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From: The CIA'sTHE WORLD FACTBOOK 1996

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Paracel Islands

Map

Location: 16 30 N, 112 00 E -- 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

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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
Geographic coordinates: 16 30 N, 112 00 E
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
lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Rocky Island 14 m
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

Name of country:
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Paracel Islands
Data code: PF

Economy

Economic 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) (1995 est.)

Communications

Telephone system:
domestic: NA
international: NA
Radio broadcast stations: AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA
Radios: NA
Television broadcast stations: NA
Televisions: NA

Defense

Defense note: occupied by China

Paracel Islands

Original publicaton at http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/nsolo/wfb-all.htm (June 17, 1997).