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{
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"Introduction": {
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"Background": {
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"text": "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 all the Paracel Islands since 1974, when its troops seized a South Vietnamese garrison occupying the western islands. China built a military installation on Woody Island with an airfield and artificial harbor. The islands also are claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam."
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}
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},
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"Geography": {
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"Location": {
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"text": "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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},
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"Geographic coordinates": {
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"text": "16 30 N, 112 00 E"
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},
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"Map references": {
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"text": "Southeast Asia"
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},
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"Area": {
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"total": {
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"text": "ca. 7.75 sq km"
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},
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"land": {
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"text": "ca. 7.75 sq km"
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},
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"water": {
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"text": "0 sq km"
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}
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},
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"Area - comparative": {
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"text": "land area is about thirteen times the size of the National Mall in Washington, DC"
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},
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"Land boundaries": {
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"text": "0 km"
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},
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"Coastline": {
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"text": "518 km"
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},
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"Maritime claims": {
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"text": "NA"
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},
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"Climate": {
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"text": "tropical"
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},
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"Terrain": {
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"text": "mostly low and flat"
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},
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"Elevation": {
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"mean elevation": {
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"text": "NA"
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},
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"elevation extremes": {
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"text": "lowest point: South China Sea 0 m ++ highest point: unnamed location on Rocky Island 14 m"
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}
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},
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"Natural resources": {
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"text": "none"
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},
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"Land use": {
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"agricultural land": {
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"text": "0% ++ arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; permanent pasture 0%"
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},
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"forest": {
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"text": "0%"
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},
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"other": {
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"text": "100% (2011 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Irrigated land": {
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"text": "0 sq km (2012)"
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},
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"Natural hazards": {
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"text": "typhoons"
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},
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"Environment - current issues": {
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"text": "NA"
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},
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"Geography - note": {
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"text": "composed of 130 small coral islands and reefs divided into the northeast Amphitrite Group and the western Crescent Group"
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}
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},
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"People and Society": {
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"Population": {
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"text": "no indigenous inhabitants",
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"note": {
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"text": "there are scattered Chinese garrisons"
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}
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}
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},
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"Government": {
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"Country name": {
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"conventional long form": {
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"text": "none"
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},
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"conventional short form": {
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"text": "Paracel Islands"
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},
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"etymology": {
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"text": "Portuguese navigators began to refer to the \"Ilhas do Pracel\" in the 16th century as a designation of low lying islets, sandbanks, and reefs scattered over a wide area; over time the name changed to \"parcel\" and then \"paracel\""
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}
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}
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},
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"Economy": {
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"Economy - overview": {
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"text": "The islands have the potential for oil and gas development. Waters around the islands support commercial fishing, but the islands themselves are not populated on a permanent basis."
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}
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},
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"Transportation": {
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"Airports": {
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"text": "1 (2013)"
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},
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"Airports - with paved runways": {
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"total": {
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"text": "1"
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},
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"1,524 to 2,437 m": {
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"text": "1 (2013)"
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}
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},
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"Ports and terminals": {
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"text": "small Chinese port facilities on Woody Island and Duncan Island"
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}
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},
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"Military and Security": {
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"Military - note": {
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"text": "occupied by China"
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}
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},
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"Transnational Issues": {
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"Disputes - international": {
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"text": "occupied by China, also claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam"
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}
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}
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} |