Paracel Islands

The Paracel Islands are an archipelago in the South China Sea, administered by as part of Province, but also claimed by and . They are a minor destination for patriotic Chinese citizens, not yet open to visitors from other countries.
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  • Type: archipelago
  • Description: group of islands, reefs, banks and other maritime features in the South China Sea
  • Also known as: “Hoang Sa”, “Xisha Islands”, and “Xisha Qundao”

Paracel Islands

Latitude
16.6546° or 16° 39′ 17″ north
Longitude
112.7472° or 112° 44′ 50″ east
Open location code
7P8JMP3W+RV
Wiki­data ID
Q274388
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zhuang—“Paracel Islands” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزر باراسيل”
  • Asturian: “Islles Paracel”
  • Asturian: “Islles Xisha”
  • Basque: “Paracel uharteak”
  • Belarusian: “Парасельскія астравы”
  • Belarusian: “Парацэльскія астравы”
  • Bengali: “প্যারাসেল দ্বীপপুঞ্জ”
  • Breton: “Inizi Paracel”
  • Bulgarian: “Параселски острови”
  • Bulgarian: “Парацелски острови”
  • Catalan: “illes Paracel”
  • Catalan: “Illes Paracel”
  • Cebuano: “Paracel Islands”
  • Chinese: “Paracel Islands”
  • Chinese: “Sai-soa Kûn-tó”
  • Chinese: “万生石塘屿”
  • Chinese: “万里石塘”
  • Chinese: “帕拉塞尔群岛”
  • Chinese: “西沙”
  • Chinese: “西沙群岛”
  • Chinese: “西沙群島”
  • Chinese: “黄沙群岛”
  • Czech: “Paracelské ostrovy”
  • Danish: “Paraceløerne”
  • Dutch: “Hoang Sa”
  • Dutch: “Paraceleilanden”
  • Esperanto: “Insularo Paracel”
  • Finnish: “Paracelsaaret”
  • Finnish: “Xishasaaret”
  • French: “Iles Paracel”
  • French: “Îles Paracel”
  • French: “îles Paracels”
  • French: “Îles Paracels”
  • French: “Paracel”
  • Georgian: “პარასელის კუნძულები”
  • German: “Hoang Sa”
  • German: “Paracel-Inseln”
  • German: “Paracelinseln”
  • German: “Xisha Qundao”
  • German: “Xisha-Inseln”
  • Greek: “Νησιά Παρασέλ”
  • Gujarati: “પેરાકેલ આઇલેન્ડ્સ”
  • Hebrew: “איי פאראסל”
  • Hindi: “पारासेल द्वीपसमूह”
  • Indonesian: “Kepulauan Paracel”
  • Italian: “Isole Paracel”
  • Italian: “Isole Paracelso”
  • Italian: “Paracel”
  • Japanese: “パラセル諸島”
  • Japanese: “西沙”
  • Japanese: “西沙群島”
  • Japanese: “西沙諸島”
  • Kannada: “ಪ್ಯಾರೆಸೆಲ್ ದ್ವೀಪಗಳು”
  • Kirghiz: “Парасель аралдары”
  • Korean: “서사 군도”
  • Korean: “서사군도”
  • Korean: “시사 군도”
  • Korean: “시사군도”
  • Korean: “파라셀 군도”
  • Korean: “파라셀 제도”
  • Korean: “파라셀제도”
  • Korean: “호앙사 군도”
  • Korean: “호앙사군도”
  • Korean: “황사군도”
  • Lao: “ໝູ່ເກາະພາຣາເຊລ”
  • Latvian: “Paraselu salas”
  • Lithuanian: “Paraselio salos”
  • Macedonian: “Парацелски Острови”
  • Malay: “Kepulauan Paracel”
  • Malay: “Xisha”
  • Malayalam: “പാരാസെൽ ദ്വീപുകൾ”
  • Marathi: “पॅरासेल आईसलँडस”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sai-soa Kûn-tó”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Paraceløyene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Xisha”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Paraceløyane”
  • Norwegian: “Paraceløyene”
  • Persian: “جزایر پاراسل”
  • Polish: “Wyspy Paracelskie”
  • Polish: “Xisha”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhas Paracel”
  • Romanian: “Insulele Paracel”
  • Russian: “Парасельские острова”
  • Rusyn: “Парасельскі островы”
  • Scots: “Paracel Islands”
  • Serbian: “Парацелска острва”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Paracelska ostrva”
  • Sinhala: “පරසෙල් දුපත්”
  • Slovak: “Paracelské ostrovy”
  • Slovenian: “otočje Paracel”
  • Spanish: “Islas de Paracelso”
  • Spanish: “Islas Paracel”
  • Spanish: “Islas Paracels”
  • Spanish: “Islas Paracelso”
  • Swedish: “Paracel Islands”
  • Swedish: “Paracelöarna”
  • Tagalog: “Mga Isla ng Paracel”
  • Tamil: “பாராசெல் தீவுகள்”
  • Telugu: “పారాసెల్ దీవులు”
  • Thai: “หมู่เกาะซีชา”
  • Thai: “หมู่เกาะพาราเซล”
  • Thai: “หมู่เกาะแพราเซล”
  • Turkish: “Paracel Adaları”
  • Ukrainian: “Парасельський архіпелаг”
  • Ukrainian: “Парасельські острови”
  • Urdu: “پاراکیل آئی لینڈ”
  • Vietnamese: “bãi Cát Vàng”
  • Vietnamese: “Cồn Vàng”
  • Vietnamese: “Hoàng Sa”
  • Vietnamese: “quần đảo Hoàng Sa”
  • Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Hoàng Sa”
  • Vietnamese: “quần đảo Paracel”
  • Vietnamese: “quần đảo Tây Sa”
  • Vietnamese: “Tây Sa”
  • Yue Chinese: “西沙”
  • Zhuang: “Sihsah ginzdauj”

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