Lieyu, Kinmen

Lieyu Township 烈嶼鄉
Township
Lieyu Township in Kinmen County
Lieyu Township 烈嶼鄉 Location in the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Coordinates: 24°25′41″N 118°14′06″E / 24.42806°N 118.23500°E / 24.42806; 118.23500Coordinates: 24°25′41″N 118°14′06″E / 24.42806°N 118.23500°E / 24.42806; 118.23500
Country	Republic of China (Taiwan)
County	Kinmen
Established	1949
Area
• Total	29.8540 km2 (11.5267 sq mi)
Population (2009)
• Total	8,284
• Density	280/km2 (720/sq mi)
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Website	fkpg.gov.tw/engintro.php

Lieyu Township (Chinese: 烈嶼鄉; pinyin: Lièyǔ Xiāng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lia̍t-sū-hiong) is a township in Kinmen County, Fujian Province, Republic of China. It is also known as Lesser Kinmen (Chinese: 小金門; pinyin: Xiǎo Jīnmén) in which it is an island of the Republic of China, located to the west of the main island of Greater Kinmen and immediately to the east of Xiamen of the People's Republic of China.

History

The first people arrived from the central plains for China during the time of the Tang Dynasty and quickly developed the island and population multiplied. During the Tang Dynasty, an official based in Fujian named Liu Mian said, a horse pasture was set up on the island. During the Song Dyansty, a salt-works was constructed. During the Ming Dynasty, a frontier command was constructed, Qing dynasty garrison was sent to protect against Japanese pirates. Koxinga, from 1646 was on the island Wu Mountain society civil and military in order to recover the Ming Dynasty and overthrow the Qing dynasty.

In 1950, Dadan was the site of a minor battle in the Chinese Civil War.^[1]

Geography

View of Xiamen from Lieyu.

The island is situated outside the mouth of mainland China's Jiulong River and inside Xiamen's harbor^{[citation needed]}. The distance from mainland China at the closest point is only about 5,000 m (16,000 ft) and is located in a very strategic position.

Administrative divisions

Lieyu Township is divided into numerous village administration districts: Linhu Village, Shangqi Village, Xikou Village, Huangpu Village and Shanglin Village.

It also administers Dadan (大擔) and Erdan (二擔) islands, respectively 5 km (3.1 mi) and 6 km (3.7 mi) to the southwest.

Tourist attractions

• Landmine Theme Park^[2]

PRC claim

The government of the People's Republic of China claims Kinmen County (Jinmen County in pinyin) as part of Quanzhou City in its own Fujian province.

See also

• Kinmen
• List of islands of Taiwan
• 1987 Lieyu Massacre

References

External links

• Kinmen County Government website (Chinese (Taiwan))

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