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1. Paracel Islands

   The Paracel Islands, also known as the Xisha Islands (simplified Chinese: 西沙群岛; traditional Chinese: 西沙群島; pinyin: xīshā qúndǎo; lit. 'West Sand Archipelago') and the Hoang Sa Archipelago (Vietnamese: Quần đảo Hoàng Sa, lit. 'Yellow Sand Archipelago'), are a disputed archipelago in the South China Sea. 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 area of around 15,000 square kilometers (5,800 sq mi), with a land area of approximately 7.75 square kilometers (2.99 sq mi). The name Paracel is of Portuguese origin, and appears on 16th-century Portuguese maps. The archipelago is approximately equidistant from the coastlines of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Vietnam, and approximately one-third of the way from central Vietnam to the northern Philippines. The archipelago includes Dragon Hole, the deepest underwater sinkhole in the world. Turtles and seabirds are native to the islands, which have a hot and humid climate, abundant rainfall and frequent typhoons. The archipelago is surrounded by productive fishing grounds and a seabed with potential, but as yet unexplored, oil and gas reserves.

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1. Paracel Islands

   The Paracel Islands, also called Xīshā Islands in Chinese and Hoàng Sa Islands in Vietnamese, is a group of islands where the sovereignty is disputed by the People's Republic of China, Republic of China and Vietnam. All of the islands are currently under the administration of Hainan Province of the PRC, which, in July 2012, established Sansha City covering the islands as one of the three townships of the city. Chinese and South Vietnamese forces both occupied parts of the Paracel Islands before 1974, when the Battle of the Paracel Islands occurred, after which the former took over and controlled all of the Paracels. The islands are located in the South China Sea consisting of over 30 islets, sandbanks and reefs with about 15,000 square kilometres of the ocean surface, and less than 8 square kilometres of land surface. The archipelago is approximately equidistant from the coastlines of Vietnam and China, 180 nautical miles southeast of Hainan Island, and about one-third of the way from central Vietnam to the northern Philippines. Turtles live on the islands, and seabirds have left nests and guano deposits, but there are no permanent human residents except military personnel and fishermen.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of paracel islands in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of paracel islands in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of paracel islands in a Sentence

1. President Ma:

   The Nansha (Spratly) Islands, Shisha (Paracel) Islands, Chungsha (Macclesfield Bank) Islands, and Tungsha (Pratas) Islands, as well as their surrounding waters, are an inherent part of ROC territory and waters, and the ROC enjoys all rights over these islands and their surrounding waters in accordance with international law. This is indisputable.

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracel_Islands
2. ^ Wikidata
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