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The Jiangong Islet () (also Jiangong Yu, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) is a
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The Jiangong Islet () (also Jiangong Yu, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) is a tidal island
A tidal island is a piece of land that is connected to the mainland by a natural or man-made causeway that is exposed at low tide and submerged at high tide. Because of the mystique surrounding tidal islands, many of them have been sites of ...
in Jincheng Township
Jincheng is a prefecture-level city in the southeast of Shanxi province, China, bordering Henan province to the south and southeast. It is an industrial city in an area where coal mining is an important industry. The entire city has a population ...
, Kinmen County
Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands governed as a county by the Republic of China (Taiwan), off the southeastern coast of mainland China. It lies roughly east of the city of Xiamen in Fujian, from which it is separate ...
, Fujian Province
Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its cap ...
, Republic of China
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...
(Taiwan).
History
The islet was originally named Chu Islet. In 1949, theRepublic of China Armed Forces
The Republic of China Armed Forces (ROC Armed Forces) are the armed forces of the Republic of China (ROC), once based in mainland China and currently in its remaining jurisdictions which include the islands of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu ...
occupied the islet and built the Lion Fort, Andutou and Koxinga Shrine Barracks. In 1960, the Ministry of the Interior
An interior ministry (sometimes called a ministry of internal affairs or ministry of home affairs) is a government department that is responsible for internal affairs.
Lists of current ministries of internal affairs
Named "ministry"
* Ministry ...
approved the renaming of the islet to become Jiangong Islet.
On 20 October 1997, the Kinmen Defense Command withdrew military personnel from the islet and Kinmen County Government
The Kinmen County Government () is the local government of the Republic of China that governs Kinmen County.
Organizational structures
Bureau
* Civil Affairs Bureau
* Finance Bureau
* Education Bureau
* Economic Development Bureau
* Public W ...
resumed control of it. In 2002, the county government began restoring the area and opened to promote tourism. In September 2016, the islet was damaged by Typhoon Meranti
Typhoon Meranti, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Ferdie, was one of the most intense tropical cyclones on record. Impacting the Batanes in the Philippines, Taiwan, as well as Fujian Province in September 2016, Meranti formed as a trop ...
. It was subsequently repaired with a cost of NT$6,410,000. The island was closed for reconstruction starting 20 December 2017. It was then reopened to the public in end of February 2018. From April 22, 2022, live 4k live video on youtube.
Geology
The island has an area of 500 m2. The island is connected to main Kinmen island by a causeway which only appears in low tide. Numerous incidents of visitors trapped on the island when the tide was wrong have occurred since the island opened to visitors./ref>
Features
The island has a statue ofKoxinga
Zheng Chenggong, Prince of Yanping (; 27 August 1624 – 23 June 1662), better known internationally as Koxinga (), was a Ming loyalist general who resisted the Qing conquest of China in the 17th century, fighting them on China's southeastern ...
which was built in 1968 to commemorate the Ming Dynasty
The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last ort ...
hero who led the resistance against Manchurian invaders. The islet also has a viewing platform offers a view of the surrounding area.
See also
*List of islands of Taiwan
The islands comprising the Taiwan Area under the jurisdiction of the Taiwan, Republic of China (ROC) are classified into various island groups. The Geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as Formosa, is the largest island and the main c ...
References
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