24°27′24″N 118°20′04″E / 24.456720°N 118.334506°E
Jinning Township
金寧鄉 (Chinese) | |
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Country | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
Province | Fukien |
County | Kinmen |
Rural villages | 6 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Yang Chung-Chun (楊忠俊) |
Area | |
• Total | 29.8540 km2 (11.5267 sq mi) |
Population (February 2023) | |
• Total | 34,569 |
• Density | 1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi) |
Postal code | 892 |
Website | jinning |
Jinning Township (Chinese: 金寧鄉; pinyin: Jīnníng Xiāng; Wade–Giles: Chin¹-ning² Hsiang¹; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kim-lêng-hiong) is a rural township in Kinmen, Republic of China. It is in the Taiwan Strait, on the coast of mainland China. It has a population of 34,569 (February 2023) and an area of 29.8540 km2 (11.5267 sq mi).[5]
In 1913, Sen-you Li (李森佑) founded the Guning Advanced Elementary School (古寧高等小學).[6][7]
In October 1949, today's Jinning Township was the site of the Battle of Kuningtou.[6]
Jinning Township was established in 1953.[8]
In 1999, the Kinmen County Government established a horseshoe crab conservation area of about 800 hectares in the tidal flat[9] northwest of Guningtou (Ku-ning-t'ou,[9] 古寧頭[9]).[6][7]
Jinning is divided into six rural villages:[6][7][10][11]
Jinning is connected to Lieyu / Lesser Kinmen by Kinmen Bridge.[13]