Jinsha, Kinmen

24.481109°N 118.427993°E / 24.481109; 118.427993

Jinsha Township 金沙鎮 (Chinese) Kinsha, Chinsha
Urban township
Jinsha Township (blue) in Kinmen County (grey)
Country	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Province	Fukien
County	Kinmen
Urban villages	8
Government
• Mayor	Wu Yu-Chia (吳有家)
Area [1][2]
• Total	41.2920 km2 (15.9429 sq mi)
Population  (February 2023)[2]
• Total	20,689
• Density	500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (National Standard Time)
Postal code	890
Website	kinsha.kinmen.gov.tw/en

Jinsha Township (Kinsha^[3][4]) (Chinese: 金沙鎮; pinyin: Jīnshā Zhèn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kim-soa-tìn; lit. 'gold dust'^[5]) is an urban township in the north-eastern corner of Greater Kinmen Island (Quemoy), Kinmen County, Fujian Province, Republic of China (Taiwan). It is in the Taiwan Strait, on the coast of mainland China.

Geography

Map including the Jinsha Township area (1954)

Jinsha has a population of 20,689 (February 2023) and an area of 41.2920 km² (15.9429 sq mi). The township is the second largest by area of the six townships of Kinmen County.^[5] The township includes Cao Islet (Ts'ao Hsü; 草嶼), Hou Islet (后嶼),^[6] and other small islets.^[7][8]

At low tide, the coast near Mashan (馬山)^[9] in northern Jinsha is 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) from Jiaoyu (Chiao I., Reef I.; 角屿/角嶼), an island originally part of Kinmen County in Dadeng Subdistrict, Xiang'an District, Xiamen, Fujian, People's Republic of China. Rock-filled waters make passage between the two areas difficult.^[10]

Politics and government

Sanshan Village architecture

Administrative divisions

Jinsha Township is divided into eight urban villages:^[2][11][12]

• Dayang Village (大洋里)
• Hodo / Hedou Village (何斗里)
• Kuanchien / Guangqian Village (光前里)
• Guanyu Village (官嶼里), northernmost village; includes Cao Islet (Ts'ao Hsü; 草嶼), Hou Islet (后嶼), and other small islets^[8]
• Pushan Village (浦山里)
• Sanshan Village (三山里)
• Wensha Village (汶沙里)
• Siyuan / Xiyuan Village (Hsi-yüan; 西園里)

Mayors

After World War II, mayors of the Jinsha Township were:^[13]

• Mayors (鎮長) (urban township)

1. Chang Hsi-Hu (張西湖) (1945)
2. Huang Ko-Tsun (黃國存) (1946)
3. Lin Yen-Chueh (林延爵) (1946–1947)
4. Chang Jung-Chiang (張榮強) (1947–1949)

• Mayors (鄉長) (rural township)

1. Chang Jung-Chiang (張榮強) (1949)
2. Chang Hsi-Hu (張西湖) (1949)

• Mayors (區長) (districts)
  • District 1: Chang Jung-Chiang (張榮強) (1949–1950)
  • District 2: Wang Tien-Chu (王天祝) (1949), Chang Hsi-Hu (張西湖) (1949–1950)
  • Unified district: Chang Jung-Chiang (張榮強) (1950–1953)

Since 1953, the Jinsha Township has been led by a mayor (鎮長) (urban township).^[14]

1. Chang Jung-Chiang (張榮強) (1953–1954)
2. Wu Shui-Chih (吳水池) (1954–1955)
3. Teng Chen-Kang (鄧振剛) (1955–1958), also mayor of Jinhu, Kinmen
4. Hsieh Shui-I (謝水義) (1958–1960)
5. Yeh Te-Hui (葉德輝) (1960–1963)
6. Chang Ying (張英) (1963–1965)
7. Chang Li-Min (張立民) (1965–1966)
8. Fu Wen-Min (符文敏) (1967–1971)
9. Huang Sheng-Chien (黃聖堅) (1971–1975)
10. Chang Chun-Chuan (張春傳) (1975–1986)
11. Chen Chia-Chieh (陳佳結) (1986–1994)
12. Huang Ching-Lan (黃清壈) (1994–2002)
13. Huang I-Hsin (黃奕焮) (2002–2006)
14. Chen Kun-Ti (陳昆第) (2006–2014)
15. Chen Chi-Te (陳其德) (2014–2016)
16. Wang Teng-Wei (王登緯) (2016)
17. Chen Chi-Te (陳其德) (2016)
18. Wang Teng-Wei (王登緯) (2016–2017)
19. Yang Chih-Pin (楊志斌) (2017)
20. Tsai Chi-Chao (蔡其朝) (2017–2018)
21. Wu Yu-Chia (吳有家) (2018–present)^[15]

Education

• Kinmen Campus of Ming Chuan University^[16]

Infrastructure

• Shanxi Reservoir
• Tianpu Reservoir

Tourist attractions

• Jindong Movie Theater
• Longfeng Temple
• Kinmen Folk Culture Village
• Mashan Broadcasting and Observation Station
• Wang Chin-cheng's Western House

See also

• List of islands of Taiwan

References

1. 行政面積. Civil Affairs Department, Kinmen County Government (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 29 January 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019. 行政區 面積（單位：平方公里）{...}金沙鎮 41.1900{...}外圍 島嶼 面積單位： (平方公里） {...}草嶼 0.0700{...}后嶼 0.0320
2. 金沙鎮地圖. Jinsha Township Administration, Kinmen County (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 28 July 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019. 面積：41.08平方公里 人口數：20207人(統計至105年7月31日止)
3. "Kinsha Township". Jinsha Township Administration, Kinmen County. Retrieved 22 September 2019. Kinsha Township (Note: the local government office's url is "kinsha.kinmen.gov.tw")
4. David Chao; Yu-Po Hsu; Ping-Chin Fan (3 September 1985). "Medically Important Snails of Kinmen (Quemoy) Islands" (PDF). Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 16 (3): 481. Retrieved 22 September 2019. Kinsha
5. 歷史沿革. Jinsha Township Administration, Kinmen County (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 28 May 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019. 清末民初在原金山港河海交接處發現金沙，因而將港易名為金沙港，在此入海的溪流易名之為金沙溪，行政區以金沙為名。{...}民國以來，行政區之劃分時有變動，至民國五十四年始成現況，總面積41.08平方公里，全縣第二，分成八里140鄰，轄51個自然村。
6. 金門縣土地段名代碼表 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Department of Land Administration. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2019. 地政事務所名稱(代碼) 金門(WA) 鄉鎮市區名稱(代碼) 金沙鎮(02){...}段 小段 代碼 備註{...}草嶼 0259 后嶼 0260
7. 金沙鎮全圖. Jinsha Township Administration, Kinmen County (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 21 September 2019.
8. 官嶼里區域圖. Jinsha Township Administration, Kinmen County. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019. 島礁散佈，有草嶼、后嶼兩島，島上有國軍駐守。 (see also map)
9. Taiwan. 2003. ISBN 978-981-234-966-8.
10. 金沙鎮－鄉鎮特色. Jinsha Township Administration, Kinmen County (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 29 May 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019. 金沙鎮之馬山為距離大陸最近之地，退潮時與角嶼僅約1,800公尺，其間之海域多為暗礁，不利船隻航行，
11. "Emergency Evacuation Map". Jinsha Township Administration, Kinmen County. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019. Wensha Village {...} Sanshan Village {...} Dayang Village {...} Kuanchien Village {...} Hodo Village {...} Siyuan Village {...} Guanyu Village {...} Pushan Village {...}
12. 行政區代碼表 Taiwan Geocode 106. 民生示警公開資料平台 (in Chinese (Taiwan) and English). 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
13. 金沙鎮抗戰勝利後官派民選鄉鎮長一覽表. Jinsha Township Administration, Kinmen County (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 8 August 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
14. 歷年鎮長. Jinsha Township Administration, Kinmen County (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 25 December 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
15. 鎮長介紹. Jinsha Township Administration, Kinmen County (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 11 July 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
16. "Mcu - Mcu".

Further reading

• Yang Tien-Hou (楊天厚) & Lin Li-Kuan (林麗寬) ed., (2018). 金門官澳風華. ISBN 978-986-05-7924-6

External links

• Jinsha Provincial Government website
• 金門縣金沙鎮公所.中天電視【台灣新亮點】 ('Jinsha Township Office, Kinmen. Chung T'ien Television Taiwan's New Highlights') (in Chinese)