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Kinmen County

Kinmen County
金門縣
County
Kinmen Montage.png
Flag of Kinmen County
Flag
Coat of arms of Kinmen County
Coat of arms
Taiwan ROC political division map Kinmen County.svg
Coordinates: 24°26′N 118°20′E / 24.44°N 118.33°E / 24.44; 118.33Coordinates: 24°26′N 118°20′E / 24.44°N 118.33°E / 24.44; 118.33
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.kinmen.gov.tw/Layout/main_en/index.aspx?frame=18
Symbols
Bird Hoopoe
Flower Four-season orchid
Tree Cotton tree
Kinmen
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Hanyu Pinyin Jīnmén
Postal Quemoy
Kinmen County
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Hanyu Pinyin Jīnmén Xiàn

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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