Jinning Township ( zh, t=, w=Chin¹-ning² Hsiang¹ , hp=Jīnníng Xiāng , poj=Kim-lêng-hiong) 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 34,569 (February 2023) 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 Kinmen ( zh, t=金門戰役), also known as the Battle of Kuningtou ( zh, t=古寧頭之役) or the Battle of Guningtou, was fought in October 1949 on the island of Kinmen (Quemoy), located in the Taiwan Strait, during the final ...

. 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 * Beishan Old Western-style House * Chiang Ching-kuo Memorial Hall *

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 fi ...

* Gulongtou Zhenwei Residence * Guningtou Battle Museum * Houhu Seashore Park * Kinmen Peace Memorial Park

Transportation

Jinning is 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.

History

Administrative divisions

Education

Tourist attractions

Transportation

See also

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