Lieyu
Lieyu
烈嶼鄉 Liehyu, Lieh Hsu | |
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Monument to the August 23 Artillery Battle at the junction of Hupu Road and Jiujing Road | |
Lieyu Township (blue) in Kinmen County (grey) | |
Lieyu Location in the Republic of China (Taiwan) | |
| Coordinates: 24°25′41″N 118°14′06″E / 24.42806°N 118.23500°E | |
| Country | Taiwan (Republic of China) |
| County | Kinmen (Quemoy) |
| Established | 1949 |
| Rural villages | 5 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hung Juo-Shan (洪若珊) |
| Area | |
• Total | 17.155 km2 (6.624 sq mi) |
| Population (February 2023) | |
• Total | 12,738 |
| • Density | 742.52/km2 (1,923.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (National Standard Time) |
| Website | lieyu |
Lieyu Township (Liehyu) (Chinese: 烈嶼鄉; pinyin: Lièyǔ Xiāng; Hokkien POJ: Lia̍t-sū-hiong) is a rural township in Kinmen County (Quemoy), 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.