page_title: Kinmen
section_title: Townships
hierarchical_section_title: Kinmen / Politics / Townships
context_page_description: Kinmen or Quemoy, officially Kinmen County, is an insular county in the Republic of China located just off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The county consists of the Kinmen Islands and the Wuqiu Islands more than 110 kilometres to the northeast. It is one of two counties under the streamlined Fujian Province of the Republic of China. The Kinmen Islands are located only about two kilometres east of the mainland city of Xiamen, and their strategic position has reflected the significant change of Cross-Strait relations from a battlefront to a trading point between mainland China and Taiwan. The county is claimed by the People's Republic of China, and Taiwan claims the Dadeng Islands, administered by China, as part of the county.
context_section_description: Kinmen County is divided into 3 urban townships and 3 rural townships. Jincheng Township is the county seat which houses Kinmen County Government and Kinmen County Council. The township also houses the headquarter office of Kinmen-Matsu Joint Services Center. Kinmen County has the fewest rural townships among other counties in Taiwan.
  All those townships on Greater Kinmen Island start their names with Jin (i.e., Kin, lit. "gold"). Lieyu Township encompasses the entire Lesser Kinmen Island, and is the closest to Xiamen. Wuqiu Township comprises Greater Qiu Islet (大坵) and Lesser Qiu Islet (小坵).
  Jincheng and Jinsha are the largest of the six townships. Altogether, there are 37 villages in Kinmen County.
caption: Jincheng Township, the county seat of Kinmen
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