Xindian () is a

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History

In the lead up to 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 ...

in 1949, PLA forces massed at Aotou (Ao-t'ou; ), Dadeng (Tateng) and Lianhe (Lienho; ) (then part of Nan'an County). Txu-oclc-10552568-ng50-15

In the

Second Taiwan Strait Crisis The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis, also called the 1958 Taiwan Strait Crisis, was a conflict that took place between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC). In this conflict, the PRC shelled the islands of Kinme ...

in 1958, Lianhe was one of the areas from which PLA forces shelled

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 ...

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(Taiwan). In 1959, Xindian Commune () was established. In January 1971, Dadeng, Xiaodeng and Liuhe were transferred from Nan'an to Tong'an County. In 1984, Xindian Commune became Xindian Township (). In 1987, Xindian Township became Xindian Town.

Geography

The island of Eyu Yu, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (O-yü Hsü,, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency 'alligator islet') is located to the west of Xindian.

Administrative divisions

Xindian administers forty-one residential communities: * Xinxing (), Xindian (), Lianhe (Lien-ho, Lienho; ), Xiawu (Hsia-wu; ), Xiaolong (Hsiao-lung; ), Hengcuo (Heng-ts'o; ), Maolin (), Dazhai (), Lütang (Lü-tang; ), Xiwei (), Xiangwu (), Hutou (),

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(), Hongqian (), Hongcuo (), Luqian (Lu-ch'ien; ), Xiahoubin (), Liuwudian (Liu-wu-tien, Liuwutien; ), Puyuan (P'u-yüan; ), Xibin (), Aotou (Ao-t'ou; ), Oucuo (Ou-ts'o; ), Pengcuo (P'eng-ts'o; ), Qianwu (Ch'ien-wu; ), Houcun (), Caicuo (Ts'ai-ts'o; ), Chentang (), Dongyuan (Tung-yüan; ), Shamei (), Xiaxu (),

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(), Dongjie (), Zhongzhai (), Pubian (P'u-pien; ), Guluo (),

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(), Dongxing (), Honglinhu (), Zengban (), Xiangmei (), Guyan ()

References

Subdistricts of the People's Republic of China Township-level divisions of Fujian Geography of Xiamen {{Fujian-geo-stub

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