Kinmen County
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Kinmen County 金門縣 |
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| Coordinates: 24°26′N 118°20′E / 24.44°N 118.33°ECoordinates: 24°26′N 118°20′E / 24.44°N 118.33°E | |||
| Country | Republic of China | ||
| Seat | Jincheng | ||
| Largest city | Jincheng | ||
| Boroughs | 0 cities, 6 (3 urban, 3 rural) townships | ||
| Government | |||
| • County Magistrate | Chen Fu-hai (independent) | ||
| • County Deputy Magistrate | Lin De-gong (林德恭) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 153.1 km2 (59.1 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 20 of 22 | ||
| Population (December 2014) | |||
| • Total | 127,723 | ||
| • Rank | 20 of 22 | ||
| • Density | 830/km2 (2,200/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | National Standard Time (UTC+8) | ||
| Website | www |
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| Bird | Hoopoe | ||
| Flower | Four-season orchid | ||
| Tree | Cotton tree | ||
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Jīnmén | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Postal | Quemoy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Jīnmén Xiàn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Jīnmén |
| Bopomofo | ㄐㄧㄣ ㄇㄣˊ |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh | Jinmen |
| Wade–Giles | Chin1-mên2 |
| Tongyong Pinyin | Jinmén |
| Yale Romanization | Jīnmén |
| MPS2 | Jīnmén |
| Hakka | |
| Romanization | Kîm-mùn |
| Southern Min | |
| Hokkien POJ | Kim-mn̂g/Kim-mûi |
| Tâi-lô | Kim-mn̂g/Kim-mûi |
| Eastern Min | |
| Fuzhou BUC | Gĭng-muòng |
| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Jīnmén Xiàn |
| Bopomofo | ㄐㄧㄣ ㄇㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh | Jinmen Shiann |
| Wade–Giles | Chin1-mên2 Hsien4 |
| Tongyong Pinyin | Jinmén Siàn |
| Yale Romanization | Jīnmén Syàn |
| MPS2 | Jīnmén Shiàn |
| Hakka | |
| Romanization | Kîm-mùn Yen |
| Southern Min | |
| Hokkien POJ | Kim-mn̂g Kōan / Kim-mûi Kōan |
| Tâi-lô | Kim-mn̂g Kūan / Kim-mûi Kūan |
| Eastern Min | |
| Fuzhou BUC | Gĭng-muòng Gâing |
Kinmen or Quemoy (/kɪˈmɔɪ/; see also "Names" section below), officially Kinmen County, is a group of islands, governed by the Republic of China (ROC), which is located just off the southeastern coast of mainland China, including Great Kinmen, Lesser Kinmen, Wuqiu and several surrounding islets. It is one of two counties under the streamlined Fujian Province of the Republic of China. Only about two kilometres (1.2 mi) east of the mainland city of Xiamen, its strategic position has reflected the significant change of Cross-Strait relations from a battlefront to a trading point between China and Taiwan. Due to the ongoing issue of the political status of Taiwan, the People's Republic of China (PRC) has continuously claimed Kinmen as part of its own Fujian Province's Quanzhou prefecture-level city.
Kinmen was given its name (; Jīnmén; "golden gate") in 1387 when the Hongwu Emperor of China's Ming dynasty appointed a military officer to administer the island and protect it from wokou (pirate) attacks. The name is pronounced Jīnmén in the official Standard Chinese but some of the various names used in English for the islands derive from other Chinese varieties.
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