Lieyu

Lieyu
烈嶼鄉
Liehyu, Lieh Hsu
Monument to the August 23 Artillery Battle at the junction of Hupu Road and Jiujing Road
Monument to the August 23 Artillery Battle at the junction of Hupu Road and Jiujing Road
Lieyu Township (blue) in Kinmen County (grey)
Lieyu Township (blue) in Kinmen County (grey)
Lieyu is located in Taiwan
Lieyu
Lieyu
Location in the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Coordinates: 24°25′41″N 118°14′06″E / 24.42806°N 118.23500°E / 24.42806; 118.23500
CountryTaiwan (Republic of China)
CountyKinmen (Quemoy)
Established1949
Rural villages5
Government
 • MayorHung Juo-Shan (洪若珊)
Area
 • Total17.155 km2 (6.624 sq mi)
Population
 (February 2023)
 • Total12,738
 • Density740/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (National Standard Time)
Websitelieyu.kinmen.gov.tw

Lieyu Township (Liehyu) (Chinese: 烈嶼; pinyin: Lièyǔ Xiāng; Hokkien POJ: Lia̍t-sū-hiong) is a rural township in Kinmen County (Quemoy), Fujian Province, Republic of China (Taiwan). It consists mainly of three islands located to the west of Greater Kinmen and immediately to the east of Xiamen (Amoy) of the People's Republic of China: Lesser Kinmen (Chinese: 小金門; Pīnyīn: Xiǎojīnmén), Dadan, and Erdan.[2]

  1. ^ 行政面積. 金門縣政府民政處 Civil Affairs Department, Kinmen County Government (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 29 January 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019. 行政區 面積(單位:平方公里){...}烈嶼鄉 16.003{...}大膽 0.7900 二膽 0.2800{...}復興嶼 0.0500 猛虎嶼 0.0250 獅嶼 0.0070
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