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PARACEL ISLANDS

@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

@Paracel Islands:People

 Population: no indigenous inhabitants; note - there are scattered
 Chinese garrisons

@Paracel Islands:Government

 Names:
 conventional long form: none
 conventional short form: Paracel Islands

 Digraph: PF

Economy

 Overview: no economic activity

@Paracel Islands: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)

@Paracel Islands:Communications

 Telephone system:
 local: NA
 intercity: NA
 international: NA

 Radio:
 broadcast stations: AM, FM, shortwave
 radios: NA

 Television:
 broadcast stations: NA
 televisions: NA

@Paracel Islands:Defense Forces

 Note: occupied by China


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