Jinsha, Kinmen
24°28′52″N 118°25′41″E / 24.481109°N 118.427993°E
Jinsha Township
金沙鎮 (Chinese) Kinsha, Chinsha | |
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Country | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
Province | Fukien |
County | Kinmen |
Urban villages | 8 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Wu Yu-Chia (吳有家) |
Area | |
• 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 |
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
[edit]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
[edit]Administrative divisions
[edit]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
[edit]After World War II, mayors of the Jinsha Township were:[13]
- Mayors (鎮長) (urban township)
- Chang Hsi-Hu (張西湖) (1945)
- Huang Ko-Tsun (黃國存) (1946)
- Lin Yen-Chueh (林延爵) (1946–1947)
- Chang Jung-Chiang (張榮強) (1947–1949)
- Mayors (鄉長) (rural township)
- Chang Jung-Chiang (張榮強) (1949)
- 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]
- Chang Jung-Chiang (張榮強) (1953–1954)
- Wu Shui-Chih (吳水池) (1954–1955)
- Teng Chen-Kang (鄧振剛) (1955–1958), also mayor of Jinhu, Kinmen
- Hsieh Shui-I (謝水義) (1958–1960)
- Yeh Te-Hui (葉德輝) (1960–1963)
- Chang Ying (張英) (1963–1965)
- Chang Li-Min (張立民) (1965–1966)
- Fu Wen-Min (符文敏) (1967–1971)
- Huang Sheng-Chien (黃聖堅) (1971–1975)
- Chang Chun-Chuan (張春傳) (1975–1986)
- Chen Chia-Chieh (陳佳結) (1986–1994)
- Huang Ching-Lan (黃清壈) (1994–2002)
- Huang I-Hsin (黃奕焮) (2002–2006)
- Chen Kun-Ti (陳昆第) (2006–2014)
- Chen Chi-Te (陳其德) (2014–2016)
- Wang Teng-Wei (王登緯) (2016)
- Chen Chi-Te (陳其德) (2016)
- Wang Teng-Wei (王登緯) (2016–2017)
- Yang Chih-Pin (楊志斌) (2017)
- Tsai Chi-Chao (蔡其朝) (2017–2018)
- Wu Yu-Chia (吳有家) (2018–present)[15]
Education
[edit]- Kinmen Campus of Ming Chuan University[16]
Infrastructure
[edit]Tourist attractions
[edit]- Jindong Movie Theater
- Longfeng Temple
- Kinmen Folk Culture Village
- Mashan Broadcasting and Observation Station
- Wang Chin-cheng's Western House
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ a b c 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)
- ^ "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") - ^ 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
- ^ a b 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。
- ^ 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
- ^ 金沙鎮全圖. Jinsha Township Administration, Kinmen County (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ^ a b 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) - ^ Taiwan. 2003. ISBN 978-981-234-966-8.
- ^ 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,
- ^ "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 {...
} - ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 歷年鎮長. Jinsha Township Administration, Kinmen County (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 25 December 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ 鎮長介紹. Jinsha Township Administration, Kinmen County (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 11 July 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ^ "Mcu - Mcu".
Further reading
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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)