Jinsha, Kinmen Explained

24.4811°N 118.428°W

Official Name:	Jinsha Township
Other Name:	Kinsha, Chinsha
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name1:	Fukien
Leader Title:	Mayor
Leader Name:	Wu Yu-Chia (Chinese: 吳有家)
Parts:	8
Area Total Km2:	41.2920
Area Footnotes:	^[1]
Population As Of:	February 2023
Population Total:	20689
Population Density Km2:	auto
Utc Offset:	+8
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Postal Code:	890

Jinsha Township (Kinsha^{[2] [3]}) (^[4]) 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

Jinsha has a population of 20,689 (February 2023) and an area of 41.292km2. The township is the second largest by area of the six townships of Kinmen County.^[4] The township includes Cao Islet (Ts'ao Hsü; Chinese: 草嶼), Hou Islet (Chinese: 后嶼),^[5] and other small islets.^[6]

At low tide, the coast near Mashan (Chinese: 馬山)^[7] in northern Jinsha is 1.8km (01.1miles) from Jiaoyu (Chiao I., Reef I.; Chinese: [[:zh:角屿|角屿]]/Chinese: 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.^[8]

Politics and government

Administrative divisions

Jinsha Township is divided into eight urban villages:^{[9] [10] [11]}

• Dayang Village (Chinese: 大洋里)
• Hodo / Hedou Village (Chinese: 何斗里)
• Kuanchien / Guangqian Village (Chinese: 光前里)
• Guanyu Village (Chinese: 官嶼里), northernmost village; includes Cao Islet (Ts'ao Hsü; Chinese: 草嶼), Hou Islet (Chinese: 后嶼), and other small islets^[12]
• Pushan Village (Chinese: 浦山里)
• Sanshan Village (Chinese: 三山里)
• Wensha Village (Chinese: 汶沙里)
• Siyuan / Xiyuan Village (Hsi-yüan; Chinese: 西園里)

Mayors

After World War II, mayors of the Jinsha Township were:^[13]

• Mayors (Chinese: 鎮長) (urban township)

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

• Mayors (Chinese: 鄉長) (rural township)

1. Chang Jung-Chiang (Chinese: 張榮強) (1949)
2. Chang Hsi-Hu (Chinese: 張西湖) (1949)

• Mayors (Chinese: 區長) (districts)
  • District 1: Chang Jung-Chiang (Chinese: 張榮強) (1949–1950)
  • District 2: Wang Tien-Chu (Chinese: 王天祝) (1949), Chang Hsi-Hu (Chinese: 張西湖) (1949–1950)
  • Unified district: Chang Jung-Chiang (Chinese: 張榮強) (1950–1953)

Since 1953, the Jinsha Township has been led by a mayor (Chinese: 鎮長) (urban township).^[14]

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

Education

• Kinmen Campus of Ming Chuan University^[16]

Infrastructure

• Shanxi Reservoir
• Tianpu Reservoir

Tourist attractions

• Jindong Movie Theater
• Longfeng Temple
• Kinmen Folk Culture Village
• Mashan Broadcasting and Observation Station
• Wang Chin-cheng's Western House

See also

• List of islands of Taiwan

Further reading

• Yang Tien-Hou (Chinese: 楊天厚) & Lin Li-Kuan (Chinese: 林麗寬) ed., (2018). Chinese: 金門官澳風華.

External links

• Jinsha Provincial Government website
• 金門縣金沙鎮公所.中天電視【台灣新亮點】 ('Jinsha Township Office, Kinmen. Chung T'ien Television Taiwan's New Highlights')

Notes and References

1. Web site: https://kccad.kinmen.gov.tw/cp.aspx?n=62E690FE3873FDD4. zh-tw. zh:行政面積. Chinese: 行政區 面積（單位：平方公里）{.... Civil Affairs Department, Kinmen County Government. 29 January 2019. 9 August 2019.
2. Web site: Kinsha Township. Jinsha Township Administration, Kinmen County. 22 September 2019. Kinsha Township. (Note: the local government office's url is "kinsha.kinmen.gov.tw")
3. Medically Important Snails of Kinmen (Quemoy) Islands . David Chao . Yu-Po Hsu . Ping-Chin Fan . Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 3 September 1985. 22 September 2019. 481. 16. 3. Kinsha.
4. Web site: https://kinsha.kinmen.gov.tw/cp.aspx?n=FF1A391C7BD7A656. zh:歷史沿革. 28 May 2019. 22 September 2019. zh-tw. Jinsha Township Administration, Kinmen County. 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。.
5. Web site: https://www.land.moi.gov.tw/ngis/chhtml/main.asp?area=WA02&type=byArea. zh:金門縣土地段名代碼表. Department of Land Administration. 4 September 2017. 20 September 2019. zh-tw. Chinese: 地政事務所名稱(代碼) 金門(WA) 鄉鎮市區名稱(代碼) 金沙鎮(02){....
6. Web site: https://ws.kinmen.gov.tw/001/Upload/338/relpic/8531/3898/金沙鎮行政區域圖2(修陽翟).jpg. zh:金沙鎮全圖. zh-tw. 21 September 2019. Jinsha Township Administration, Kinmen County.
7. Book: Taiwan . 978-981-234-966-8 . 2003 .
8. Web site: https://kinsha.kinmen.gov.tw/cp.aspx?n=B64FBE3491340FB2. zh:金沙鎮－鄉鎮特色. Jinsha Township Administration, Kinmen County. zh-tw. 29 May 2019. 21 September 2019. Chinese: 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，.
9. Web site: https://kinsha.kinmen.gov.tw/cp.aspx?n=2998ACCD64444578. zh:金沙鎮地圖. 20 September 2019. 28 July 2019. Jinsha Township Administration, Kinmen County. zh-tw. 面積：41.08平方公里 人口數：20207人(統計至105年7月31日止).
10. Web site: Emergency Evacuation Map. 20 September 2019. 30 May 2019. Jinsha Township Administration, Kinmen County. Wensha Village Sanshan Village Dayang Village Kuanchien Village Hodo Village Siyuan Village Guanyu Village Pushan Village .
11. Web site: https://alerts.ncdr.nat.gov.tw/Document/行政區代碼表_Taiwan_Geocode_106.xlsx. zh:行政區代碼表 Taiwan Geocode 106. zh:民生示警公開資料平台 . zh-tw,en. 20 September 2019. 2017.
12. Web site: https://kinsha.kinmen.gov.tw/cp.aspx?n=C755C85E68B0AF90. zh:官嶼里區域圖. Jinsha Township Administration, Kinmen County. Chinese: 島礁散佈，有草嶼、后嶼兩島，島上有國軍駐守。. 30 May 2019. 22 September 2019. (see also map)
13. Web site: https://kinsha.kinmen.gov.tw/cp.aspx?n=21C776182A8900C0. zh:金沙鎮抗戰勝利後官派民選鄉鎮長一覽表. 8 August 2017. 20 September 2019. zh-tw. Jinsha Township Administration, Kinmen County.
14. Web site: https://kinsha.kinmen.gov.tw/cp.aspx?n=8F975A25CF6E91F4. zh:歷年鎮長. 25 December 2018. 20 September 2019. zh-tw. Jinsha Township Administration, Kinmen County.
15. Web site: https://kinsha.kinmen.gov.tw/cp.aspx?n=17945B5D0597B678. zh:鎮長介紹. zh-tw. 21 September 2019. Jinsha Township Administration, Kinmen County. 11 July 2019.
16. Web site: Mcu - Mcu .