Editing Kinmen (section)

==Politics==
{{See also|List of county magistrates of Kinmen}}
[[File:陳委員福海 (第七屆).jpg|thumb|[[Chen Fu-hai]], the incumbent Magistrate of Kinmen County]]

The island consistently votes for the [[Kuomintang]] (KMT). Until the early 1990s, proponents of [[Taiwan independence]] argued that they would consider handing Kinmen over to the PRC in any negotiated settlement. Residents of the island have broadly opposed such measures.

The [[Democratic Progressive Party]] has a minor presence on the island and typically does not present candidates to stand in local elections, although it does hold a single seat in [[Kinmen County Council]] from both of the [[2009 Taiwanese local elections|2009]] and [[2014 Taiwanese local elections|2014 local elections]]. However, the party occasionally lends support to liberal or center-left candidates.

On 29 November 2014, independent candidate [[Chen Fu-hai]] won the [[2014 Taiwanese local elections|county magistrate election]] and took office as the [[List of county magistrates of Kinmen|Magistrate of Kinmen County]] on 25 December 2014, the first independent candidate to win the office. He replaced Magistrate [[Lee Wo-shih]] of the [[Kuomintang]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 November 2014 |title=Independent Chen Fuhai Wins Kinmen Magistrate Race |url=http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20141129000118&cid=1101 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210072639/http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20141129000118&cid=1101 |archive-date=10 December 2014 |access-date=5 November 2016 |website=Want China Times |agency=Central News Agency}}</ref> The [[2014 Taiwanese local elections|2014 Kinmen County magistrate election]] consisted of 10 candidates, the highest number of nominated candidates in the electoral history of Taiwan.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chang |first=Joy |date=27 November 2014 |title=9-In-1 Elections' Campaigns Run Hot in Taitung and the Outlying Islands |work=China Post |url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/analysis/2014/11/27/422758/p1/9-in-1-Elections.htm |access-date=19 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119204009/http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/analysis/2014/11/27/422758/p1/9-in-1-Elections.htm |archive-date=19 January 2015}}</ref>

[[Kinmen County Constituency]] is represented by a single seat in the [[Legislative Yuan]]. It is currently represented by Chen Yu-chen ({{zh|t=陳玉珍|s=陈玉珍|first=t|p=Chén Yùzhēn}}) of the [[Kuomintang]]. The current majority seats of [[Kinmen County Council]] is from independent, but headed by speaker Hung Yun-tien ({{zh|t=洪允典|p=Hóng Yǔndiǎn}}) of the Kuomintang. The incumbent Magistrate of Kinmen County is independent [[Chen Fu-hai]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Introduction to the Magistrate |url=https://www.kinmen.gov.tw/en/cp.aspx?n=16892BCBAF2F7505 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922054552/https://www.kinmen.gov.tw/en/cp.aspx?n=16892BCBAF2F7505 |archive-date=22 September 2021 |access-date=2 November 2021 |website=Kinmen County Government}}</ref>

=== Townships ===
[[File:Kinmen.svg|thumb|Subdivision of Kinmen County into townships]]
[[File:Kinmen County Government 20110822 2.jpg|thumb|[[Kinmen County Government]]]]
[[File:Kinmen County Council 20110823.jpg|thumb|[[Kinmen County Council]]]]
[[File:Jinchengtownview.JPG|thumb|[[Jincheng, Kinmen|Jincheng Township]], the county seat of Kinmen]]

Kinmen County is divided into three urban [[Township (Taiwan)|township]]s and three rural townships.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Township Characteristics |url=https://www.kinmen.gov.tw/en/News.aspx?n=72CD566167A6DD62 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200106165717/https://www.kinmen.gov.tw/en/News.aspx?n=72CD566167A6DD62 |archive-date=6 January 2020 |access-date=9 May 2019 |website=Kinmen County Government| date=14 December 2017 }}</ref> [[Jincheng, Kinmen|Jincheng Township]] is the county seat which houses [[Kinmen County Government]] and [[Kinmen County Council]]. The township also houses the headquarter office of [[Kinmen-Matsu Joint Services Center]]. Kinmen County has the fewest rural townships among other counties in Taiwan.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Name !! [[Chinese Character|Chinese]] !! [[Hanyu Pinyin]] !! [[Wade–Giles]] !! [[Hokkien]] [[Pe̍h-ōe-jī]] !!  English meaning
|-
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="6"|'''Urban townships'''
|-
| [[Jincheng, Kinmen|Jincheng Township]] || 金城鎮 || {{lang|zh-Latn|Jīnchéng Zhèn}} || Chin¹-ch'eng² Chen⁴ || [[:zh-min-nan:Kim-siâⁿ-tìn|Kim-siâⁿ-tìn]] || 'Golden City'<!--;<br/>'Strong City' <small>''(metaphor)''</small><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jīn chéng |script-title=zh:金城 |url=https://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/dictView.jsp?ID=94215 |access-date=2 November 2021 |website=Jiàoyùbù "Chóngbiān Guóyǔ cídiǎn xiūdìng běn" |quote=比喻城池堅固。 |script-website=zh:教育部《重編國語辭典修訂本》}}</ref>-->
|-
| [[Jinhu, Kinmen|Jinhu Township]] || 金湖鎮 || {{lang|zh-Latn|Jīnhú Zhèn}} || Chin¹-hu² Chen⁴ || [[:zh-min-nan:Kim-ô͘-tìn|Kim-ô͘-tìn]] || 'Golden Lake'
|-
| [[Jinsha, Kinmen|Jinsha Township]] || 金沙鎮 || {{lang|zh-Latn|Jīnshā Zhèn}} || Chin¹-sha¹ Chen⁴|| [[:zh-min-nan:Kim-soa-tìn|Kim-soa-tìn]] || 'Gold Dust'<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 May 2019 |title=Lìshǐ yángé |script-title=zh:歷史沿革 |url=https://kinsha.kinmen.gov.tw/cp.aspx?n=FF1A391C7BD7A656 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402041420/http://kinsha.kinmen.gov.tw/cp.aspx?n=FF1A391C7BD7A656 |archive-date=2 April 2018 |access-date=22 September 2019 |language=zh-tw |quote=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。 |script-website=zh:金門縣金沙鎮公所 |trans-website=Jinsha Township Administration, Kinmen County}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="6"|'''Rural townships'''
|-
| [[Jinning, Kinmen|Jinning Township]] || 金寧鄉 || {{lang|zh-Latn|Jīnníng Xiāng}} || Chin¹-ning² Hsiang¹ || [[:zh-min-nan:Kim-lêng-hiong|Kim-lêng-hiong]] || 'Golden Tranquility'
|-
| [[Lieyu|Lieyu Township]] || 烈嶼鄉 || {{lang|zh-Latn|Lièyǔ Xiāng}} || Lie⁴-yü³ Hsiang¹ || [[:zh-min-nan:Lia̍t-sū-hiong|Lia̍t-sū-hiong]] || 'Split-off Islet'<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 July 2017 |title=Lìshǐ yángé |script-title=zh:歷史沿革 |trans-title=Historical Development |url=https://lieyu.kinmen.gov.tw/cp.aspx?n=64E5B639E0751B00 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825162831/https://lieyu.kinmen.gov.tw/cp.aspx?n=64E5B639E0751B00 |archive-date=25 August 2019 |access-date=10 August 2019 |website=Jīnmén Xiàn Lièyǔ Xiāng gōngsuǒ |language=zh-tw |quote={{lang|zh-tw|金門民間傳說烈嶼和大金門本是相連，沒有過海，和大金門的水頭有數公尺之土地相連帶。後有一仙人眼見船隻軍要轉來轉去才能轉進港，非常麻煩，就說：「這條港路上的半島，該讓她(離嶼)去，讓出這條港路，好交通船」。金口一開，烈嶼那塊島慢慢裂開，一直開離大金門所以叫「烈嶼」久而久之，就叫成了「烈嶼」。（金門民間傳說）}} |script-website=zh:金門縣烈嶼鄉公所 |trans-website=Lieyu Township Village Administration, Kinmen County}}</ref><!--The understanding as 'Heroic Islets' needs specific evidence not bold assertion.-->
|-
| [[Wuqiu, Kinmen|Wuqiu Township]] || 烏坵鄉 || {{lang|zh-Latn|Wūqiū Xiāng}} || Wu¹-ch'iu¹ Hsiang¹ || [[:zh-min-nan:O͘-khiu-hiong|O͘-khiu-hiong]] || 'Black Mound'
|}

All those townships on Greater Kinmen Island start their names with ''Jin'' (i.e., ''Kin'', lit. "gold"). Lieyu Township encompasses the entire Lesser Kinmen Island, and is the closest to [[Xiamen]]. [[Wuqiu, Kinmen|Wuqiu Township]] comprises Greater Qiu Islet ({{lang|zh|大坵}}) and Lesser Qiu Islet ({{lang|zh|小坵}}).

Jincheng and Jinsha are the largest of the six townships. Altogether, there are 37 villages in Kinmen County.<!--, three of which – all in ''Zhèn'' ({{lang|zh-hant|鎮}}) – are ''Lǐ''-villages ({{lang|zh|里}}); the rest are ''Cūn''-villages ({{lang|zh|村}}).-->

===Cross-Strait relations===
In the controversy regarding the [[political status of Taiwan]], the People's Republic of China (PRC) has continuously claimed the territory of Kinmen County as part of [[Fujian|its own Fujian Province]], claiming the Kinmen Islands as a county<!--a ''Jinmen County''--> of [[Quanzhou]] [[prefecture-level city]].<ref name="statqz">{{Cite web |title=2018 nián tǒngjì yòng qūhuà dàimǎ hé chéng-xiāng huàfēn dàimǎ: Quánzhōu Shì |script-title=zh:2018年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：泉州市 |trans-title=2018 Statistical Area Numbers and Rural-Urban Area Numbers: Quanzhou City |url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2018/35/3505.html |access-date=10 August 2019 |website=Guójiā tǒngjì jú |language=zh-hans |quote={{lang|zh-hans|统计用区划代码 名称{...}350527000000 金门县{...}} |script-website=zh:国家统计局 |trans-website=National Bureau of Statistics}}</ref><ref name="ch">{{Cite book |title=Cíhǎi |title-link=Cihai |year=2009 |publisher=Shanghai cishu chubanshe |isbn=9787532628599 |editor-last=Xia |editor-first=Zhengnong 夏征农 |edition=6th, in Color |location=Shanghai |page=1863 |language=zh |script-title=zh:辞海 |quote={{lang|zh-hans|'''泉州'''{...}辖丰泽、鲤城、洛江、泉港四区和惠安、安溪、永春、德化、金门五县，代管晋江、石狮、南安三市。}} |editor-last2=Chen |editor-first2=Zhili 陈至立}}</ref><ref name="govqz">{{Cite web |title=Jiànzhì yángé |script-title=zh:建治沿革 |trans-title=Jianzhi History |url=http://www.quanzhou.gov.cn/zfb/zjqz/jzyg/ |access-date=10 August 2019 |website=Quánzhōu Shì rénmín zhèngfǔ |language=zh-hans |quote={{lang|zh-hans|民国3年7月，金门自思明县析出置县，隶属厦门道。{...}民国22年(1933){...}12月13日，四省分别更名为闽海、延建、兴泉、龙汀。兴泉省辖莆田、仙游、晋江、南安、安溪、惠安、同安、金门、永春、德化、大田、思明十二县 ，治设晋江(今泉州市区)。{...}民国23年7月，全省设立十个行政督察区，永春、德化、惠安属第四行政督察区(专署驻仙游)，晋江、南安、安溪、金门属第五行政督察区(专署驻同安)。民国24年(1935)10月，全省改为7个行政督察区、l市。惠安、晋江、南安、金门、安溪、永春、德化属第四区(专署驻同安)。民国26年4月，南安县治徙溪美。10月，日本侵略军攻陷金门岛及烈屿，金门县政府迁到大嶝乡。{...}民国27年(1938){...}8月，金门县政务由南安县兼摄。{...}民国32年(1943)9月，全省调整为8个行政督察区、2个市。第四区专署仍驻永春，下辖永春、安溪、金门、南安、晋江、惠安等九县。德化改属第六区(专署驻龙岩)。 {...}1949年8月24日，福建省人民政府(省会福州)成立。8、9月间，南安、永春、惠安、晋江、安溪相继解放。9月， 全省划为八个行政督察区。9月9日，第五行政督察专员公署成立，辖晋江、南安、同安、惠安、安溪、永春、仙游、莆田、金门(待统一)等九县。公署设晋江县城(今泉州市区)。10月9日，金门县大嶝岛、小嶝岛及角屿解放。11月24日，德化解放，归入第七行政督察区(专署驻永安县)。  　1950年{...}10月17日，政务院批准德化县划归晋江区专员公署管辖；1951年1月正式接管。至此， 晋江区辖有晋江、南安、同安、安溪、永春、德化、莆田、仙游、惠安、金门(待统一)十县。{...}1955年3月12日，奉省人民委员会令，晋江区专员公署改称晋江专员公署，4月1日正式实行。同年5月，省人民政府宣布成立金门县政府。{...}1970年{...}6月18日，福建省革命委员会决定实行。于是,全区辖有泉州市及晋江、惠安、南安、同安、安溪、永春、德化、金门(待统一)八县。同年12月25日，划金门县大嶝公社归同安县管辖。{...}1992年3月6日，国务院批准，晋江撤县设市，领原晋江县行政区域，由泉州代管。1992年5月1日。晋江市人民政府成立，至此，泉州市计辖l区、2市、6县：鲤城区、石狮市、晋江市、惠安县、南安县、安溪县、永春县、德化县、金门县，(待统一)。}} |trans-website=Quanzhou City People's Government |script-website=zh:泉州市人民政府}}</ref><ref name="xzqhqz">{{Cite web |date=14 July 2015 |title=Quánzhōu Shì lìshǐ yángé |script-title=zh:泉州市历史沿革 |trans-title=Quanzhou City Historical Development |url=http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/fj/9622.html |access-date=10 August 2019 |website=Xzqh.org |language=zh-hans |quote={{lang|zh-hans|1949年8月至11月除金门县外各县相继解放，{...}自1949年9月起除续领原辖晋江、惠安、南安、安溪、永泰、德化、莆田、仙游、金门、同安10县外，1951年从晋江县析出城区和近郊建县级泉州市。{...}2003年末，全市总户数1715866户，总人口6626204人，其中非农业人口1696232人（均不包括金门县在内）；}}}}</ref> The PRC claims the Wuqiu (Ockseu) Islands as part of [[Xiuyu District]] in [[Putian]] prefecture-level city.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 September 2017 |title=Hǎidǎo zīyuán |script-title=zh:海岛资源 |url=http://www.ptxy.gov.cn/gkxx/zrzy/201709/t20170907_662672.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011052611/http://www.ptxy.gov.cn/gkxx/zrzy/201709/t20170907_662672.htm |archive-date=11 October 2019 |access-date=11 October 2019 |website=Pútián Shì Xiùyǔ Qū rénmín zhèngfǔ |language=zh-hans |quote={{lang|zh-hans|（二）海岛分布 境内海岛主要分布在三大海湾内。兴化湾南部（包括埭头半岛）有海岛32个，其中居民岛3个。南日群岛（包括十八列岛）有海岛65个，其中居民岛5个；平海湾有海岛9个，全为无居民岛；湄洲湾有海岛14个，其中居民岛1个；湄洲湾周边（包括湄洲岛、虎狮列岛）有海岛13个，其中居民岛1个；鸬鹚周边（包括鸬鹚岛）有海岛4个，全为无居民岛；乌丘屿周边（包括乌丘屿）有海岛4个，其中居民岛1个。}} |script-website=zh:莆田市秀屿区人民政府}}</ref><!--{{citation needed span|[[Dongding Island]] is claimed by the PRC as part of [[Longhai City]].|date=August 2020|reason=Almost certainly true based on the map of Zhangzhou administrative divisions. Administrative Division Zhangzhou prfc}}--> Taiwan (Republic of China) claims the Dadeng (Tateng) Islands in [[Dadeng Subdistrict]], [[Xiang'an District]], [[Xiamen]], Fujian as part of Kinmen County.<ref name="mj" /><ref name="taiwan">{{Cite web |title=05-19 Táiwān dǎoyǔ miànjī |script-title=zh:05-19 臺灣島嶼面積 |trans-title=05-19 Area of Islands in Taiwan |url=https://www.moi.gov.tw/files/site_stuff/321/2/year/y05-19.ods |access-date=20 October 2019 |website=[[Ministry of the Interior (Taiwan)|Ministry of the Interior]] |language=zh-tw,en |format=ODS |quote=外圍島嶼 小計 Subtotal 29.8550 Offshore 大嶝 Dadeng 22.7500 Islet 小嶝 Xiaodeng 3.3100 角嶝 Jiaodeng 2.4400 附 註： 1.大嶝、小嶝、角嶝目前由中國大陸管轄，烏坵鄉由金門縣政府代管}}</ref><ref name="APA">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/insightguidetaiw00vivi_0 |title=Taiwan |date=2003 |publisher=APA Publications |isbn=9789812349668 |editor-last=Kim |editor-first=Vivien |series=[[Insight Guides]] |page=[https://archive.org/details/insightguidetaiw00vivi_0/page/222 222] |quote=Kinmen is actually an archipelago of 15 islands. Three of them, however, are controlled by China, and only two of the Taiwan-controlled islands – Kinmen main island and '''Hsiao Kinmen''' (Little Kinmen) – are open to tourism. |url-access=registration |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>