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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Xiaojinmen canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

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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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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