Paracel Islands

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title: Paracel Islands
text: The Paracel Islands, also known as the Xisha Islands and the Hoàng Sa Archipelago, are a disputed archipelago in the South China Sea currently under de facto administration by the People's Republic of China. The word paracel is of Portuguese origin, meaning placer, and appears on 16th-century Portuguese maps. The archipelago includes about 130 small coral islands and reefs, most grouped into the northeastern Amphitrite Group or the western Crescent Group. They are distributed over a maritime are
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description: Islands in the South China Sea
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracel_Islands
date created: 2002-02-25T15:51:15Z
date modified: 2024-09-08T15:34:55Z
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