Wuciou, Kinmen

Wuciou, Kinmen
Traditional Chinese:	烏坵鄉
Transliterations
	Mandarin
- Hanyu Pinyin:	Wūqiū
- Tongyong Pinyin:	Wuciou
- Wade-Giles:	Wu-ch'iu

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The Taiwan Strait. Click to enlarge. Wuchiu is off the coast of Fujian.

Wuqiu(Wuciou in Tongyong Pinyin) is a group of islands comprising two major islands, namely Greater Qiu Islet and Smaller Qiu Islet, in the Taiwan Strait. Administratively the Wuqiu Township is part of Kinmen County of the Fujian Province of the Republic of China. Its name means "black mound".

The People's Republic of China claims Wuqiu as part of the Xiuyu District of the Putian prefecture of its Fujian Province.

It was part of the Putien County before the Kuomintang fled to Taiwan following the Chinese Civil War between Kuomintang and the Communist. Although provisionally part of the Kinmen County, there is no ferry service to the rest of the Kinmen County. Ferry connection is only available to the Port of Taichung.

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