Jinning, Kinmen

24.456720°N 118.334506°E / 24.456720; 118.334506

Jinning Township 金寧鄉 (Chinese) Kinning,[1] Chinning,[2] Chin-ning[3]
Rural township
Jinning Township (blue) in Kinmen County (grey)
Country	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Province	Fukien
County	Kinmen
Rural villages	6
Government
• Mayor	Yang Chung-Chun (楊忠俊)
Area [4]
• Total	29.8540 km2 (11.5267 sq mi)
Population  (February 2023)
• Total	34,569
• Density	1,157.9/km2 (2,999.0/sq mi)
Postal code	892
Website	jinning.kinmen.gov.tw/en

Jinning Township Office

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]

History

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]

Administrative divisions

Map including the Jinning Township area (1954)

Jinning is divided into six rural villages:^{[6][7][10][11]}

• Anmei Village (安美村)
• Banglin Village (Pang-lin,^[9][12] 榜林村)
• Guning Village (古寧村)
• Houpan Village (后盤村)
• Hupu Village (湖埔村)
• Panshan Village (盤山村)

Education

• National Quemoy University

Tourist attractions

• Beishan Broadcasting Wall
• Beishan Old Western-style House
• Chiang Ching-kuo Memorial Hall
• Ci Lake
• Gulongtou Zhenwei Residence
• Guningtou Battle Museum
• Houhu Seashore Park
• Kinmen Peace Memorial Park

Transportation

Jinning is connected to Lieyu / Lesser Kinmen by Kinmen Bridge.^[13]

See also

• List of islands of Taiwan