Kinmen

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archipelago county-level administrative division island group

Kinmen is a group of strategically located islands governed by Taiwan (Republic of China), situated just off the coast of mainland China and known for their military history and cross-strait significance.

Aliases (3)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archipelago → county-level administrative division → island group →
adminCenter	Jincheng Township →
belongsTo	Free area of the Republic of China →
borderStatus	frontline between ROC and PRC →
commonSpokenLanguage	Taiwanese Hokkien →
composedOf	Greater Kinmen Island → Lesser Kinmen (Lieyu) Island → several smaller islets →
connectedBy	ferry routes to Xiamen →
controlledBy	Republic of China Armed Forces →
country	Republic of China →
crossStraitRole	platform for people-to-people exchanges between Taiwan and mainland China →
demilitarizationTrend	increasing tourism and civilian development →
distanceTo	about 2 km from Xiamen Island at closest point →
economyIncludes	sorghum liquor production → tourism →
famousProduct	Kinmen Kaoliang Liquor →
governedBy	Kinmen County Government → Republic of China →
hasAdministrativeDivision	Jincheng Township → Jinhu Township → Jinning Township → Jinsha Township → Lieyu Township → Wuqiu Township →
hasAirport	Kinmen Airport →
hasAlternativeName	Chin-men → Quemoy →
hasCapital	Jincheng Township →
hasGarrison	Republic of China Army →
hasLargestSettlement	Jincheng Township →
historicalRegionOf	Fujian →
knownFor	Cold War frontline status → artillery battles between ROC and PRC → military history →
legislativeRepresentation	Legislative Yuan (Republic of China) →
locatedIn	East China Sea region → Taiwan Strait →
locatedNear	Xiamen →
locatedOffCoastOf	mainland China →
officialLanguage	Mandarin Chinese →
partOf	Fujian Province (Republic of China) →
siteOf	1958 Quemoy artillery bombardment → Second Taiwan Strait Crisis →
strategicImportance	cross-strait relations → military defense →
timezone	National Standard Time (UTC+8) →
usesCurrency	New Taiwan dollar →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
TPE → TW →	representsTerritory
Republic of China →	administers
Kinmen ("Greater Kinmen Island") →	composedOf
Fujian ("Kinmen (claimed)") →	contains
Kinmen ("Kinmen County Government") →	governedBy
New Taiwan dollar →	legalTenderIn
President of the Republic of China →	officeHoldersJurisdiction
Chinese Taipei →	represents