Trường Sa District

Trường Sa District Huyện Trường Sa
District
Children playing on the beach of Spratly Island
Coordinates: 8°38′30″N 111°55′55″E / 8.64167°N 111.93194°E / 8.64167; 111.93194
Country	Vietnam
Region	South Central Coast
Province	Khánh Hòa
Government
• Chairman of People's Committee	Nguyễn Viết Thuân
Area
• Total	192 sq mi (496 km2)
Population (2009)
• Total	195
Time zone	UTC + 7 (UTC+7)
Area code(s)	58

Trường Sa is an island district of Khánh Hòa Province in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam. It was established on the basis of the Spratly Islands, which is also claimed wholly or in part by the Republic of China (Taiwan), the People's Republic of China, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei. According to the 2009 census, the district has a population of 195 people.

Trường Sa District was established on the basis of small coral islands/cays, reefs and banks of the Spratly Islands which is 248 nautical miles away from Cam Ranh. As the islands contains a large number of scattered geographic entities, it is imaginatively divided into eight clusters including Song Tu, Thi Tu, Loai Ta, Nam Yet, Sinh Ton, Trường Sa, Tham Hiem and Binh Nguyen by Vietnam.

According to Decree No. 65/2007/NĐ-CP of 11 April 2007 issued by the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Trường Sa District has three administrative units including one commune-level town (Trường Sa) and two rural communes (Song Tử Tây and Sinh Tồn).

In reality, Trường Sa District is effectively administering only 21 islets and reefs of the Spratly Islands:

Coordinates: 8°38′30″N 111°55′55″E / 8.64167°N 111.93194°E / 8.64167; 111.93194