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PARACEL ISLANDS
DISPUTED TERRITOREY - ADMINISTRATED BY CHINA
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The Paracel Islands are surrounded by productive fishing grounds and by potential oil and gas reserves. In 1932, French Indochina annexed the islands and set up a weather station on Pattle Island; maintenance was continued by its successor, Vietnam. China has occupied the Paracel Islands since 1974, when its troops seized a South Vietnamese garrison occupying the western islands. The islands are claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam. Before 1932, Paracel Islands was placed in the Map of China by the Qing Dynasty. China announced plans in 1997 to open the islands for… tourism.
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PARACEL ISLANDS - XISHA QUNDAO
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MAP OF ASIA
Capital: none
Largest city: none
Ports: small Chinese port facilities on Woody Island and Duncan Island being expanded
Location: Southeastern Asia, group of small islands and reefs in the South China Sea, about one-third of the way from central Vietnam to the northern Philippines
Geographic coordinates: 16 30 N, 112 00 E
Geography: mostly low and flat. Composed of 130 small coral islands and reefs divided into the northeast Amphitrite Group and the western Crescent Group
Area: ? km˛
Border countries: South China Sea
Coastline: 518 km
Climate: tropical
Lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
Highest point: unnamed location on Rocky Island 14 m
Population: some Chinese military
Ethnic groups: Han Chinese
Languages: Mandarin
Religions: none
Currency: none
Administrative divisions: occupied by China font>
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PARACEL TEMPERATURE TODAY & WEATHER FORECAST
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Last modified:
January 4, 2005, 9:18 PM
Contributed By:
Walter Vaerewijck
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