Xiaojinmen

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Xiaojinmen is a small outlying island of Kinmen County, Taiwan, located near the coast of mainland China and known for its military history and strategic position in the Taiwan Strait.

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Xiaojinmen canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf island
outlying island
administeredAs Lieyu Township NERFINISHED
administeredBy Kinmen County Government NERFINISHED
belongsTo Free area of the Republic of China NERFINISHED
borderConflictContext Cross-Strait conflict NERFINISHED
connectedBy ferry services to Greater Kinmen
country Republic of China (Taiwan) NERFINISHED
governedAs rural township area
hasActivity military tourism
hasAlternativeName Lesser Kinmen NERFINISHED
Lieyu NERFINISHED
Little Kinmen NERFINISHED
hasAttraction battlefield sites
coastal scenery
military tunnels
hasCapital Shanglin NERFINISHED
hasEconomicActivity local agriculture
small-scale fishing
tourism
hasFeature granite terrain
rocky coastline
sandy beaches
hasFortification artillery positions
military bunkers
hasHistoricalRole frontline military outpost between ROC and PRC
hasLanguage Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED
hasLocalDialect Minnan (Hokkien) NERFINISHED
historicalEra Cold War frontline
knownFor military history
strategic position in the Taiwan Strait
locatedIn Taiwan Strait NERFINISHED
locatedNear Xiamen NERFINISHED
coast of mainland China
militaryStatus heavily fortified in the 20th century
nearbyIsland Dadan Island NERFINISHED
Erdan Island NERFINISHED
Greater Kinmen NERFINISHED
partOf Fujian Province (Republic of China) NERFINISHED
Kinmen County NERFINISHED
strategicImportance control of approaches to Xiamen and Taiwan Strait shipping lanes
timeZone National Standard Time (UTC+8) NERFINISHED
usedFor military defense of Kinmen and Taiwan

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Lesser Kinmen (Lieyu) Island hasAlternativeName Xiaojinmen
subject surface form: Lesser Kinmen