.tw/English/eng_main2.htm Lee Chu-feng (李炷烽)</td></tr>
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Area
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List of Taiwanese counties by area|Ranked 16 of 18
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&nbsp;- Total <br>
&nbsp;- % water
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153.056 1 E9 m??|km&sup2;<br>
0%
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Population
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List of Taiwanese counties by population|Ranked 17 of 18
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&nbsp;- Total (April 1, 2004)<br>
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61,614<br>
403/km&sup2;
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<tr><td>Townships:</td><td>6</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-top:3px solid gray;">County flower:</td><td style="border-top:3px solid gray;"> Four-season orchid (Cymbidium ensifolium)</td></tr>
<tr><td>County tree:</td><td>Cotton tree (Bonbax ceiba)</td></tr>
<tr><td>County bird:</td><td>?</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" colspan=2 style="border-top:3px solid gray;">Image:ROC Quemoy.png|210px
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Kinmen (zh-cpw|c=金門|p=Jīnm??n|w=Chin-men; Taiwanese_language#Scripts_and_orthographies|POJ: Kim-mn̂g; also romanized Quemoy from Min Bei|Northern Min; literally "Golden Door" or "Golden Gate") is a small archipelago of several islands administered by the Republic of China (ROC) government on Taiwan: Greater Quemoy (大金門), Lesser Quemoy (小金門), and some islets. Administratively, it is Kinmen County of Fujian (Fuchien) province. The county is claimed as part of Fujian's Quanzhou Prefecture by the People's Republic of China. Some islands of other counties, such as Wuchiu|Wuciou, were transferred to the jurisdiction of Kinmen County by the ROC government following its Chinese Civil War|retreat to Taiwan. Matsu Islands|Matsu is the other set of islands on the Fujian coast controlled by the ROC.

Many of the inhabitants speak the Min-nan|Southern Min language. Quemoy is geographically very near Xiamen (also known as Amoy).




As part of Fuchien, Kinmen was not colonised by Japan, as the island of Taiwan and the Pescadores were.

The island was the site of extensive shelling between PRC and ROC forces in the 1950s and 1960s and was a major issue in the U.S. presidential election, 1960|1960 United States Presidential Election between John F. Kennedy|Kennedy and Richard Nixon|Nixon. In the 1950s, the United States threatened to use nuclear weapons against the PRC, if it attacked the island. See List of battles over Quemoy.

The island was a military preserve until the mid-1990s when it was returned to civilian government and travel to and from Taiwan was allowed. Because of its military situation, development on Quemoy was extremely limited and
it is now a popular weekend tourist destination for Taiwanese and is known for its quiet villages and beaches. Direct travel between mainland China and Quemoy was opened in 2002, and there has been extensive tourism development on the island in anticipation of Mainland tourists. However, direct travel was suspended in 2003 as a result of the SARS outbreak.




The island consistently votes for the pan-blue coalition. Until the early 1990s, proponents of Taiwan independence argued that they would consider handing Quemoy to the PRC in any negotiated settlement. This did not sit well with residents, and the Democratic Progressive Party has sharply backed away from that position to the extent that it added Quemoy and the other small islands to its party flag which contains a map of Taiwan.



Kinmen County is subdivided into six townships: |------------------------------------------
! Hanyu Pinyin !! Wade-Giles !! Tongyong Pinyin !! English meanings
金城鎮 Jincheng Chin-ch'eng Jīnch??ng Golden City
金沙鎮 Jinsha Chin-sha Jīnshā Golden Sand
金湖鎮 Jinhu Chin-hu Jīnh?? Golden Lake
金寧鄉 Jinning Chin-ning Jīnn??ng Golden Tranquility
烈嶼鄉 Lieyu Lie-y?? Li??yǔ Heroic Islets
烏坵鄉 Wuqiu Wu-ch'iu Wūqiū Black Mound



All those townships on Greater Quemoy Island start their names with Jin ("gold"). Lieyu Township encompasses the entire Lesser Quemoy Island, and is closest to Xiamen. Wuchiu|Wuciou Township is comprised of Greater Ciou Islet (大坵) and Lesser Ciou Islet (小坵).

Jincheng and Jinsha are the largest of the six counties. Altogether, there are 37 Quemoy villages, Three of which -- all in Jhen (鎮, Zhen) -- are Li-village (里), the rest are Cun-villages (村).

See also: Political divisions of the Republic of China



  • http://www.kinmen.gov.tw/ Government website | http://www.kinmen.gov.tw/eng/eng.htm (English)

  • http://content.edu.tw/local/jinmn/jinhu/talisman/ch4/table407.htm Complete list of the villages in each township

  • http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/taiwan/quemoy.htm maps

  • http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=24.451447,118.361206&spn=0.253372,0.386581&t=k&hl=en Satellite image of Greater Quemoy and Lesser Quemoy by Google Maps

ROC divisions

category:Republic of China
category:Quemoy|

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zh-min-nan:Kim-mn̂g
ja:金門県
pl:Kinmen
zh:金门

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Kinmen".


Last Modified:   2005-11-04


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