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A 5.4 km (3.4 mi) bridge, the Kinmen Bridge, connecting Kinmen Island (Greater Kinmen) and Lieyu was completed in October 2022, estimated to cost NT$7.5 billion (US$250 million). [107] [108] It is expected to increase local tourism. [108] [109] In October 2019, China announced a plan to build a bridge linking Xiamen to Kinmen.
The total population living on the islands fluctuates with the seasons. [14] [23] [25] Economy ... [14] [27] The residents of other islands in Kinmen (Quemoy) ...
The Kinmen Islands, controlled by the Republic of China, are to the South East. It has an area of 155.89 square kilometers (60.19 sq mi). With a population of 1,847,047 people, it forms the core of the city's special economic zone. [1]
The state, a.k.a. the "Republic of China" (ROC), including all 168 islands administered by the ROC; The traditional Taiwan region (本島地區), excluding Kinmen, Matsu, and Wuqiu, which are traditionally parts of Fujian Province, and also excluding the ROC-controlled South China Sea Islands;
Lieyu Township includes numerous islands and islets. [11] Some of the larger among those islands and islets include: [12] Lesser Kinmen (Hsiao Kinmen, Lieyu; 小金門, 烈嶼) Dadan Island (大膽島) (5 km (3.1 mi) to the southwest of Lesser Kinmen) Erdan Island (6 km (3.7 mi) to the southwest of Lesser Kinmen) Sandan, Sidan, and Wudan [13]
Last month Beijing began regular coast guard patrols around the Taiwan-controlled Kinmen islands, which hug the Chinese coast, after two Chinese fishermen died trying to flee Taiwan's coast guard.
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.
Taiwan protests after China boards a tourist boat near Kinmen Island. CHRISTOPHER BODEEN. February 20, 2024 at 5:08 AM.