Editing Kinmen (section)

=== 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
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| 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}}).-->