Yongxing Dao

Yongxing Dao
	Yongxing Dao ( English: Woody Island and Rocky Island, the small island on the left in the picture )
Waters	South China Sea
Archipelago	Xuande Qundao
Geographical location	16 ° 50 '3 " N , 112 ° 20' 15" E Coordinates: 16 ° 50 '3 " N , 112 ° 20' 15" E
length	1.85 km
width	1.16 km
surface	2.13 km²
Residents	1443 (2014) ; 677 inhabitants / km²
main place	Yongxing
	Map of the Xisha Islands (Paracel Islands) ; Yongxing Dao as Woody Island

Yongxing Dao ( Chinese 永興島 / 永兴岛 , Pinyin Yǒngxīng Dǎo ), Vietnamese. Đảo Phú Lâm , engl. Woody Island , German Woody Island , is a coral island of about 2 km² in the South China Sea belonging to the Xuande Qundao ( Chinese ú 群島 , Pinyin Xuāndé Qúndǎo , English Amphitrite Group ) of the Paracel Islands (Xisha Islands) .

The island has been controlled by the Republic of China since 1946 and the People's Republic of China since 1956 , but is also claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan (Republic of China).

history

Japan occupied the island during World War II . After the Japanese surrender , the Chinese government renamed Woody Island "Yongxing" after one of their warships, the Yung-hsing (永興號).

Since July 24, 2012, the seat of the people's government of the Chinese prefecture-level city of Sansha , Hainan Province , has been located on the island, which was previously also the administrative seat of the "Department of the Xisha, Nansha and Zhongsha Islands".

Administrative structure

There are two administrative units of the city of Sansha on the island:

Resident Community Yongxing (永兴社区), seat of the city government;
Yongxing Village (永兴村).

Web links

Disputes in the South China Sea (English)
Sansha Shi - Xisha Nansha Zhongsha Islands (English)
Vietnamese rally again over islands disputed with China (English)
Facilities in the South China Sea reflect technologies otherwise hidden - English

Individual evidence

↑ China begins building school on Yongxing island - that has disputed ownership with Vietnam (The Independent, June 15, 2014)
^ Territorial dispute in the South China Sea: China stationed missiles on a disputed island. In: Spiegel Online . February 17, 2016, accessed February 17, 2016 .
↑ Timo Kivimäki: Was Or Peace in the South China Sea? NIAS Press, 2002, ISBN 978-87-91114-01-4 ( google.com ). , P. 11
↑ 吕一燃 (Lu Yiran), 2007. 中国近代边界史 (A modern history of China's borders), Vol. 2. 四川人民出版社 (Sichuan People's Publishing), pp. 1092-1093. ISBN 7-220-07331-3

[1] China begins building school on Yongxing island - that has disputed ownership with Vietnam (The Independent, June 15, 2014)

[2] Territorial dispute in the South China Sea: China stationed missiles on a disputed island. In: Spiegel Online . February 17, 2016, accessed February 17, 2016 .

[3] Timo Kivimäki: Was Or Peace in the South China Sea? NIAS Press, 2002, ISBN 978-87-91114-01-4 ( google.com ). , P. 11

[yiran2007-4] 吕一燃 (Lu Yiran), 2007. 中国近代边界史 (A modern history of China's borders), Vol. 2. 四川人民出版社 (Sichuan People's Publishing), pp. 1092-1093. ISBN 7-220-07331-3