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All those townships on Greater Kinmen Island start their names with Jin (i.e., Kin, lit. "gold"). Lieyu Township encompasses the entire Lesser Kinmen Island, and is the closest to Xiamen. Wuqiu Township comprises Greater Qiu Islet (大坵) and Lesser Qiu Islet (小坵). Jincheng and Jinsha are the largest of the six townships.
The Kinmen National Park (traditional Chinese: 金門國家公園; simplified Chinese: 金门国家公园; pinyin: Jīnmén Guójiā Gōngyuán) is a national park in Kinmen, Fuchien Province, Republic of China (Taiwan).
The Kinmen Bridge [1] (traditional Chinese: 金門大橋; simplified Chinese: 金门大桥; pinyin: Jīnmén Dàqiáo) is a cross-sea bridge in Kinmen, Fujian, Republic of China (Taiwan). It connects Greater Kinmen Island and Lieyu Island .
The island of Lesser Kinmen is situated outside the mouth of mainland China's Jiulong River and inside Xiamen's harbor [citation needed]. The distance from mainland China at the closest point is only about 5,000 m (16,000 ft) and is located in a very strategic position. Lieyu Township includes numerous islands and islets. [11]
Google Maps' location tracking is regarded by some as a threat to users' privacy, with Dylan Tweney of VentureBeat writing in August 2014 that "Google is probably logging your location, step by step, via Google Maps", and linked users to Google's location history map, which "lets you see the path you've traced for any given day that your ...
KINMEN, Taiwan (Reuters) - Maintaining peace needs a powerful defence, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Wednesday, as she made a rare visit to a frontline island located right next to China ...
A maximum of 150 people can visit the island on a given day and sight-seers must apply for permission to visit ten days before their visit. Residents of Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau are prohibited from visiting the island. [21] In July 2024 the Kinmen County Government said tours to the island would resume on a trial basis. [22]
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