Jinning Township () is a rural township in

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. It is in the

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, on the coast of

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. It has a population of 27,307 and an area of .

History

In 1913, Sen-you Li () founded the Guning Advanced Elementary School (). In October 1949, today's Jinning Township was the site of the

Battle of Kuningtou The Battle of Kuningtou or Battle of Guningtou (), also known as the Battle of Kinmen (), was a battle fought over Kinmen in the Taiwan Strait during the Chinese Civil War in 1949. The failure of the Communists to take the island left it in the ...

. Jinning Township was established in 1953. In 1999, the Kinmen County Government established a

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conservation area of about 800 hectares in the

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northwest of Guningtou (Ku-ning-t'ou, ).

Administrative divisions

Jinning is divided into six rural villages: * Anmei Village () * Banglin Village (Pang-lin,, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ) * Guning Village () * Houpan Village () * Hupu Village () * Panshan Village ()

Education

National Quemoy University National Quemoy University (NQU, ) is a national university, located in Jinning Township, Kinmen (Quemoy), Republic of China (Taiwan). NQU offers a variety of academic programs. They are divided into three categories: 1. undergraduate program, 2 ...

Tourist attractions

Beishan Broadcasting Wall The Beishan Broadcasting Wall () is a propaganda loudspeaker in Jinning Township, Kinmen, Republic of China. History The structure was built in 1967 as a physiological Cross-Strait warfare instrument directed towards Mainland China. Material s ...

* Beishan Old Western-style House *

Chiang Ching-kuo Memorial Hall The Chiang Ching-kuo Memorial Hall () is a memorial hall dedicated to former President of the Republic of China Chiang Ching-kuo located in Jinning Township, Kinmen County, Taiwan. History The memorial hall was built in 1989. On 6 July 2008, t ...

Ci Lake The Ci Lake () is a lake in Jinning Township, Kinmen County, Taiwan. History The lake was created in 1969 for military strategic purpose by constructing a levee. Geology The lake spans over an area of 120 hectares and is primarily used for f ...

* Gulongtou Zhenwei Residence * Guningtou Battle Museum *

Houhu Seashore Park The Houhu Seashore Park () is a park in Jinning Township, Kinmen County, Taiwan. History Due to the long presence of the Republic of China Armed Forces along the shoreline, the beach remains relatively clean all these times. Recently, more fa ...

* Kinmen Peace Memorial Park

Transportation

In the future, Jinning will be connected to

Lieyu Lieyu Township (Liehyu) (; pinyin: ''Lièyǔ Xiāng''; Hokkien Pe̍h-ōe-jī, POJ: ''Lia̍t-sū-hiong'') is a Township (Taiwan), rural township in Kinmen, Kinmen County (Quemoy), Fujian Province, Republic of China, Fujian Province, Taiwan, Republi ...

/ Lesser Kinmen by

Kinmen Bridge The Kinmen Bridge () is a cross-sea bridge in Kinmen, Fujian, Republic of China (Taiwan). It connects Greater Kinmen Island and Lieyu Island. History On 28 February 2010, this project of constructing the bridge was approved by Council for Econ ...

which is currently still under construction.

History

Administrative divisions

Education

Tourist attractions

Transportation

See also

References