Jinsha, Kinmen

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Coordinates: 24°28′52″N 118°25′41″E / 24.481109°N 118.427993°E / 24.481109; 118.427993

Jinsha Township
金沙鎮
Kinsha, Chinsha
Urban township
金沙镇(沙美) - Jinsha Township - 2014.05 - panoramio.jpg
Jinsha Township (blue) in Kinmen County (grey)
Jinsha Township (blue) in Kinmen County (grey)
Country Republic of China (Taiwan)
ProvinceFukien
CountyKinmen
Urban villages8
Government
 • MayorWu Yu-Chia (吳有家)
Area
[1][2]
 • Total41.2920 km2 (15.9429 sq mi)
Population
 (July 2016)[2]
 • Total20,207
 • Density490/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (National Standard Time)
Postal code
890
Websitekinsha.kinmen.gov.tw/en

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 (Quemoy), Kinmen County, Fujian Province, Republic of China (Taiwan). It is in the Taiwan Strait, on the coast of mainland China.

Geography[]

Map including the Jinsha Township area (1954)

Jinsha has a population of 19,465[when?] 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 (Ts'ao Hsü; 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 (Chiao I., Reef I.; 角屿/角嶼), an island originally part of Kinmen County in Dadeng Subdistrict, Xiang'an District, Xiamen, Fujian, People's Republic of China. Rock-filled waters make passage between the two areas difficult.[10]

Politics and government[]

Sanshan Village architecture

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)
  1. Chang Hsi-Hu (張西湖) (1945)
  2. Huang Ko-Tsun (黃國存) (1946)
  3. Lin Yen-Chueh (林延爵) (1946–1947)
  4. Chang Jung-Chiang (張榮強) (1947–1949)
  • Mayors (鄉長) (rural township)
  1. Chang Jung-Chiang (張榮強) (1949)
  2. 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]

  1. Chang Jung-Chiang (張榮強) (1953–1954)
  2. Wu Shui-Chih (吳水池) (1954–1955)
  3. Teng Chen-Kang (鄧振剛) (1955–1958), also mayor of Jinhu, Kinmen
  4. Hsieh Shui-I (謝水義) (1958–1960)
  5. Yeh Te-Hui (葉德輝) (1960–1963)
  6. Chang Ying (張英) (1963–1965)
  7. Chang Li-Min (張立民) (1965–1966)
  8. Fu Wen-Min (符文敏) (1967–1971)
  9. Huang Sheng-Chien (黃聖堅) (1971–1975)
  10. Chang Chun-Chuan (張春傳) (1975–1986)
  11. Chen Chia-Chieh (陳佳結) (1986–1994)
  12. Huang Ching-Lan (黃清壈) (1994–2002)
  13. Huang I-Hsin (黃奕焮) (2002–2006)
  14. Chen Kun-Ti (陳昆第) (2006–2014)
  15. Chen Chi-Te (陳其德) (2014–2016)
  16. Wang Teng-Wei (王登緯) (2016)
  17. Chen Chi-Te (陳其德) (2016)
  18. Wang Teng-Wei (王登緯) (2016–2017)
  19. Yang Chih-Pin (楊志斌) (2017)
  20. Tsai Chi-Chao (蔡其朝) (2017–2018)
  21. Wu Yu-Chia (吳有家) (2018–present)[15]

Education[]

Infrastructure[]

Tourist attractions[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ 行政面積. 金門縣政府民政處 Civil Affairs Department, Kinmen County Government (in Chinese). 29 January 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019. 行政區 面積（單位：平方公里）{...}金沙鎮 41.1900{...}外圍 島嶼 面積單位： (平方公里） {...}草嶼 0.0700{...}后嶼 0.0320
  2. ^ a b c 金沙鎮地圖. 金門縣金沙鎮公所 Jinsha Township Administration, Kinmen County (in Chinese). 28 July 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019. 面積：41.08平方公里 人口數：20207人(統計至105年7月31日止)
  3. ^ "Kinsha Township". 金門縣金沙鎮公所 Jinsha Township Administration, Kinmen County. Retrieved 22 September 2019. Kinsha Township (Note: the local government office's url is "kinsha.kinmen.gov.tw")
  4. ^ DAVID CHAO, YU-PO HSU, PING-CHIN FAN (3 September 1985). "MEDICALLY IMPORTANT SNAILS OF KINMEN (QUEMOY) ISLANDS" (PDF). Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 16 (3): 481. Retrieved 22 September 2019. KinshaCS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  5. ^ a b 歷史沿革. 金門縣金沙鎮公所 Jinsha Township Administration, Kinmen County (in Chinese). 28 May 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019. 清末民初在原金山港河海交接處發現金沙，因而將港易名為金沙港，在此入海的溪流易名之為金沙溪，行政區以金沙為名。{...}民國以來，行政區之劃分時有變動，至民國五十四年始成現況，總面積41.08平方公里，全縣第二，分成八里140鄰，轄51個自然村。
  6. ^ 金門縣土地段名代碼表 (in Chinese). Department of Land Administration. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2019. 地政事務所名稱(代碼) 金門(WA) 鄉鎮市區名稱(代碼) 金沙鎮(02){...}段 小段 代碼 備註{...}草嶼 0259 后嶼 0260
  7. ^ 金沙鎮全圖. 金門縣金沙鎮公所 Jinsha Township Administration, Kinmen County (in Chinese). Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  8. ^ a b 官嶼里區域圖. 金門縣金沙鎮公所 Jinsha Township Administration, Kinmen County. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019. 島礁散佈，有草嶼、后嶼兩島，島上有國軍駐守。 (see also map)
  9. ^ https://archive.org/details/insightguidetaiw00vivi_0/page/222
  10. ^ 金沙鎮－鄉鎮特色. 金門縣金沙鎮公所 Jinsha Township Administration, Kinmen County (in Chinese). 29 May 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019. 金沙鎮之馬山為距離大陸最近之地，退潮時與角嶼僅約1,800公尺，其間之海域多為暗礁，不利船隻航行，
  11. ^ "Emergency Evacuation Map". Jinsha Township Administration, Kinmen County. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019. Wensha Village {...} Sanshan Village {...} Dayang Village {...} Kuanchien Village {...} Hodo Village {...} Siyuan Village {...} Guanyu Village {...} Pushan Village {...}
  12. ^ 行政區代碼表 Taiwan Geocode 106. 民生示警公開資料平台 (in Chinese and English). 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  13. ^ 金沙鎮抗戰勝利後官派民選鄉鎮長一覽表. 金門縣金沙鎮公所 Jinsha Township Administration, Kinmen County (in Chinese). 8 August 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  14. ^ 歷年鎮長. 金門縣金沙鎮公所 Jinsha Township Administration, Kinmen County (in Chinese). 25 December 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  15. ^ 鎮長介紹. 金門縣金沙鎮公所 Jinsha Township Administration, Kinmen County (in Chinese). 11 July 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  16. ^ http://www1.mcu.edu.tw/Apps/SB/SB_Site.aspx?pageID=164&wcID=2373&redirected=true

Further reading[]

  • Yang Tien-Hou (楊天厚) & Lin Li-Kuan (林麗寬) ed., (2018). 金門官澳風華. ISBN 978-986-05-7924-6

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