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}} | other_name = | settlement_type = County | image_skyline = Kinmen Montage.png | image_caption = | image_flag = Flag of Kinmen County.svg | image_shield = Emblem of Kinmen County.svg | image_map = Taiwan ROC political division map Kinmen County.svg | map_caption = | latd = 24.44 | longd = 118.33 | coordinates_display = inline,title | coordinates_format = dms | coordinates_region = TW | coordinates_type = region:TW_type:adm1st | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_type2 = Region | subdivision_name2 = | seat_type = Seat | seat = Jincheng | seat1_type = Largest city | seat1 = Jincheng | parts = 0 cities, 6 (3 urban, 3 rural) townships | leader_title1 = County Magistrate | leader_name1 = Chen Fu-hai (independent) | leader_title2 = County Deputy Magistrate | leader_name2 = Lin De-gong (林德恭) | area_total_km2 = 153.1 | area_water_percent = 0 | area_rank = 20 of 22 | population_total = 127,723 | population_as_of = December 2014 | population_rank = 20 of 22 | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = CST | utc_offset = +8 | website = | footnotes = }} Kinmen or Quemoy (; see also "Names" section below), officially Kinmen County (), is an island group governed by Taiwan which located just off the southeastern coast of mainland China, including Great Kinmen, Lesser Kinmen, Wuqiu and several surrounding islets. It is one of two counties under the streamlined Fujian Province of the Republic of China. Only about west to the Chinese city of Xiamen, its strategic position has reflected the significant change of Cross-Strait relations from the battlefront line to the main trading point between two sides. Due to the ongoing issue of the political status of Taiwan, The People's Republic of China (PRC) keeps claiming Kinmen as part of its own Fujian Province's Quanzhou Prefecture. ==Names== Kinmen was first named ''Jīnmén'' (金門; lit, "golden gate") in Chinese 1387 when the Hongwu Emperor of China's Ming dynasty appointed a military officer to administer the island and protect it from ''wokou'' (pirate) attacks.〔Jian-Feng Wei. ("An Examination of Cultural Identity of Residents of Quemoy (Kinmen)". ) ''Intercultural Communication Studies''. XV:1. 2006. p. 134. Retrieved 20 January 2012.〕 The name is pronounced ''Jīnmén'' in the official Mandarin Chinese and ''Kim-mûi'' in the native Zhangzhou dialect of Hokkien Minnan. The various names used in English for the islands derive from the Chinese counterparts. Quemoy is the name for the island in English and in many European languages and the island's name in postal romanization.〔"(Quemoy )", Merriam Webster "(Quemoy )", ''Larousse''. 〕 It likely began as a Portuguese transcription of the Minnan (Hokkien) Zhangzhou dialect pronunciation of the name, ''Kim-mûi'' which also means Golden Gate.〔 This form of the islands' name was used almost exclusively in English until the late 20th century and is still used widely in current English-language contexts that involve historical coverage. For example, current works that deal with the First and Second Taiwan Strait Crises (the Quemoy Incident〔) when the islands received prominent worldwide news coverage as "Quemoy" still use this form. In addition, the former National Kinmen Institute of Technology was renamed National Quemoy University in 2010. Kinmen scholar Wei Jian-feng advocates the use of "Quemoy" to better connect the island to "international society or achieve more recognition in the world".〔Jian-Feng Wei. ("'Quemoy' or 'Kinmen'?: A Translation Strategy for Communication". ) ''Intercultural Communication Studies''. XVIII: 2. 2009. p. 176. Retrieved 20 January 2012.〕 Kinmen is a more recent transcription based on the general rules of the postal romanization system. With some exceptions, this form is used in most current English-language contexts on Kinmen and in Taiwan as a whole. Entities such as the county government,〔(Kinmen County Government ) official website. Retrieved 20 January 2012. 〕 the islands' airport,〔(Kinmen Airport ) official website. Retrieved 20 January 2012. 〕 and the national park〔(Kinmen National Park ) official website. Retrieved 20 January 2012. 〕 use this spelling. Chin-men is the Wade–Giles romanization form of the island's name and appears on some maps using that as their standard.〔For example, National Geographic Maps.〕 Jinmen is the Hanyu Pinyin form of the island's name used especially in sources from the People's Republic of China.〔For example, ("Xiamen-Jinmen trial voyage successful" ) at the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China official website. Retrieved 20 January 2012. 〕 The Kinmen County Government and ROC central government have adopted Hanyu Pinyin as their standard romanization, such as for names of townships within Kinmen County, but this does not apply to the name of Kinmen itself.〔"(Hanyu Pinyin to be standard system in 2009 )", ''Taipei Times'', Sep 18, 2008.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kinmen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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