Zhongsha Islands
| Zhongsha Islands | |
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| County-level division | |
| Zhongsha District | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hainan |
| Prefecture-level city | Sansha |
| Government | |
| • Type | County-level division |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0 km2 (0 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 0 |
| Time zone | China (UTC+8) |
| Zhongsha Archipelago | |||||||
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| Literal meaning | Central Sands Archipelago | ||||||
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| Zhongsha District | |||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | |||||||
| Literal meaning | Islands, Reefs, and Waters of the Zhongsha Archipelago | ||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Zhōngshā Qúndǎo |
| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Zhōngshā Qúndǎo de Dǎo Jiāo jíqí Hǎiyù |
The Zhongsha Islands are a collection of entirely submerged banks, seamounts, and shoals in the South China Sea. The two major features of the area are the Macclesfield Bank (Chinese: Zhōngshā) and the Scarborough Shoal. The whole of the region is claimed by the PRC and the ROC, and various bits of the western parts are claimed by the Philippines. No country has control of the region, and there are constant disputes - for example, see Scarborough Shoal standoff.
The PRC claim to administer the area as Zhongsha District, a county-level area of the Sansha prefecture-level city in Hainan. It has one township-level division, Zhongsha Dao and Jiao Neighborhood Committee. However, the seat of this committee is not within the Zhongsha District.
Aquaculture research has been conducted on Walker Shoal.
The Zhongsha "Islands" include:
To the west, near the Paracel Islands:
To the east, near the Philippines:
To the north:
To the south, near the Spratly Islands:
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