Special Operations Unit)

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 1,143,015
males fit for military service: 635,923 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $40 million, 0.9%
of GDP (1995)

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@Paracel Islands
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Map
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Location: 16 30 N, 112 00 E -- 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

Geography
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Location: 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

Geographic coordinates: 16 30 N, 112 00 E

Map references: Southeast Asia

Area:
total area: NA sq km
land area: NA sq km
comparative area: NA

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 518 km

Maritime claims: NA

International disputes: occupied by China, but claimed by Taiwan
and Vietnam

Climate: tropical

Terrain: NA
lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Rocky Island 14 m

Natural resources: none

Land use:
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
meadows and pastures: 0%
forest and woodland: 0%
other: 100%

Irrigated land: 0 sq km

Environment:
current issues: NA
natural hazards: typhoons
international agreements: NA

People
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Population: no indigenous inhabitants; note - there are scattered
Chinese garrisons

Government
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Name of country:
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Paracel Islands

Data code: PF

Economy
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Economic overview: no economic activity

Transportation
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Ports: small Chinese port facilities on Woody Island and Duncan
Island being expanded

Airports:
total: 1
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 1 (on Woody Island) (1995 est.)

Communications
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Telephone system:
domestic: NA
international: NA

Radio broadcast stations: AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA

Radios: NA

Television broadcast stations: NA

Televisions: NA

Defense
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Defense note: occupied by China

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@Paraguay
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Map
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Location: 23 00 S, 58 00 W -- Central South America