Compare Europa Island (2005) - Paracel Islands (2008)

Compare Europa Island (2005) z Paracel Islands (2008)

	Europa Island (2005)	Paracel Islands (2008)

Airports	1 (2004 est.)	1 (2007)
Airports - with paved runways	-	total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2007)
Airports - with unpaved runways	total: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.)	-
Area	total: 28 sq km land: 28 sq km water: 0 sq km	total: NA sq km land: NA sq km water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative	about 0.16 times the size of Washington, DC	NA
Background	A French possession since 1897, the island is heavily wooded; it is the site of a small military garrison that staffs a weather station.	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 the Paracel Islands since 1974, when its troops seized a South Vietnamese garrison occupying the western islands. China built a military installation on Mischief Reef in 1999. The islands are claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam.
Climate	tropical	tropical
Coastline	22.2 km	518 km
Country name	conventional long form: none conventional short form: Europa Island local long form: none local short form: Ile Europa	conventional long form: none conventional short form: Paracel Islands
Dependency status	possession of France; administered by the Administrateur Superieur of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands	-
Disputes - international	claimed by Madagascar	occupied by China, also claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam
Economy - overview	no economic activity	China announced plans in 1997 to open the islands for tourism.
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 24 m	lowest point: South China Sea 0 m highest point: unnamed location on Rocky Island 14 m
Environment - current issues	NA	NA
Flag description	the flag of France is used	-
Geographic coordinates	22 20 S, 40 22 E	16 30 N, 112 00 E
Geography - note	wildlife sanctuary	composed of 130 small coral islands and reefs divided into the northeast Amphitrite Group and the western Crescent Group
Industries	none	-
Irrigated land	0 sq km (1998 est.)	0 sq km
Land boundaries	0 km	0 km
Land use	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (mangrove forests and woodlands) (2001)	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)
Legal system	the laws of France, where applicable, apply	-
Location	Southern Africa, island in the Mozambique Channel, about half way between southern Madagascar and southern Mozambique	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
Map references	Africa	Southeast Asia
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm	NA
Military - note	defense is the responsibility of France	occupied by China
Natural hazards	NA	typhoons
Natural resources	NEGL	none
Population	no indigenous inhabitants note: there is a small French military garrison and a few meteorologists; visited by scientists (July 2005 est.)	no indigenous inhabitants note: there are scattered Chinese garrisons
Ports and harbors	none; offshore anchorage only	-
Terrain	low and flat	mostly low and flat

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