Compare Paracel Islands (2002) - Akrotiri (2005)

Compare Paracel Islands (2002) z Akrotiri (2005)

	Paracel Islands (2002)	Akrotiri (2005)

Airports	1 (2001)	-
Airports - with paved runways	total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2002)	-
Area	total: NA sq km land: NA sq km water: 0 sq km	total: 123 sq km note: includes a salt lake and wetlands
Area - comparative	NA	about 0.7 times the size of Washington, DC
Background	This archipelago is 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. The islands are claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan.	By terms of the 1960 Treaty of Establishment that created the independent Republic of Cyprus, the UK retained full sovereignty and jurisdiction over two areas of almost 254 square kilometers in total: Akrotiri and Dhekelia. The southernmost and smallest of these is the Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area, which is also referred to as the Western Sovereign Base Area.
Capital	-	Episkopi Cantonment; also serves as capital of Dhekelia
Climate	tropical	temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters
Coastline	518 km	56.3 km
Country name	conventional long form: none conventional short form: Paracel Islands	conventional long form: Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area conventional short form: Akrotiri
Dependency status	-	overseas territory of UK; administered by an administrator who is also the Commander, British Forces Cyprus
Diplomatic representation from the US	-	none (overseas territory of the UK)
Diplomatic representation in the US	-	none (overseas territory of the UK)
Disputes - international	occupied by China, but claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam	-
Economy - overview	China announced plans in 1997 to open the islands for tourism.	Economic activity is limited to providing services to the military and their families located in Akrotiri. All food and manufactured goods must be imported.
Elevation extremes	lowest point: South China Sea 0 m highest point: unnamed location on Rocky Island 14 m	-
Environment - current issues	NA	shooting around the salt lake; note - breeding place for loggerhead and green turtles; only remaining colony of griffon vultures is on the base
Executive branch	-	chief of state: Queen Elizabeth II (since 6 February 1952) head of government: Administrator Maj. Gen. Peter Thomas Clayton PEARSON (since 9 May 2003); note - reports to the British Ministry of Defence elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; the administrator is appointed by the monarch
Flag description	-	the flag of the UK is used
Geographic coordinates	16 30 N, 112 00 E	34 37 N, 32 58 E
Geography - note	composed of 130 small coral islands and reefs divided into the northeast Amphitrite Group and the western Crescent Group	British extraterritorial rights also extended to several small off-post sites scattered across Cyprus
Irrigated land	0 sq km (1998 est.)	-
Land boundaries	0 km	total: 47.4 km border countries: Cyprus 47.4 km
Land use	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.)	-
Languages	-	English, Greek
Legal system	-	the laws of the UK, where applicable, apply
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	peninsula on the southwest coast of Cyprus
Map references	Southeast Asia	Middle East
Maritime claims	NA	-
Military - note	occupied by China	Akrotiri has a full RAF base, Headquarters for British Forces on Cyprus, and Episkopi Support Unit
Natural hazards	typhoons	-
Natural resources	none	-
Population	no indigenous inhabitants note: there are scattered Chinese garrisons (July 2002 est.)	no indigenous inhabitants note: approximately 1,300 military personnel are on the base; there are another 5,000 British citizens who are families of military personnel or civilian staff on both Akrotiri and Dhekelia; Cyprus citizens work on the base, but do not live there
Ports and harbors	small Chinese port facilities on Woody Island and Duncan Island being expanded	-
Terrain	mostly low and flat	-
Waterways	none	-

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