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Wuciou (also spelt Wuqiu, Chinese: 烏坵; pinyin: Wūqiū) is a group of islands comprising two major islands, namely Greater Ciou Islet and Smaller Ciou Islet, in the Taiwan Strait. Administratively the Wuciou Township is part of Kinmen County of the Fujian Province of the Republic of China. Its name means "black mound".
The People's Republic of China claims Wuciou as part of the Xiuyu District of the Putian prefecture of its Fujian Province.
It was part of the Putian County before the Kuomintang fled to Taiwan following the Chinese Civil War between Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party. Although provisionally part of the Kinmen County, there is no ferry service to the rest of the Kinmen County. Ferry connection is only available to the Port of Taichung.
The dialect spoken on Wuciou is a variety of Puxian Min, unlike the other islands of Kinmen.
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