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List All Cities Paracel Islands Listing cities Paracel Islands database :
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Description Paracel Islands by rbd.me
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The Paracel Islands are surrounded by productive fishing grounds and by potential oil and gas reserves. In 1932, French Indochina annexed the islands and set up a weather station on Pattle Island; maintenance was continued by its successor, Vietnam. China has occupied the Paracel Islands since 1974, when its troops seized a South Vietnamese garrison occupying the western islands. China built a military installation on Mischief Reef in 1999. The islands are claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam.
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Location
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Southeastern Asia, group of small islands and reefs in the South China Sea, about one-third of the way from central Vietnam to the northern Philippines
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Area - comparative
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Natural resources Paracel Islands
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tropical
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Population Paracel Islands
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composed of 130 small coral islands and reefs divided into the northeast Amphitrite Group and the western Crescent Group
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Education Paracel Islands expenditures
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Government Paracel Islands type
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Independence
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Paracel Islands Economy - overview
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