Jinhu, Kinmen

Jinhu Township

金湖鎮
Kinhu, Chin-hu^[1]
Jinhu Township 金湖鎮 Kinhu, Chin-hu
Urban township
	Jinhu Township (blue) in Kinmen County (grey)
Location	Kinmen (Quemoy), Taiwan
Urban villages	8
Government
• Mayor	Chen Wen-Ku (陳文顧)
Area
• Total	41.7920 km2 (16.1360 sq mi)
Population (February 2023)
• Total	30,826
• Density	740/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (National Standard Time)
Postal code	891
Website	kinhu.kinmen.gov.tw/en

24°26′16″N 118°25′41″E / 24.437691°N 118.427993°E / 24.437691; 118.427993

Jinhu Township (pinyin: Jīnhú Zhèn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kim-ô͘-tìn; lit. 'golden lake') is an urban township of Kinmen (Quemoy), Fujian Province, Republic of China (Taiwan). It is in the Taiwan Strait, on the coast of mainland China. Jinhu Township is the largest township in Kinmen County.

History

On July 1, 1953, Canghu Township (滄湖鎮) was renamed Jinhu Township (金湖鄉), a rural township. In December 1957, Jinhu was changed back into an urban township.^[4]

In 1959, Jinqiong Township (金瓊鄉) was created from the two villages Zhengyi and Qionglin. On September 16, 1965, Jinqiong Township was disbanded and the major part of the two villages returned to Jinhu Township.^[4]

Geography

Map including the Jinhu Township area (1954)

It has a population of 30,826 (February 2023) and an area of 41.6960 km² (16.0989 sq mi). The township includes Dongding Island, Beiding Island,^[5] and other small islets.

Politics and government

Administrative divisions

Jinhu Township is made up of eight urban villages:^[6]^[7]^[8]

Lianan / Lienan Village (蓮庵里)
Liaoluo Village (料羅里)
Qionglin / Cyonglin Village (Ch'iung-lin; 瓊林里)
Shanwai Village (Shan-wai; 山外里)
Xihu / Sihu Village (溪湖里)
Xinhu / Sinhu Village (新湖里)
Xinshi / Sinshi Village (新市里)
Zhengyi / Jhengyi Village (正義里)

Mayors

Mayor of Shawei (沙尾鎮)^[9]

Chang Jung-Chiang (張榮強) 1947-1951

Appointed Mayors

Chen Te-hui (陳德輝)
Yang Cheng-Fu (楊誠福)
Wu Ti-Yuan (吳迪元)
Tsai In-Tang (蔡蔭堂) from 1954
Teng Chen-Kang (鄧振剛), also mayor of Jinsha, Kinmen
Li Tsai-Chien (黎在鍵)
Yang Yao-Ming (楊耀明)
Kai Chia-Ting (開嘉亭)
Chen I-Huang (陳依煌) 1971-1975

Elected Mayors

Chen I-Huang (陳依煌) 1971-1975
Chen Yung-Tsai (陳永財) 1975-1986
Chen Yun-Hsuan (陳雲軒) 1986-1990
Chen Yung-Tsai (陳永財) 1990-1993
Tsai Fu-Lu (蔡福祿) 1993-1997
Chen Fu-hai 1997-2003
Li Cheng-I (李成義) 2003-2008
Tsai Hsien-Ching (蔡顯清) 2008-2010
Tsai Hsi-Hu (蔡西湖) 2010-2018
Chen Wen-Ku (陳文顧) 2018–present^[10]

Infrastructures

Tourist attractions

Transportation

Kinmen Airport

Notable natives

Chern Jenn-chuan, Minister of Public Construction Commission (2012-2013)

References

^ Chin-hu (Variant - V) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
^ 行政面積. 金門縣政府民政處 Civil Affairs Department, Kinmen County Government (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 29 January 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019. 行政區面積（單位：平方公里）{...}金湖鎮 41.6960{...}東碇 0.0160 北碇 0.0800
^ 105年04月份人口統計. 金門縣金湖鎮戶政事務所 Jinhu Township Household Registration Office, Kinmen County (in Chinese (Taiwan)). April 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2019. 9020030 金湖鎮計 28427
^ ^a ^b 金湖鎮概況. 金門縣金湖鎮公所 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 28 July 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
^ 金門縣土地段名代碼表 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Department of Land Administration. 2 March 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2019. 地政事務所名稱(代碼) 金門(WA) 鄉鎮市區名稱(代碼) 金湖鎮(01){...}段小段代碼備註{...}東碇 0257 調整北碇 0258
^ "About the village". Jinhu Township Administration, Kinmen County. Retrieved 5 September 2019. Sinshi Village Shanwai Village Jhengyi Village Sihu Village Lienan Village Cyonglin Village Liaoluo Village Sinhu Village
^ 村里簡介. 金門縣金湖鎮公所 Jinhu Township Administration, Kinmen County (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 5 September 2019. 新市里山外里溪湖里蓮庵里料羅里瓊林里正義里新湖里
^ "NG 50-15 HSIA-MEN" (in English and Chinese). Washington, D. C.: Army Map Service. 1954 – via Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection. Ch'iung-lin Shan-wai
^ 歷屆鎮長. 金門縣金湖鎮公所 Jinhu Township Administration, Kinmen County (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 26 April 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
^ 鎮長. 金門縣金湖鎮公所 Jinhu Township Administration, Kinmen County (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 25 April 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.

External links

Jinhu Provincial Government website

[ch-1] Chin-hu (Variant - V) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

[mj-2] 行政面積. 金門縣政府民政處 Civil Affairs Department, Kinmen County Government (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 29 January 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019. 行政區面積（單位：平方公里）{...}金湖鎮 41.6960{...}東碇 0.0160 北碇 0.0800

[3] 105年04月份人口統計. 金門縣金湖鎮戶政事務所 Jinhu Township Household Registration Office, Kinmen County (in Chinese (Taiwan)). April 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2019. 9020030 金湖鎮計 28427

[kh-4] 金湖鎮概況. 金門縣金湖鎮公所 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 28 July 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

[5] 金門縣土地段名代碼表 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Department of Land Administration. 2 March 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2019. 地政事務所名稱(代碼) 金門(WA) 鄉鎮市區名稱(代碼) 金湖鎮(01){...}段小段代碼備註{...}東碇 0257 調整北碇 0258

[6] "About the village". Jinhu Township Administration, Kinmen County. Retrieved 5 September 2019. Sinshi Village Shanwai Village Jhengyi Village Sihu Village Lienan Village Cyonglin Village Liaoluo Village Sinhu Village

[7] 村里簡介. 金門縣金湖鎮公所 Jinhu Township Administration, Kinmen County (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 5 September 2019. 新市里山外里溪湖里蓮庵里料羅里瓊林里正義里新湖里

[quemoy-8] "NG 50-15 HSIA-MEN" (in English and Chinese). Washington, D. C.: Army Map Service. 1954 – via Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection. Ch'iung-lin Shan-wai

[9] 歷屆鎮長. 金門縣金湖鎮公所 Jinhu Township Administration, Kinmen County (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 26 April 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.

[10] 鎮長. 金門縣金湖鎮公所 Jinhu Township Administration, Kinmen County (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 25 April 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.

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