Jinning Township is a rural township in Kinmen, Republic of China. It is in the Taiwan Strait, on the coast of mainland China. It has a population of 34,569 (February 2023) and an area of 29.8540 km2.

History

In 1913, Sen-you Li (李森佑) founded the Guning Advanced Elementary School (古寧高等小學). In October 1949, today's Jinning Township was the site of the Battle of Kuningtou. Jinning Township was established in 1953. In 1999, the Kinmen County Government established a horseshoe crab conservation area of about 800 hectares in the tidal flat northwest of Guningtou (Ku-ning-t'ou, 古寧頭 ).

Administrative divisions

Jinning is divided into six rural villages:

Education

Tourist attractions

Transportation

Jinning is connected to Lieyu / Lesser Kinmen by Kinmen Bridge.