Kinmen

Kinmen County in the Republic of China

Kinmen (or Quemoy) is a small group of islands close to the coast of China. It is governed by the Republic of China (Taiwan). It forms a county, Kinmen County (Chinese: 金門縣code: zh is deprecated ; pinyin: Jīnmén Xiàn), of Fujian Province. The capital is Jincheng Township.

The county is claimed by the People's Republic of China (PRC) as part of its own Fujian Province. It is very close to Xiamen, no more than 2 kilometres.

Kinmen Media

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  Jiangong Islet, with a Koxinga monument, in Kinmen Harbor

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  Kinmen Military Headquarters of Qing Dynasty

• "Three Principles of the People Unify China" Wall built before the 1987 Lieyu massacre on Dadan Island facing mainland China.

• 荷蘭軍隊進攻金門城，1663年(取自John Ogilby 的 Atlas chinensis,，1671年)

• Map of Amoy and Surroundings 1954

• Chin-men Tao (Quemoy Island, Greater Kinmen), Lieh Hsü (Lesser Kinmen), Tung-ting Hsü (Dongding Island), Wu-ch'iu Hsü (Daqiu), and Hsia Hsü (Xiaoqiu)"The Nationalist-held islands off the Chinese mainland are nominally a part of Fukien Province, but are presently under military administration." (1962)

• Kinmen in the map on the obverse of the Commemorative NT$10 Coin in Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Taiwan's Retrocession (1995)

• Wuqiu Lighthouse in Wuqiu, Kinmen

• Townships of Kinmen County

• Artillery shells fired by the People's Liberation Army to Kinmen in the 1950s