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Zhongsha Islands 中沙岛礁镇 | |
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| Zhongsha Daojiao Town | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hainan |
| Prefecture-level city | Sansha |
| District | Xisha District |
| Government | |
| • Type | Town |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.000003 km2 (1.2×10−6 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 0 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard Time) |
| Territorial Dispute: There are on-going territorial disputes in the entire area covered by the town, whose administrative authority is not internationally recognized. | |
| Zhongsha Archipelago | |||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 中沙群岛 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中沙群島 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Central Sands Archipelago | ||||||
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| Zhongsha District | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 中沙群岛的岛礁及其海域 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中沙群島的島礁及其海域 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Islands, Reefs, and Watersof the Zhongsha Archipelago | ||||||
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TheZhongsha Islands is a Chinese term for a collection of twoskerries, many entirely submerged banks,seamounts, andshoals in theSouth China Sea. There are no islands in theMacclesfield Bank, the main part of Zhongsha. TheScarborough Shoal, which consists of two skerries, is not contiguous with the Macclesfield Bank, but Chinese sources treat them as one chain of geographical features. The whole of the region is claimed by both the PRC and the ROC, and various bits of the eastern parts are claimed by the Philippines. No country has constant control of the whole region, and there are disputes, such as theScarborough Shoal standoff.
The PRC claims to administer the area asZhongsha Daojiao Town (Chinese:中沙岛礁镇;pinyin:Zhōngshā Dǎojiāo Zhèn), atown under theXisha District of theSanshaprefecture-level city inHainan. It has oneVillage-level division, Zhongsha Daojiao Residential Community. However, the seat of this town and residential community is not within the Zhongsha Islets, but onWoody Island.
Aquaculture research has been conducted onWalker Shoal (Chinese:漫步暗沙;pinyin:Mànbù Ànshā).[1]
The Zhongsha Islets include:
To the west, near theParacel Islands:
To the east, nearLuzon:
To the north:
To the south, near theSpratly Islands:
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