Paracel Islands
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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]