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Paracel Islands
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group of islands, reefs, banks and other maritime features in the South China Sea
The Paracel Islands are a group of islands, reefs, and underwater features located in the South China Sea. They are significant because their location and ownership are disputed among multiple countries in the region.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- disputed territory
- Part of
- South China Sea Islands
- Country
- Taiwan
- Located in
- Hoàng Sa
- Area
- 7.8
- Elevation
- 14
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Body of water
- South China Sea
- Image
- ParacelIslands.png
- Perimeter
- 518
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- Commons category
- Paracel Islands
- territory claimed by
- Taiwan
- topic's main category
- Category:Paracel Islands
- maintained by
- Sansha
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Encyclopedic overview
Vietnamese name VietnameseQuần đảo Hoàng Sa Hán-Nôm群島黃沙
The Paracel Islands, also known as the Xisha Islands (simplified Chinese: 西沙群岛; traditional Chinese: 西沙群島; pinyin: xīshā qúndǎo; lit. 'West Sand Archipelago') and the Hoàng Sa Archipelago (Vietnamese: Quần đảo Hoàng Sa; Chữ Hán: 羣島黃沙, lit. 'Yellow Sand Archipelago'), are an archipelago in the South China Sea, under the control of the People's Republic of China, but its sovereignty in whole or in part is disputed.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paracel Islands” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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