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CATEGORIES
◆ COMMUNICATIONS(5 fields)
Radio broadcast stations
AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA
Radios
NA
Telephone system
domestic: NA international: NA
Television broadcast stations
NA
Televisions
NA
◆ ECONOMY(1 fields)
Economy - overview
no economic activity
◆ GEOGRAPHY(17 fields)
Area
total : NA sq km land: NA sq km water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative
NA
Climate
tropical
Coastline
518 km
Elevation extremes
lowest point: South China Sea 0 m highest point: unnamed location on Rocky Island 14 m
Environment - current issues
NA
Environment - international agreements
party to: none of the selected agreements signed, but not ratified : none of the selected agreements
Geographic coordinates
16 30 N, 112 00 E
Irrigated land
0 sq km (1993)
Land boundaries
0 km
Land use
arable land: 0% permanent crops : 0% permanent pastures: 0% forests and woodland: 0% other: 100%
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
Maritime claims
NA
Natural hazards
typhoons
Natural resources
none
Terrain
NA
◆ GOVERNMENT(2 fields)
Country name
conventional long form : none conventional short form: Paracel Islands
Data code
PF
◆ MILITARY(1 fields)
Military - note
occupied by China
◆ PEOPLE(1 fields)
Population
no indigenous inhabitants note: there are scattered Chinese garrisons
◆ TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES(1 fields)
Disputes - international
occupied by China, but claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam PARAGUAY
◆ TRANSPORTATION(3 fields)
Airports
1 (1996 est.)
Airports - with paved runways
total : 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (on Woody Island) (1996 est.)
Ports and harbors
small Chinese port facilities on Woody Island and Duncan Island being expanded