Kinmen Islands

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:island
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:Republic_of_China
gptkb:Kinmen_County
gptkbp:annualRainfall about 1,000 mm
gptkbp:area 153 km²
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Jincheng_Township
gptkbp:claimedBy gptkb:People's_Republic_of_China
gptkbp:climate subtropical
gptkbp:currency gptkb:New_Taiwan_Dollar_(TWD)
gptkbp:demilitarization began in 1992
gptkbp:distanceFromMainland about 187 km
gptkbp:distanceToXiamen about 2 km
gptkbp:flora home to migratory birds
gptkbp:governingBody gptkb:Kinmen_County_Government
gptkbp:hasDialects gptkb:Hokkien
gptkbp:hasFerryServiceTo gptkb:Xiamen
gptkb:Quanzhou
gptkb:Taiwan_main_island
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Guningtou
gptkb:Second_Taiwan_Strait_Crisis
gptkbp:historicalName gptkb:Quemoy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kinmen Islands
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code TW-KIN
gptkbp:largestCity gptkb:Greater_Kinmen
gptkb:Lesser_Kinmen
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Taiwan_Strait
gptkbp:mainEconomicActivity agriculture
tourism
liquor production
gptkbp:militaryBranch frontline during Chinese Civil War
gptkbp:notableFauna gptkb:Eurasian_otter
gptkb:crab-eating_mongoose
gptkbp:notableFestival gptkb:Kinmen_Tunnel_Music_Festival
gptkbp:notableLandmark gptkb:Juguang_Tower
gptkb:Mashan_Broadcasting_and_Observation_Station
gptkb:Shuitou_Village
gptkb:Zhaishan_Tunnel
gptkbp:notableProduct gptkb:Kaoliang_liquor
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Mandarin_Chinese
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Fujian_Province_(ROC)
gptkbp:population about 140,000 (2023)
gptkbp:postalCode 890-896
gptkbp:sisterCity gptkb:Xiamen
gptkb:Quanzhou
gptkbp:strategicImportance controls access to Xiamen
gptkbp:timezone gptkb:National_Standard_Time_(UTC+8)
gptkbp:touristAttraction popular destination for historical and military sites
gptkbp:transportation gptkb:Kinmen_Airport
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus not a World Heritage Site
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Greater_Kinmen
gptkb:Kinmen_County
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6