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CATEGORIES
◆ COMMUNICATIONS(2 fields)
Airports
1 on Woody Island
Ports
small Chinese port facilities on Woody Island and Duncan Island currently under expansion
◆ DEFENSE FORCES(1 fields)
Note
occupied by China
◆ ECONOMY(1 fields)
Overview
no economic activity
◆ GEOGRAPHY(13 fields)
Area
total area: NA km2 land area: NA km2 comparative area: NA
Climate
tropical
Coastline
518 km
Environment
subject to typhoons
International disputes
occupied by China, but claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam
Irrigated land
0 km2
Land boundaries
0 km
Land use
arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 0% forest and woodland: 0% other: 100%
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
Maritime claims
NA
Natural resources
none
Terrain
NA
◆ GOVERNMENT(2 fields)
Digraph
PF
Names
conventional long form: none conventional short form: Paracel Islands
◆ PEOPLE(1 fields)
Population
no indigenous inhabitants; note - there are scattered Chinese garrisons