Paracel Islands

Summary

Paracel Islands is an archipelago^[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of archipelago entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (729 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Paracel Islands is located in Xisha District^[3].
• Paracel Islands is located in Hoàng Sa^[4].
• Paracel Islands is in the country of People's Republic of China^[5].
• Paracel Islands is in the country of Vietnam^[6].
• Paracel Islands is in the country of Taiwan^[7].
• Paracel Islands is on the body of water South China Sea^[8].
• Paracel Islands's image is recorded as ParacelIslands.png^[9].
• Paracel Islands's instance of is recorded as archipelago^[10].
• Paracel Islands's instance of is recorded as disputed territory^[11].
• Paracel Islands's maintained by is recorded as Sansha^[12].
• Paracel Islands's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Yingqu Community^[13].
• Paracel Islands's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Zhao Shu Community^[14].
• Paracel Islands's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Yagong Community^[15].
• Paracel Islands's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Q14053134^[16].
• Paracel Islands's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 245637225^[17].
• Paracel Islands's GND ID is recorded as 4044584-7^[18].
• Paracel Islands's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85097727^[19].
• Paracel Islands's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119938777^[20].
• Paracel Islands's IdRef ID is recorded as 028018869^[21].
• Paracel Islands's part of is recorded as South China Sea Islands^[22].
• Paracel Islands's Commons category is recorded as Paracel Islands^[23].
• Paracel Islands's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2417005^[24].
• Paracel Islands's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+08:00^[25].
• Paracel Islands's has part is recorded as Amphitrite Group^[26].
• Paracel Islands's has part is recorded as Crescent Group^[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include People's Republic of China^[5], a sovereign state^[28], in People's Republic of China^[29], founded in 1949^[30]; Vietnam^[6], a sovereign state^[31], in Vietnam^[32], founded in 1976^[33]; and Taiwan^[7], an island country^[34], in Taiwan^[35], founded in 1912^[36]. Located in include Xisha District^[3], a district of China^[37], in People's Republic of China^[38], founded in 2020^[39] and Hoàng Sa^[4], a rural district of Vietnam^[40], in Vietnam^[41]. Paracel Islands is on the body of water South China Sea^[8]. Its part of is recorded as South China Sea Islands^[22].

Physical Characteristics

Paracel Islands's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+7.8'}^[42]. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+14'}^[43].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include archipelago^[10] and disputed territory^[11].

Why It Matters

Paracel Islands ranks in the top 7% of archipelago entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (729 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[44] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[45]