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Also known as Lieyu, Liehyu, Lyeyu

Lieyu Township (Liehyu) (; pinyin: Lièyǔ Xiāng; Hokkien POJ: Lia̍t-sū-hiong) is a rural township in Kinmen County (Quemoy), Republic of China (Taiwan). It consists mainly of three islands located to the west of Greater Kinmen and immediately to the east of Xiamen (Amoy) of the People's Republic of China: Lesser Kinmen (; Pīnyīn: Xiǎojīnmén), Dadan, and Erdan.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Lieyu
Settlement.other_name
Liehyu, Lieh Hsu
Settlement.native_name_lang
zh-tw
Settlement.settlement_type
Rural township
Settlement.image_skyline
Monument to the August 23 Artillery Battle at the junction of Hupu Road and Jiujing Road.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Monument to the August 23 Artillery Battle at the junction of Hupu Road and Jiujing Road
Settlement.image_map
Lieyu Township in Kinmen County.png
Settlement.map_caption
Lieyu Township (blue) in Kinmen County (grey)
Settlement.pushpin_map
Taiwan
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Taiwan (Republic of China)
Settlement.subdivision_type2
County
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Kinmen (Quemoy)
Settlement.established_title
Established
Settlement.established_date
1949
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.leader_name
Hung Juo-Shan ()

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Name
  • History
  • Geography
  • Administrative divisions
  • Politics
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  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lieyu Township” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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