Jinhu Township () is an

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(Quemoy),

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(Taiwan). It is in the

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, on the coast of

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. Jinhu Township is the largest township in Kinmen County.

History

On July 1, 1953, Canghu Township () was renamed Jinhu Township (), a rural township. In December 1957, Jinhu was changed back into an

. In 1959, Jinqiong Township () was created from the two villages Zhengyi and Qionglin. On September 16, 1965, Jinqiong Township was disbanded and the major part of the two villages returned to Jinhu Township.

Geography

It has a population of 27,368 and an area of . The township includes

Dongding Island Dongding Island () is an 0.0160 square kilometer island in the Taiwan Strait in Jinhu Township, Kinmen County (Quemoy), Fujian Province, Republic of China (Taiwan). The island is the southernmost point of Kinmen County. The island is near Longh ...

Beiding Island Beiding Island (Dodd Island, Pei-ting Tao, Beiding Dao, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) (, pinyin: ''Běidìng Dǎo'') is an island located east of Greater Kinmen in Jinhu Township, Kinmen County, Fujian Province, Repub ...

, and other small islets.

Politics and government

Administrative divisions

Jinhu Township is made up of eight urban villages: * Lianan / Lienan Village () * Liaoluo Village () * Qionglin / Cyonglin Village (Ch'iung-lin; ) * Shanwai Village (Shan-wai; ) * Xihu / Sihu Village () * Xinhu / Sinhu Village () * Xinshi / Sinshi Village () * Zhengyi / Jhengyi Village ()

Mayors

*Mayor of Shawei () # Chang Jung-Chiang () 1947-1951 *Appointed Mayors # Chen Te-hui () # Yang Cheng-Fu () # Wu Ti-Yuan () # Tsai In-Tang () from 1954 # Teng Chen-Kang (), also mayor of Jinsha, Kinmen # Li Tsai-Chien () # Yang Yao-Ming () # Kai Chia-Ting () # Chen I-Huang () 1971-1975 *Elected Mayors # Chen I-Huang () 1971-1975 # Chen Yung-Tsai () 1975-1986 # Chen Yun-Hsuan () 1986-1990 # Chen Yung-Tsai () 1990-1993 # Tsai Fu-Lu () 1993-1997 #

Chen Fu-hai Chen Fu-hai (; born 3 June 1963) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Magistrate of Kinmen County from 2014 to 2018, and again since 25 December 2022 as an independent politician. Education Chen obtained his bachelor's degree from the Departme ...

1997-2003 # Li Cheng-I () 2003-2008 # Tsai Hsien-Ching () 2008-2010 # Tsai Hsi-Hu () 2010-2018 # Chen Wen-Ku () 2018–present

Infrastructures

* Hsiahsing Power Plant * Taihu Reservoir

Tourist attractions

August 23 Artillery Battle Museum The August 23 Artillery Battle Museum () is a museum in Zhongzheng Park, Jinhu Township, Kinmen, Taiwan. History The museum was built in 1988 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the 23 August 1958 Artillery War during the Second Taiwan Stra ...

* Chenggong Coastal Defense Tunnel * Chen Jing-lan Western House * Kinmen Cultural Village * Kinmen Ceramics Museum *

Kinmen National Park The Kinmen National Park () is a national park in Kinmen County, Taiwan. History The park was established in 1995, three years after martial law was lifted in the county. Geology The park covers an area of 35.29 km² or around a quarter ...

* Qingtian Hall *

Qionglin Tunnel The Qionglin Tunnel () is a tunnel in Jinhu, Kinmen, Jinhu, Kinmen, Kinmen County, Taiwan. History The tunnel was constructed in 1976. Architecture The tunnel spans over a total length of 1,355 meters, making it the largest defense tunnel in K ...

* Yu Da Wei Xian Sheng Memorial Museum * Wind Lion Plaza *

Wu-Wang-Zai-Ju Inscribed Rock The Wu-Wang-Zai-Ju Inscribed Rock () is a rock at Mount Taiwu in Jinhu Township, Kinmen County, Taiwan. History After losing Mainland China at the end of Chinese Civil War in 1949, Chiang Kai-shek tried to set up strategies to retake back the ...

* Zhongzheng Park

Transportation

Kinmen Airport Kinmen Shangyi Airport () is a civilian airport serving Kinmen, Fujian Province, Republic of China, Fujian Province, Taiwan, Republic of China. It is located at Jinhu, Kinmen, Jinhu Township of Kinmen County. It was authorized to become a C-clas ...

Notable natives

Chern Jenn-chuan Chern Jenn-chuan (; born 28 July 1954) is a Taiwanese businessman, academic, and politician. Dr. Jenn-Chuan Chern is a Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering at National Taiwan University. He currently serves as the CEO of thTang Prize Foundatio ...

, Minister of

Public Construction Commission The Public Construction Commission (PCC; ) is an independent government agency of the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan) which is responsible for planning, reviewing, coordination, and supervision of public construction projects such ...

(2012-2013)

References

External links

Jinhu Provincial Government website
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