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<caption><font size="+1">Kinmen County
<br>金門縣</td></tr>
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<td align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom:3px solid gray;">Image:Kinmen County emblem.gif<br><small>Kinmen County emblem</small>
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Abbreviation: Kinmen (金門)
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<tr><td width=50%>Capital</td><td>Jincheng township</td></tr>
<tr><td>list of regions in Taiwan|Region</td><td>Southern Fujian</td></tr>
<tr><td>County magistrate</td><td>http://web2.kinmen.gov.tw/English/eng_main2.htm Lee Chu-feng (李炷烽)</td></tr>
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Area
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List of Taiwanese counties by area|Ranked 16 of 18
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&nbsp;- Total <br>
&nbsp;- % water
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153.056 1 E9 m2|km&sup2;<br>
0%
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Population
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List of Taiwanese counties by population|Ranked 17 of 18
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&nbsp;- Total (April 1, 2004)<br>
&nbsp;- Density
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61,614<br>
403/km&sup2;
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<tr><td>Townships:</td><td>6</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-top:3px solid gray;">County flower:</td><td style="border-top:3px solid gray;"> Four-season orchid (Cymbidium ensifolium)</td></tr>
<tr><td>County tree:</td><td>Cotton tree (Bonbax ceiba)</td></tr>
<tr><td>County bird:</td><td>?</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" colspan=2 style="border-top:3px solid gray;">Image:Kinmen_location.jpg
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Quemoy, Kinmen, or Chinmen (金門, pinyin: Jīnm?n, POJ: Kim-mn̂g) (pop. 43,000) is a small archipelago of several islands administered by the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan: Greater Quemoy (大金門), Lesser Quemoy (小金門), and some islets. Administratively, it is in the Kinmen County of Fujian Province. The county is claimed as part of Fujian's Quanzhou Prefecture by the People's Republic of China.
Matsu Islands|Matsu is the other set of islands on the Fujian coast controlled by the ROC.

Many of the inhabitants speak the Min-nan|Southern Min language. Quemoy is geographically very near Xiamen.

"Quemoy"/"Kim-mn̂g", meaning "Golden Door" or "Golden Gate", is in the Min language; "Kinmen" an archaic Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin Romanization. (The modern Mandarin transcription is "Chin-men" (Wade-Giles) or "Jinmen" (Pinyin).)

Last Modified:   2005-04-13