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Kinmen County
Sign in to saveAlso known as Quemoy, Chin-men Tao, Jinmen County, Chin-men, Kim-mng, Ging-meóng-gā̤ⁿ, Ngôo-tó, Wudao
Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands and a county of Taiwan, only 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. Kinmen is also west from the closest shoreline of the island of Taiwan across the Taiwan Strait.
Kinmen is a county made up of islands belonging to Taiwan, located in a strategically important position between mainland China and Taiwan—just east of the Chinese city of Xiamen and west of Taiwan's main island across the Taiwan Strait. Its unique geography in the waters separating China and Taiwan has made it historically and politically significant.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kinmen
- Settlement.native_name
- 金門縣
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- zh-Hant
- Settlement.other_name
- Quemoy
- Settlement.settlement_type
- County
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kinmen Montage.png
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Kinmen County.svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Emblem of Kinmen County.svg
- Settlement.seal_type
- Logo
- Settlement.image_map
- Taiwan ROC political division map Kinmen County.svg
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 8
- Settlement.mapframe point
- none
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Fukien (nominal subdivision)
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.iso_code
- TW-KIN
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- archipelago
- Country
- Taiwan
- Located in
- Fuchien
- Contains
- Wuqiu Township
- Capital
- Jincheng Township
- Population
- 139689
- Area
- 153
- Time zone
- Taiwan time
- Body of water
- Pacific Ocean
- Head of government
- Yang Cheng-wu
- Capital of
- Fuchien
- Official website
- www.kinmen.gov.tw
- Image
- Kinmen Montage.png
- Households
- 46774
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- Commons category
- Kinmen
- topic's main category
- Category:Kinmen
- twinned administrative body
- Tainan
- executive body
- Kinmen County Government
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Kinmen County
- male population
- 69387
- female population
- 70302
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Encyclopedic overview
38 sectionsContents
- Names
- History
- 20th century
- Post-war
- Geography
- Climate
- Geology
- Demographics
- Culture
- Language
- Others
- Military
- Economy
- Tourism
- Tourist attractions
- Museums
- Nature
- Historical buildings
- Religious buildings
- Industry
- Imported goods
- Politics
- Townships
- Cross-Strait relations
- Education
- Infrastructure
- Electricity
- Submarine telecommunication cable
- Water supply
- Transport
- Air
- Sea
- Road
- Gallery
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links and further reading
Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands and a county of Taiwan, only 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. Kinmen is also west from the closest shoreline of the island of Taiwan across the Taiwan Strait.
The county consists of the major island of Kinmen along with several surrounding islets, as well as Wuqiu Township remotely located northeast from the rest of the county. Kinmen is one of two counties that constitute Fuchien Province; the other is Lienchiang County (Matsu).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kinmen County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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