Xindian () is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

in Xiang'an District,

Xiamen Xiamen,), also known as Amoy ( ; from the Zhangzhou Hokkien pronunciation, zh, c=, s=, t=, p=, poj=Ē͘-mûi, historically romanized as Amoy, is a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian, People's Republic of China, beside the Taiwan Stra ...

Fujian Fujian is a provinces of China, province in East China, southeastern 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 capital is Fuzhou and its largest prefe ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

History

In the lead up to 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 ...

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 known as the 1958 Taiwan Strait Crisis, was a conflict between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Taiwan, Republic of China (ROC). The PRC shelled the islands of Kinmen (Quemoy) and the Matsu Is ...

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), only east from the city of Xiamen in Fujian, located at the southeastern coast of the People's Republic of China, from which ...

Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

(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 (), Dongkeng (), 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 (),

Anshan Anshan ( zh, s=鞍山, p=Ānshān, l=saddle mountain) is an inland prefecture-level city in central-southeast Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, about south of the provincial capital Shenyang. As of the 2020 census, it was Liaoning' ...

(), Dongjie (), Zhongzhai (), Pubian (P'u-pien; ), Guluo (), Puxi (), Dongxing (), Honglinhu (), Zengban (), Xiangmei (), Guyan ()

References

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

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Geography

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