Xiaojinmen

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Xiaojinmen is a small outlying island of Kinmen County, Taiwan, located near the coast of mainland China and known for its military history and strategic position in the Taiwan Strait.

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Xiaojinmen canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf island
outlying island
administeredAs Lieyu Township
administeredBy Kinmen County Government
belongsTo Free area of the Republic of China
borderConflictContext Cross-Strait conflict
connectedBy ferry services to Greater Kinmen
country Republic of China (Taiwan)
linked to: Republic of China
governedAs rural township area
hasActivity military tourism
hasAlternativeName Lesser Kinmen
Lieyu
Little Kinmen
hasAttraction battlefield sites
coastal scenery
military tunnels
hasCapital Shanglin
hasEconomicActivity local agriculture
small-scale fishing
tourism
hasFeature granite terrain
rocky coastline
sandy beaches
hasFortification artillery positions
military bunkers
hasHistoricalRole frontline military outpost between ROC and PRC
hasLanguage Mandarin Chinese
hasLocalDialect Minnan (Hokkien)
linked to: Hokkien
historicalEra Cold War frontline
knownFor military history
strategic position in the Taiwan Strait
locatedIn Taiwan Strait
locatedNear Xiamen
coast of mainland China
militaryStatus heavily fortified in the 20th century
nearbyIsland Dadan Island NERFINISHED
Erdan Island NERFINISHED
Greater Kinmen
partOf Fujian Province (Republic of China)
Kinmen County
linked to: Kinmen
strategicImportance control of approaches to Xiamen and Taiwan Strait shipping lanes
timeZone National Standard Time (UTC+8)
usedFor military defense of Kinmen and Taiwan

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Lesser Kinmen hasAlternativeName Xiaojinmen
subject linked to: Lesser Kinmen (Lieyu) Island
Lieyu alsoKnownAs Xiaojinmen