Get to know Wuqiu Township
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- Administrative area
- Rural township · 鄉
- Part of
- Kinmen County
- Chinese name
- 烏坵鄉
- Local areas
- Rural township guide
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 1.20 km²
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
Setting and landscape
The island group lies about 133 kilometers northeast of the rest of Kinmen County, with the Taiwan Strait separating it from the main county settlements.
The lighthouse
Wuqiu Lighthouse (烏坵嶼燈塔) stands on the high point of Daqiu. Built in 1874 as a navigation aid between Fuzhou (福州) and Xiamen (廈門), it has a cylindrical stone tower with a lantern and gallery. The lighthouse lost its upper structure during the Second World War; repairs in 1947 left a lower black tower, and its light became inactive in 1951.
An offshore community
Wuqiu was formerly connected administratively with Putian (莆田). It was provisionally reassigned to Kinmen County in June 1954..
Sources for this guide
Wuqiu, Kinmen - Wikipedia · Wikipedia contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wuqiu Lighthouse - Wikipedia · Wikipedia contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Original English written from the listed sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer. Updated 2026-09-30.
Explore Wuqiu Township
Core places to explore, with English and Chinese names.
Wuqiu Township 烏坵鄉
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Getting there
Wuqiu Township is about 130 km in a straight line from central Kinmen County. Search for 烏坵鄉 in a map app to find stations and your accommodation.
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Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
Some facts checked against Wuqiu, Kinmen — Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Some facts checked against Wuqiu Lighthouse — Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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