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- @node Geography (Spratly Islands)
- @section Geography (Spratly Islands)
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- @display
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- Location:
- in the South China Sea, between Vietnam and the Philippines
- Map references:
- Asia, Southeast Asia
- Area:
- total area:
- NA km2 but less than 5 km2
- land area:
- less than 5 km2
- comparative area:
- NA
- note:
- includes 100 or so islets, coral reefs, and sea mounts scattered over the
- South China Sea
- Land boundaries:
- 0 km
- Coastline:
- 926 km
- Maritime claims:
- NA
- International disputes:
- all of the Spratly Islands are claimed by China, Taiwan, and Vietnam; parts
- of them are claimed by Malaysia and the Philippines; in 1984, Brunei
- established an exclusive economic zone, which encompasses Louisa Reef, but
- has not publicly claimed the island
- Climate:
- tropical
- Terrain:
- flat
- Natural resources:
- fish, guano, undetermined oil and natural gas potential
- 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; includes numerous small islands, atolls, shoals, and
- coral reefs
- Note:
- strategically located near several primary shipping lanes in the central
- South China Sea; serious navigational hazard
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- @end display
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- @node People (Spratly Islands)
- @section People (Spratly Islands)
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- @display
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- Population:
- no indigenous inhabitants; note - there are scattered garrisons
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-
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- @end display
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- @node Government (Spratly Islands)
- @section Government (Spratly Islands)
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- @display
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- Names:
- conventional long form:
- none
- conventional short form:
- Spratly Islands
- Digraph:
- PG
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- @end display
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- @node Economy (Spratly Islands)
- @section Economy (Spratly Islands)
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- @display
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- Overview:
- Economic activity is limited to commercial fishing; proximity to nearby oil-
- and gas-producing sedimentary basins suggests the potential for oil and gas
- deposits, but the region is largely unexplored, and there are no reliable
- estimates of potential reserves; commercial exploitation has yet to be
- developed.
- Industries:
- none
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-
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- @end display
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- @node Communications (Spratly Islands)
- @section Communications (Spratly Islands)
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- @display
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- Ports:
- no natural harbors
- Airports:
- total:
- 4
- usable:
- 4 with permanent-surfaced runways:
- 1
- with runways over 3,659 m:
- 0
- with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
- 0
- with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
- 0
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- @end display
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- @node Defense Forces (Spratly Islands)
- @section Defense Forces (Spratly Islands)
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- @display
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- Note:
- about 50 small islands or reefs are occupied by China, Malaysia, the
- Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam
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- @end display
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