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The Wanshan Archipelago, formerly known as the Ladrones Islands, is a 104-island archipelago that is a part of Xiangzhou District in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, China.
Wanshan / Guishan / Dangan
万山镇 / 桂山镇 / 担杆镇 | |
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| 万山海洋开发试验区 | |
Ladrones Islands and Lema Islands (bottom part of the map) on an 1878 German map | |
| Coordinates: 21°59′42″N 113°45′54″E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| City | Zhuhai |
| District | Xiangzhou |
| Area | |
• Total | 86 km2 (33 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 4,813 |
| • Density | 56/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | http://www.wanshan.gov.cn/ |
| Wanshan Archipelago | |||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 万山群岛 | ||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 萬山羣島 | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Myriad[a] Islands Archipelago | ||||||||||||
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Most of the islands of the archipelago are in the Wanshan Marine Development Experimental Zone (万山海洋开发试验区) which consist of three towns:[1] Guishan Town (桂山镇), Dangan Town (担杆镇) and Wanshan Town (万山镇).
Before Chu-Hai County was created in 1953, the islands were part of Po-On County.[2][3]
The islands are situated in the South China Sea, to the south of the opening of the Pearl River estuary and Hong Kong.
The archipelago includes several groups of islands. The western group, located south of the Pearl River estuary and Lantau Island, was formerly known to Europeans as the Ladrones, from the Spanish for "thieves". It comprises Greater Wanshan, Guishan, and Wai Dangling Islands and the Zhizhou, Sanmen, and Aizhou groups. The eastern group, located south of Hong Kong Island, was known as the Lema Islands. Today, they are known as the Jiapeng Liedao and Dangan Liedao, respectively.
The largest island, Dangan, features mountainous terrain similar to Hong Kong.
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Islands of the archipelago include:
Dangan Liedao (担杆列岛), the eastern group of Wanshan archipelago, and the eastern half of the former Lema Islands chain
Jiapeng Liedao (佳蓬列岛), the southern group of Wanshan archipelago, and the western half of the former Lema Islands chain
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Southwestern group:
Central group, located south of Lantau:
Northwestern group, located between Lantau and Macau:
Other geographically important points of interest:
There is a small local population, mostly in small fishing villages:
The archipelago's economy is mainly fisheries (crystal prawn, peeler crab). There is a growing tourism industry with a focus on history, beaches, and the natural beauty of the islands. About 350,000 tourists visit the islands annually. Club Med opened a holiday resort on Dong'ao in 2014.[12]
There is also potential for petroleum extraction in the waters off the islands.
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Tourist sites of Wanshan Archipelago include:
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