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Encyclopedia > List of islands of the People's Republic of China

This is a list of islands of the People's Republic of China.

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Exercises effective sovereignty

Chongming County (崇明县, pinyin: Chóngmíng Xiàn) is the only county under the jurisdication of Shanghai, China. ... Gulangyu Island (鼓浪嶼 Pinyin: Gǔlǎng Yǔ) is a 1. ... Hainan (Chinese: 海南; pinyin: ) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China, located at the southern end of the country. ... The territory of Hong Kong consists of a mainland area and 236 islands. ... Cheung Chau (長洲; lit. ... Hong Kong Island (香港島, colloquially the Island side) is the island where the colonial settlement of the Hong Kong territory, Victoria City, was founded. ... Lamma Island Power Station and Hung Shing Ye beach Lamma Island (南丫島; pinyin: nán yā dǎo; Jyutping: Nam4 Nga1 Dou2), also known as “Po Liu Chau”, is the third largest island in Hong Kong and part of the Islands District, Hong Kong. ... Lantau Island, Hong Kong Lantau Island (based on its old name 爛頭島 lan tau do, lit. ... Ma Wan (馬灣) is an island of Hong Kong, located between Lantau Island and Tsing Yi Island. ... Photo of the ferry docks connecting Peng Chau to the outside world Photo of Finger Hill taken from Tung Wan Photo looking towards Hong Kong taken from Tung Wan Photo looking towards Discovery Bay taken on top of Finger Hill Peng Chau (坪洲 in pinyin: Píngzhōu; in Jyutping: ping4 zau1... The Poi To islands (蒲苔群島) are a small group of sparsely inhabited islands (a population of around 200) located south-east of Hong Kong Island, off Stanley, Hong Kong. ... Tsing Yi (青衣), or Tsing Yi Island (青衣島) is an island of Hong Kong, to the northwest of Hong Kong Island. ... Coloane ( Simplified: 路環島, Traditional: 路环岛, Pinyin: Lùhuán Dǎo, Jyutping: Lou6-waan4 Dou2, literally Road Ring) is an island of Macau in the Peoples Republic of China. ... Taipa (氹仔島) is an island of Macau in the Peoples Republic of China. ... Shamian Island (Chinese: 沙面岛, pinyin: sha mian dao) in the city of Guangzhou in the Guangdong province of China, was a concession given to European and American traders operating in Guangzhou area by the Manchu government in the 18th century. ... Shangchuan Island (上川镇, Schangschwan, Sancian, Chang-Chuang, St. ... Weizhou (涠洲; pinyin: Wéizhōu) is a Chinese island in the Gulf of Tonkin. ... Zhifu Island (芝罘島 Pinyin: Zhīfù dǎo, Wade-Giles: Chih-fu tao), or North Island (北島 Běi dǎo, Pei tao), is an islet with historical significance in Shandong, China. ... Zhoushan (舟山; formerly transliterated as Chusan) is the only prefecture-level city consisting solely of islands in the Peoples Republic of China. ... Zhoushan Island is the principal island of the namesake archipelago governed by Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, the Peoples Republic of China. ...

Disputed or mixed control

The South China Sea Islands (or Nanhai Islands, simplified: 南海诸岛, traditional: 南海諸島, pinyin: Nánhǎi Zhūdǎo) is an archipelago of over 250 around 1-km² islands, atolls, cays, shoals, reefs, and sandbars in the South China Sea, most of which have no indigenous people. ...

Claims but does not control

This is a list of islands under the Republic of China administration. ... The Pescadores Islands (Chinese: 澎湖群島; Wade-Giles: Peng-hu; Pinyin: Pénghú, from Portuguese, fishermen) are an archipelago in the Taiwan Strait. ... Quemoy, Kinmen, or Chinmen (金門, pinyin: Jīnmén, POJ: Kim-mn̂g) (pop. ... The Matsu Islands (馬祖列島 or less frequently, 馬祖群島 Pinyin: Mǎzǔ) are a minor archipelago of 19 islands and islets in the Taiwan Strait administered as Lienchiang County (連江 Pinyin: Liánjiāng), Fujian Province of the Republic of China (ROC, based on Taiwan). ... The Pratas Islands (or Dongsha Islands) are located in the middle of the South China Sea (see South China Sea Islands). ... Taiwan Strait Area The political status of Taiwan is controversial over questions about whether Taiwan should remain the Republic of China, become part of the Peoples Republic of China, or become an independent Republic of Taiwan. ... ... ...

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