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- @node Geography (Paracel Islands)
- @section Geography (Paracel Islands)
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- @display
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- Location:
- Southeast Asia, 400 km east of Vietnam in the South China Sea, about
- one-third of the way between Vietnam and the Philippines
- Map references:
- Asia
- Area:
- total area:
- NA km2
- land area:
- NA km2
- comparative area:
- NA
- Land boundaries:
- 0 km
- Coastline:
- 518 km
- Maritime claims:
- NA
- International disputes:
- occupied by China, but claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam
- Climate:
- tropical
- Terrain:
- NA
- Natural resources:
- none
- Land use:
- arable land:
- 0%
- permanent crops:
- 0%
- meadows and pastures:
- 0%
- forest and woodland:
- 0%
- other:
- 100%
- Irrigated land:
- 0 km2
- Environment:
- subject to typhoons
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- @end display
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- @node People (Paracel Islands)
- @section People (Paracel Islands)
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- @display
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- Population:
- no indigenous inhabitants; note - there are scattered Chinese garrisons
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- @end display
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- @node Government (Paracel Islands)
- @section Government (Paracel Islands)
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- @display
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- Names:
- conventional long form:
- none
- conventional short form:
- Paracel Islands
- Digraph:
- PF
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- @node Economy (Paracel Islands)
- @section Economy (Paracel Islands)
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- @display
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- Overview:
- no economic activity
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- @end display
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- @node Communications (Paracel Islands)
- @section Communications (Paracel Islands)
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- @display
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- Ports:
- small Chinese port facilities on Woody Island and Duncan Island currently
- under expansion
- Airports:
- 1 on Woody Island
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- @end display
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- @node Defense Forces (Paracel Islands)
- @section Defense Forces (Paracel Islands)
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- @display
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- Note:
- occupied by China
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- @end display
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