Dongyin

Dongyin Township

東引鄉 (Chinese)
Tungyin, Tung-yin
Dongyin Township 東引鄉 (Chinese) Tungyin, Tung-yin
Rural township
	Dongyin Township in Lienchiang County
Country	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Province	Fujian (streamlined)
County	Lienchiang
Rural villages	2
Government
• Mayor (鄉長)	Lin Te-Chien (林德建) (KMT)
Area
• Total	4.4 km2 (1.7 sq mi)
Population (March 2023)
• Total	1,550
• Density	350/km2 (910/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (National Standard Time)
Postal code	212
Website	www.dongyin.gov.tw/en/view.html (in English),; www.dongyin.gov.tw (in Chinese)

26°21′56.8″N 120°29′30.8″E

Dongyin

Location of Dongyin, Lienchiang

Dongyin Township (Tungyin) (Chinese: 東引鄉; pinyin: Dōngyǐn Xiāng; Wade–Giles: Tung¹-yin³ Hsiang¹; Foochow Romanized: Dĕ̤ng-īng-hiŏng) is an insular rural township which is part of Lienchiang County (the Matsu Islands), Fujian Province, Republic of China (Taiwan). The islands are in the East China Sea off the coast of Fujian Province, China near the cities of Fuzhou (Foochow) and Ningde. The township is known for its natural environment and Eastern Min culture, for the historical Dongyong Lighthouse and for its military importance and history as the northernmost territory of Taiwan.

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