Jinning, Kinmen

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24°27′24″N 118°20′04″E / 24.456720°N 118.334506°E / 24.456720; 118.334506 Jinning Township (Chinese: 金寧鄉; pinyin: Jīnníng Xiāng; Wade–Giles: Chin¹-ning² Hsiang¹; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kim-lêng-hiong) is a rural township in Kinmen. 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 km (11.5267 sq mi). 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). In August 2026, all shipments and sales of pork to Taiwan Area have been halted after one of the pig caracasses had been found in the shores of Wushajiao that was infected with African swine fever. Jinning is divided into six rural villages: Jinning is connected to Lieyu by the Kinmen Bridge.