Jincheng, Kinmen

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Jincheng Township
Country	Republic of China(Taiwan)
County	Kinmen
Government
- Type	Strong magistrate-council
- Magistrate	zh:蔡輝詩 Tsai Hui-shih
Area
- Total	21.7080 km2 (8.4 sq mi)
Population (February 2008)
- Total	28,129
Time zone	CST (UTC+8)
Postal code	893
Website	http://www.kincheng.gov.tw/

Jincheng (traditional Chinese: 金城鎮; pinyin: Jīnchéng Chen) is an urban township on the southwestern corner of the island of Kinmen (Quemoy). It is the county seat of Kinmen County, Fujian Province, Republic of China. It also served as the capital of Republic of China's Fujian Province from 1949 to 1956. Since then, the capital of Fujian Province moved to Sindian, Taipei County, Taiwan.

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