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Kinmen

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Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands and a county of the Republic of China (Taiwan), lying only about 10 kilometers east of the city of Xiamen on the southeastern coast of mainland China, from which it is separated by Xiamen Bay. Kinmen sits roughly 187 kilometers west of the closest shoreline of the island of Taiwan across the Taiwan Strait. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Source Kinmen (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 1
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Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands and a county of the Republic of China (Taiwan), only 10 km (6 mi) east from the city of Xiamen in Fujian, located at the southeastern coast of the People's Republic of China, from which they are separated by Xiamen Bay.
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Source Kinmen (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 2
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Kinmen is also 187 km (116 mi) west from the closest shoreline of the island of Taiwan across the Taiwan Strait.
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1. Kinmen (Wikipedia)
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    Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands and a county of the Republic of China (Taiwan), only 10 km (6 mi) east from the city of Xiamen in Fujian, located at the southeastern coast of the People's Republic of China, from which they are separated by Xiamen Bay.
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    Large parts of Kinmen form the Kinmen National Park which highlights military fortifications and structures, historical dwellings and natural scenery.
  • In Discipline: Oceanography, Lead paragraph
    Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands and a county of the Republic of China (Taiwan), only 10 km (6 mi) east from the city of Xiamen in Fujian, located at the southeastern coast of the People's Republic of China, from which they are separated by Xiamen Bay
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Wikidata: Kinmen
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