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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.
Jinhu Township (pinyin: Jīnhú Zhèn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kim-ô͘-tìn; lit. 'golden lake') is an urban township of Kinmen (Quemoy), Fujian Province, Republic of China (Taiwan). It is in the Taiwan Strait, on the coast of mainland China. Jinhu Township is the largest township in Kinmen County.
The PRC claims the islands of Taiwan and Penghu as part of its 23rd Taiwan Province, together with the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands (claimed as "Diaoyudao Islands"), which are also claimed by the ROC as part of its own Taiwan Province. The PRC claims Kinmen (Quemoy) as a county of the prefecture-level city Quanzhou, in Fujian Province.
For telecommucation, Matsu Islands is connected via three submarine communications cables named Taima Cables (Chinese: 台馬; pinyin: Táimǎ). To Taiwan Island, the Taima Cable No. 2 connects Dongyin Township in the county to Tamsui District in New Taipei and Taima Cable No. 3 connects Nangan Township to Taoyuan City. As of 2023, the fourth ...
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]
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]
Jincheng Township (Chinese: 金城 鎮) is an urban township on the southwestern corner of the island of Kinmen (Quemoy). It is the county seat of Kinmen County, Fujian Province, Republic of China . Jincheng was the seat of the ROC's Fukien Province from 1949–1956 and 1996–2018.
Dadeng Subdistrict (Chinese: 大嶝 街道; pinyin: Dàdèng Jiēdào) is a group of three islands under the de facto administration of the People's Republic of China as part of Xiang'an District of Xiamen in southern Fujian, but is also claimed by the Republic of China and historically constituted as an insular subdistrict in Kinmen County (Quemoy).