Jinsha, Kinmen
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24°28′52″N 118°25′41″E / 24.481109°N 118.427993°E
Republic of China (Taiwan)Jinsha Township
金沙鎮 Kinsha, Chinsha | |
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 Jinsha Township (blue) in Kinmen County (grey) | |
| Country | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Province | Fuchien |
| County | Kinmen |
| Urban villages | 8 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Wu Yu-Chia (吳有家) |
| Area | |
• Total | 41.2920 km2 (15.9429 sq mi) |
| Population (February 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 20,689 |
| • Density | 501.04/km2 (1,297.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (National Standard Time) |
| Postal code | 890 |
| Website | kinsha |
Jinsha Township (Kinsha[3][4]) (Chinese: 金沙鎮; pinyin: Jīnshā Zhèn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kim-soa-tìn; lit. 'gold dust'[5]) is an urban township in the north-eastern corner of Greater Kinmen Island, Kinmen County, Fuchien, Taiwan. It is in the Taiwan Strait, on the coast of mainland China.
Jinsha has a population of 20,689 (February 2023) and an area of 41.2920 km2 (15.9429 sq mi). The township is the second largest by area of the six townships of Kinmen County.[5] The township includes Cao Islet (草嶼), Hou Islet (后嶼),[6] and other small islets.[7][8]
At low tide, the coast near Mashan (馬山)[9] in northern Jinsha is 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) from Jiaoyu (角嶼), an island originally part of Kinmen County in Dadeng Subdistrict, Xiamen. Rock-filled waters make passage between the two areas difficult.[10]
Politics and government
Administrative divisions
Jinsha Township is divided into eight urban villages:[2][11][12]
- Dayang Village (大洋里)
- Hodo / Hedou Village (何斗里)
- Kuanchien / Guangqian Village (光前里)
- Guanyu Village (官嶼里), northernmost village; includes Cao Islet (Ts'ao Hsü; 草嶼), Hou Islet (后嶼), and other small islets[8]
- Pushan Village (浦山里)
- Sanshan Village (三山里)
- Wensha Village (汶沙里)
- Siyuan / Xiyuan Village (Hsi-yüan; 西園里)
Mayors
After World War II, mayors of the Jinsha Township were:[13]
- Mayors (鎮長) (urban township)
- Chang Hsi-Hu (張西湖) (1945)
- Huang Ko-Tsun (黃國存) (1946)
- Lin Yen-Chueh (林延爵) (1946–1947)
- Chang Jung-Chiang (張榮強) (1947–1949)
- Mayors (鄉長) (rural township)
- Chang Jung-Chiang (張榮強) (1949)
- Chang Hsi-Hu (張西湖) (1949)
- Mayors (區長) (districts)
- District 1: Chang Jung-Chiang (張榮強) (1949–1950)
- District 2: Wang Tien-Chu (王天祝) (1949), Chang Hsi-Hu (張西湖) (1949–1950)
- Unified district: Chang Jung-Chiang (張榮強) (1950–1953)
Since 1953, the Jinsha Township has been led by a mayor (鎮長) (urban township).[14]
- Chang Jung-Chiang (張榮強) (1953–1954)
- Wu Shui-Chih (吳水池) (1954–1955)
- Teng Chen-Kang (鄧振剛) (1955–1958), also mayor of Jinhu, Kinmen
- Hsieh Shui-I (謝水義) (1958–1960)
- Yeh Te-Hui (葉德輝) (1960–1963)
- Chang Ying (張英) (1963–1965)
- Chang Li-Min (張立民) (1965–1966)
- Fu Wen-Min (符文敏) (1967–1971)
- Huang Sheng-Chien (黃聖堅) (1971–1975)
- Chang Chun-Chuan (張春傳) (1975–1986)
- Chen Chia-Chieh (陳佳結) (1986–1994)
- Huang Ching-Lan (黃清壈) (1994–2002)
- Huang I-Hsin (黃奕焮) (2002–2006)
- Chen Kun-Ti (陳昆第) (2006–2014)
- Chen Chi-Te (陳其德) (2014–2016)
- Wang Teng-Wei (王登緯) (2016)
- Chen Chi-Te (陳其德) (2016)
- Wang Teng-Wei (王登緯) (2016–2017)
- Yang Chih-Pin (楊志斌) (2017)
- Tsai Chi-Chao (蔡其朝) (2017–2018)
- Wu Yu-Chia (吳有家) (2018–present)[15]
Education
- Kinmen Campus of Ming Chuan University[16]
