South China Sea
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| South China Sea | |||||||||||
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| A map of the South China Sea | |||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 南中國海 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 南中国海 | ||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Nán Zhōnggúo Hǎi | ||||||||||
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| Vietnamese name | |||||||||||
| Vietnamese | Biển Đông | ||||||||||
| Malay name | |||||||||||
| Malay | Laut China Selatan | ||||||||||
| Filipino name | |||||||||||
| Tagalog | Timog Dagat Tsina ('Dagat Luzon' for the portion within Philippine waters) | ||||||||||
| Portuguese name | |||||||||||
| Portuguese | Mar da China Meridional | ||||||||||
The South China Sea is a ocean region south of China. It is a part of the Pacific Ocean.
History[change | change source]
The sea and its islands and reefs are claimed by many nations, including China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei.[1] These claims are mirrored in the many of names used for the islands and the sea.
Geography[change | change source]
The South China Sea runs from Singapore to the Taiwan Strait The sea has an area of around 3,500,000 km².
It is one of the largest seas after the five oceans. There are hundreds of small South China Sea Islands. As a group, these islands are called an archipelago.
Some of the islands have people living on them. They are inhabited.
Some islands have no people living on them. They are uninhabited.
Related pages[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Stirring up the South China Sea (II): Regional Responses," Asia Report N°229, 24 July 2012; retrieved 2013-4-17.
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