Hoàng Sa district

Hoàng Sa is an island district of Da Nang in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam.^[2] It covers an area of 305 km² (118 sq mi) of the Paracel Islands, including these main features: Pattle Island, North Reef, Robert Island, Discovery Reef, Passu Keah, Triton Island, Tree Island, North Island, Middle Island, South Island, Woody Island, Lincoln Island, Duncan Island, Bombay Reef, Observation Bank, West Sand, Vuladdore Reef and Pyramid Rock.^[3]

Hoàng Sa district Huyện đảo Hoàng Sa
District (Island)
Hoàng Sa Island district
Outside the Hoang Sa Exhibition House
Country	Vietnam
Region	South Central Coast
Municipality	Da Nang
Government
• People's Committee Chairman	Võ Công Chánh[1]
• Headquarters	132 Yên Bái St., Hải Châu district, Da Nang
Area
• Total	118 sq mi (305 km2)
Time zone	UTC+7 (Indochina Time)
Website	hoangsa.danang.gov.vn/index.php

In 2009, Vietnam appointed an official, Đặng Công Ngữ, to be the first^[1] chairman of Hoàng Sa District.^[4][5] The incumbent is Võ Công Chánh, who was appointed on 5 May 2014.^[1] Vietnam does not control any of the islands it claims and the entire Paracel Islands is under the administration of the People's Republic of China after the Battle of the Paracel Islands in 1974 with the defeat of the Republic of Vietnam Military Forces.^[6][7]

In July 2012, China declared the Paracel Islands to be under the administration of Sansha prefecture in Hainan province.

Vietnam established Hoàng Sa district in 1982 as part of Quảng Nam-Da Nang province.^[8] Since Quảng Nam and Da Nang were split in November 1996, the island district has belonged to Da Nang.^[5]

See also

• Battle of the Paracel Islands
• Paracel Islands

References

1. (in Vietnamese)"Đà Nẵng có tân chủ tịch huyện đảo Hoàng Sa [Danang has new chairman of Hoang Sa District]". VnExpress. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
2. (in Vietnamese)"Nghị định của Chính phủ 07-CP ngày 23 tháng 01 năm 1997 về việc thành lập đơn vị hành chính trực thuộc thành phố Đà Nẵng". Retrieved 28 August 2012.
3. (in Vietnamese)"Huyện đảo Hoàng Sa [Hoang Sa District]". Da Nang City. Archived from the original on 4 September 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
4. Zhiqun Zhu (2010). China's New Diplomacy: Rationale, Strategies and Significance. p. 189. ISBN 9781409401674. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
5. "Hoang Sa Island district to have new chairman". Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
6. Nga Pham (15 January 2014). "Shift as Vietnam marks South China Sea battle". BBC News. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
7. (in Vietnamese) Châu Minh Linh. "Hải chiến Hoàng Sa - 40 năm nhìn lại". Thanh Niên. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
8. "The Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes and international law 1988". Authority of Foreign Information Service of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 13 March 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2012.

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