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Title         :Paracel Islands 
Text          : 
                                 Paracel Islands 
 
                                    Geography 
 
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 
Map references: 
    Southeast Asia 
Area: 
  total area: 
    NA sq km 
  land area: 
    NA sq km 
  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 sq km 
Environment: 
  current issues: 
    NA 
  natural hazards: 
    typhoons 
  international agreements: 
    NA 
 
                                     People 
 
Population: 
    no indigenous inhabitants; note - there are scattered Chinese garrisons 
 
                                   Government 
 
Names: 
  conventional long form: 
    none 
  conventional short form: 
    Paracel Islands 
Digraph: 
    PF 
 
                                     Economy 
 
Overview: 
    no economic activity 
 
                                 Transportation 
 
Ports: 
    small Chinese port facilities on Woody Island and Duncan Island being 


    expanded 
Airports: 
  total: 
    1 
  with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 
    1 (on Woody Island) 
 
                                 Communications 
 
Telephone system: 
  local: 
    NA 
  intercity: 
    NA 
  international: 
    NA 
Radio: 
  broadcast stations: 
    AM, FM, shortwave 
  radios: 
    NA 
Television: 
  broadcast stations: 
    NA 
  televisions: 
    NA 
 
                                 Defense Forces 
 
Note: 
    occupied by China 

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