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Kinmen or Quemoy (/kɪˈmɔɪ/; Standard Mandarin Pīnyīn: Jīnmén; Hokkien POJ: Kim-mn̂g (locally) or Kim-mûi), officially Kinmen County, is two groups of islands governed by the Republic of China (Taiwan) and located just off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The county consists of the Kinmen Islands (including Great Kinmen and Lesser Kinmen) and the Wuqiu Islands more than 110 kilometres (68 mi) to the northeast. It is one of two counties under the streamlined Fujian Province of the Republic of China. The Kinmen Islands are located only about two kilometres (1.2 mi) east of the mainland city of Xiamen, and their 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 County as part of its own Fujian Province, claiming the Kinmen Islands as a Jinmen County of Quanzhou prefecture-level city, and claiming the Wuqiu Islands as part of Xiuyu District in Putian prefecture-level city.
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Kinmen County
金門縣 | |
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Coordinates: 24°26′N 118°20′E | |
Country | Republic of China (Taiwan)[Note 1] |
Province | Fujian |
Seat | Jincheng |
Largest city | Jincheng |
Boroughs | 0 cities, 6 (3 urban, 3 rural) townships |
Government | |
• County Magistrate | Yang Cheng-wu (KMT) |
Area | |
• Total | 153.1 km2 (59.1 sq mi) |
• Rank | 20 of 22 |
Population (December 2014) | |
• Total | 127,723 |
• Rank | 20 of 22 |
• Density | 830/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (National Standard Time) |
Website | www.kinmen.gov.tw |
Symbols | |
Bird | Hoopoe |
Flower | Four-season orchid |
Tree | Cotton tree |
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Traditional Chinese | 金門 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 金门 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Postal | Quemoy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 金門縣 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 金门县 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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