Wuqiu, Kinmen

Wuqiu Township
烏坵鄕
Ockseu, Wuchiu, Wuciou, Wochiu, Wu-ch'iu
Rural township
Wuqiu Lighthouse on Daqiu Island
Wuqiu Lighthouse on Daqiu Island
Official logo of Wuqiu Township
金門縣烏坵鄕公所
Wuqiu Township Office, Kinmen County
Wuqiu Township (blue) in Kinmen County (grey)
Wuqiu Township (blue) in Kinmen County (grey)
Country Republic of China (Taiwan)
ProvinceFukien
CountyKinmen
Futian (de jure)
Rural villages2
Government
 • MayorTsai Yung-fu (蔡永富)[1]
Area
[2]
 • Total1.2000 km2 (0.4633 sq mi)
Population
 (February 2023)
 • Total666
 • Density560/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (National Standard Time)
Postal code
896
WebsiteWuqiu.Kinmen.gov.tw (in Chinese)
Wuqiu, Kinmen is located in Taiwan
Wuqiu
Wuqiu
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Location of Wuqiu
Wuqiu Township
Traditional Chinese烏坵鄕[3]
Simplified Chinese乌丘乡
PostalOckseu
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWūqiū Xiāng
Bopomofoㄨ   ㄑㄧㄡ   ㄒㄧㄤ
Gwoyeu RomatzyhUchiou Shiang
Wade–GilesWu1-chʻiu1 Hsiang1
Tongyong PinyinWuciou Siang
Yale RomanizationWūchyōu Syāng
MPS2Wūchiōu Shiāng
IPA[ú.tɕʰjóʊ ɕjáŋ]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJO͘-khiu-hiong or
O͘-khu-hiong
Tâi-lôOo-khiu-hiong or
Oo-khu-hiong

Wuqiu (Wuchiu, Wuciou, Ockseu[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][excessive citations]) (Puxian Min: Ou-chhiu, Hakka: Vû-hiu-hiông) is a rural township of Kinmen County (Quemoy), Taiwan (ROC) made up of a group of islands in the Taiwan Strait comprising two major islands, Daqiu and Xiaoqiu. Wuqiu Township[14] is nominally de jure part of Futian County, Fukien of the Republic of China.[15][16][17] It is the smallest township in Kinmen County and is located 72 nmi (133 km) northeast of the rest of the county.[18][19] The township is 73 nmi (135 km) from the Port of Taichung on Taiwan.[20] The closest territory under China (PRC) control is the neighboring Luci Island (Lusi Island), Xiuyu District, Putian, Fujian, which is 9 nmi (17 km) to the north-northwest.[21][22] Greater Qiu Island is the site of the Wuqiu Lighthouse.

  1. ^ Chen Chun-Shuo 陳俊碩, ed. (18 August 2020). 金門巡防區主任甫到職 率隊赴烏坵護島驅離陸船. Central News Agency. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  2. ^ 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 17 August 2019. 行政區 面積（單位：平方公里）{...}烏坵鄉 1.2000
  3. ^ 烏坵鄕. 金門縣政府 KINMEN COUNTY GOVERNMENT (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  4. ^ Sailing directions to accompany seven charts of the coast of China, between Amoy bay, and the Yángtsz' kiáng. Vol. 12. Canton: The Chinese Repository. 1843. p. 406 – via Internet Archive. Ockseu 烏坵 (or Wúkiú, probably a contraction of Wúkiú sü 烏坵嶼) consists of three islands, the center one a barren rock, nearly joining the eastern island. The steamer Nemesis anchored under this island. There is a considerable fishing village on it, which is difficult to be seen unless very close. The western island is the largest, and is in lat. 24°59'.3 N., and long. 119° 25'.5 E. W.N.W., twelve miles, is a and group of islands, consisting of one large and four small, with a reef to the northward of them, called Sootzee. These islands were seen from Ockseu but not examined. N.N.E. 12 1/2 miles from Ockseu is the largest of the Lamyit 南日 islands,
  5. ^ Edward Stanford (1908). Atlas of the Chinese Empire (1 ed.). pp. 24, 83 – via Internet Archive. Ockseu I (Wochiu){...}Ockseu Island, Fukien 25.0 N 119.26 E
  6. ^ 增廣英語撮要 [The Classified List of Miscellaneous Important Terms] (in Chinese and English) (24 ed.). The Commercial Press. 1917. p. 23. Name of Place. 地方名 Open Port. 通商口岸 Prefecture. 府 District. 縣{...}烏邱嶼，烏龜嶼 Ockseu ...... Foochow .... 興化府 蒲田縣
  7. ^ W. Z. Mulder (1942). "The "Wu Pei Chih" Charts". T'oung Pao. 37 (1): 1–14. doi:10.1163/156853242X00013. JSTOR 4527221. (From) Nantai Pagoda one steers 45° during 7 watches (which will bring) the ship off Ockseu island. From Ockseu island shaping a 55° course{...}Nantai Pagoda - Ockseu 7 80 11.4 Ockseu -Turnabout 4 36 9
  8. ^ "Australia Station Intelligence Summary" (PDF). Naval Intelligence Division Navy Office Melbourne. 5 December 1952. pp. 13–14. Retrieved 17 August 2019. Chinese Nationalist and Anti-Communist Guerilla-held Islands off the Mainland of China.
    The Chinese Nationalist Government in Formosa has direct control of four islands between 20 degs 40 mins N and 24 degs 30 mins N, namely, Quemoy, Little Kinmen, Matsu and Pratas. It also shares with anti-Communist guerillas the control of four islands between 25 degs {?} mins N and 28 degs 30 mins N, namely, Ockseu Islands, White Dog Islands, Pe Shan and Tai Chau Islands.
    Anti-Communist guerillas control an additional 15 islands and or island groups between 23 degs 48 mins N and 29 degs 05 mins N. The local Generals commanding these islands appear to be completely autonomous but they do visit Formosa from time to time; a fact which indicates that they have some connection with the Chinese Nationalist High Command.
  9. ^ "NG 50-16 CHIN-CHIANG" (in English and Chinese). Washington, D. C.: Army Map Service. 1954 – via Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection. 烏坵嶼 Wu-ch'iu Hsü (Ockseu) Light 下嶼 Hsia Hsü
  10. ^ Theresa Levitt (April 2014). "The Lighthouse at the End of the World Illuminating the French and British Empires". Itinerario. 38: 81–102. doi:10.1017/S0165115314000060. S2CID 162839109. Henderson even went so far as to circumvent protocol in 1874 and ask the French firm Barbier and Fenestre directly for two lenses needed for the Fisher Island and Ockseu lights.
  11. ^ Van de Ven, Hans (2014). Breaking with the Past: The Maritime Customs Service and the Global Origins of Modernity in China. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 86. More were also established on Turnabout (牛山, Niushan), Lamocks (東澎島, Dongpengdao) near Shantou in northern Guandong [sic], and Ockseu (烏邱嶼, Wuchiuyu) near Xiamen, as well as on the dangerous Shandong Promontory and on West Volcano Island (魚腥腦, Yuxingnao) near Hangzhou Bay to aid ships traveling on the busy Shanghai-Ningbo route.
  12. ^ 小米粥 (26 August 2015). "Don't tell my mother that I'm in Ockseu!". Kinmen Daily News (in Chinese (Taiwan) and English). Retrieved 17 August 2019. 抗戰勝利七十週年的夏天，再次來到曾被日軍佔領的烏坵(Ockseu)，再次來到曾遭美軍轟炸的燈塔，再一次來到了被遺忘的島嶼，見到了三十年前的同學，完成了傳說中不可能的任務，心中有著說不出的感動！
  13. ^ "Wuqiu Island Lighthouse: A Woman's Battlefield in Life 一個女人的生命戰場 - 烏坵燈塔". SOAS University of London (in English and Chinese (Taiwan)). 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2019. Wuqiu 烏坵 Island (aka. Ockseu, Wuchiu, Wuchiou) is on Taiwan's most remote border. Wuqiu is small, only 1.2 square kilometers, and it is the smallest island in Taiwan.
  14. ^ "Wuqiu Township". Kinmen County Government. Retrieved 17 August 2019. Wuchiou Township consists of two villages, namely, Dachiou and Xiaochiou,{...}Most of the residents had immigrated from Putien and speak Xinghua dialect and Chinese.{...}At present, only 553 people are registered at this island, with only 40 persons living there. Most of them are middle-aged and silver-haired. People prefer to come back during winter or summer vacations, as well as laver season, for a temporary visit{...}Transportation 1. Personnel and materials: The people of the township and civilians who desire to visit the county government for business would ride the Kinmen Ferrier, which is owned by the military and departs every 15 days. The delivery of drinking water or household substances is transported to Dachiou by Dahua Ferrier every 15 days, which is further delivered to Xiaochiou by a skiff. Transportation between Dachiou and Xiaochiou: With a distance of 900m, people at Dachiou and Xiaochiou relied on shanpan in the past. Otherwise, they had to depend on the military skiff. The county government had won a subsidy in 2008 and built "Wuchiou No. 1" boat for Wuchiou Township in an attempt to solve the transportation issue and improve the safety of the residents.
  15. ^ "kinmen awareness". Kinmen County Government. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2019. In addition, Kinmen County Government helps administer all level agencies in two villages of Wuquiu Township in Futian County of Fujian Province to exercise regular government affairs.
  16. ^ 臺灣歷史地圖 增訂版 [Taiwan Historical Maps, Expanded and Revised Edition] (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Taipei: National Museum of Taiwan History. February 2018. pp. 146, 169, 170, 172, 173, 174, 181. ISBN 978-986-05-5274-4. 烏坵（金門）{...}（金門縣代管）烏坵)
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  20. ^ "Wuqiu Township". Kinmen County Government. Retrieved 6 October 2019. To the east is Taichung (with a distance of 73 nautical miles)
  21. ^ 第一節 金門、烏坵、馬祖 (PDF) (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 中華民國海洋委員會, Ocean Affairs Council. p. 80. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019. 一、島嶼位置 烏坵嶼東離台灣新竹約 81 浬 （約 150 公里）、西距中國大陸湄 洲島約 20 浬（約 37 公里）、離大 陸（鷺鷥島）最近距離約 9 浬（約 17 公里）、南下金門約 70 浬（約 130 公里）、北至馬祖約 72 浬（約 133 公里）、位處金門與馬祖中心 點，與中國大陸南日島相隔 10.6 浬 （約 20 公里）。
  22. ^ 地理位置. 金門縣烏坵鄉公所 Wuqiu Township Office, Kinmen County (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 28 July 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2019. 東距台灣省台中七十三海浬、東北距基隆一八○海浬、東南距澎湖九十三海浬、左營一四五海浬、高雄一八二海浬、西距湄洲島十八海浬、西北距鷺鷥島九海浬、西南距金門七十二海浬、北距南日島十二海浬、馬祖八十六海浬、位處金門縣與連江縣中心點。