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Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands governed as a county by the Republic of China (Taiwan), only 10 km (6.2 mi) east from the city of Xiamen in Fujian, located at the southeastern coast of the People's Republic of China, from which they are separated by Xiamen Bay.
English: Aerial photograph of Xiamen (Amoy) Island, Lesser Kinmen / Lieyu Island, Greater Kinmen Island and nearby waters and islands Date 5 August 2013, 16:29:11
Xiamen City (bottom), Kinmen (left), Lesser Kinmen / Lieyu (center of photograph) and surrounding islands View from the south shore of Lieyu (Lesser Kinmen): Center is Fuxing Islet; right side are Donggang Bay & Peninsula, Donglin Shore; left side are Nanshantou & Shaxi Capes; far left in background is Xiamen with Binlang and Shi Islets in between Map including Lesser Kinmen/Lieyu (1869)
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).
Jiangong is connected to main Kinmen island by a causeway which only appears in low tide. The Jiangong Islet [1] (traditional Chinese: 建功嶼; simplified Chinese: 建功屿; pinyin: Jiàngōng Yǔ) (also Jiangong Yu [2]) is a tidal island in Jincheng Township, Kinmen County, Fujian Province, Republic of China (Taiwan). [3]
Taiwan has controlled Kinmen, and the Matsu islands further up the Chinese coast, since the defeated Republic of China government fled to Taipei in 1949 after losing a civil war with Mao Zedong's ...
Shi Islet [4] [5] [6] (Chinese: 獅 嶼; pinyin: Shī Yǔ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sai-sū; lit. 'Lion Islet'; also Shi Yu, [7] [8] Shih Yü, [9] Shiyu, [2] [10] Shiyu Islet [2] and Lion Islet [10] [11]) is an islet located northwest of Lesser Kinmen (Lieyu) in Lieyu Township, Kinmen County (Quemoy), Fujian Province, Republic of China ().
Map including the Jinsha Township area (1954) Jinsha has a population of 20,689 (February 2023) and an area of 41.2920 km 2 (15.9429 sq mi). The township is the second largest by area of the six townships of Kinmen County. [5] The township includes Cao Islet (Ts'ao Hsü; 草嶼), Hou Islet (后嶼), [6] and other small islets. [7] [8]