Kinmen Island

Kinmen is a county comprising a number of outlying islands near the People's Republic of China but controlled by the Taiwan-based Republic of China government.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kinmen Shang Yi Airport and Chen Ching-Ian’s Western-style House.

Kinmen Shang Yi Airport

Aerodrome

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Kinmen Airport, commonly known as the Shangyi Airport, is a civilian airport serving Kinmen, Fuchien Province, Taiwan. It is located at Jinhu Township of Kinmen County.

Chen Ching-Ian’s Western-style House

Photo: 胡士俊, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Chen Jing-lan Western House is a former house in Jinhu Township, Kinmen County, Taiwan. It is the largest Western-style house in Kinmen.

Chiang Ching-kuo Memorial Hall

Monument

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The Chiang Ching-kuo Memorial Hall is a memorial hall dedicated to former President of the Republic of China Chiang Ching-kuo located in Jinning Township, Kinmen County, Taiwan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jinning and Jinhu.

Jinning Township is a rural township in Kinmen. It is in the Taiwan Strait, on the coast of mainland China. It has a population of 34,569 and an area of 29.8540 km2. Jinning is situated 4 km west of Kinmen Island.

Jinhu

Town

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Jinhu Township is an urban township of Kinmen, Fuchien, Taiwan. It is in the Taiwan Strait, on the coast of mainland China. Jinhu Township is the largest township in Kinmen County. Jinhu is situated 4 km east of Kinmen Island.

Jincheng

Town

Jincheng Township is an urban township on the southwestern corner of the island of Kinmen. It is the county seat of Kinmen County, Fuchien Province, Taiwan. Jincheng is situated 6 km west of Kinmen Island.

Kinmen Island

Type: Island
Also known as: “Chin-men Tao”, “Chinmen”, “Jinmen Dao”, “Kimmung Island”, “Kimoi”, “Kinmen”, “Kinmen County”, “Kweimoy Island”, and “Quemoy”
Category: landform
Location: Kinmen, Fukien, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

24.4458° or 24° 26′ 45″ north

Longitude

118.3761° or 118° 22′ 34″ east

Population

128,000

Elevation

25 metres (82 feet)

Open location code

7PPWC9WG+8C

GeoNames ID

1678001

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Satellite Map

Discover Kinmen Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Chinese to Swedish—“Kinmen Island” goes by many names.

Chinese: “金門島”
Chinese: “金門縣”
Estonian: “Jinmen”
French: “Jinmen”
German: “Kinmen”
Indonesian: “Kabupaten Kinmen”
Japanese: “金門県”
Polish: “Kinmen”
Swedish: “Jinmen”

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