Sansha
prefecture-level city in Hainan, China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sansha (三沙) is a city of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in Hainan Province.[2] The city government's main building was built on Woody Island in the South China Sea.[3]
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Sansha
三沙市 | |
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Sansha (South China Sea) | |
Coordinates: 16°50′03″N 112°20′15″E | |
Country | China |
Province | Hainan |
Prefecture | 24 July 2012 |
City seat | Woody Island (Yongxing Dao) |
Government | |
• CPC Municipal Party Secretary | Fu Zhuang (符戆) |
• Mayor | A Dong (阿东) |
Area | |
• Land | < 13 km2 (< 5 sq mi) |
• Water | ~2,000,000 km2 (~772,000 sq mi) |
Population (2013)[1] | |
• Total | 1,443 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard Time) |
Postal code | 573100 |
Website | www.sansha.gov.cn |
Territorial Dispute: There are on-going territorial disputes in the entire area covered by the city, whose administrative authority is not internationally recognized. |
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Chinese | 三沙 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Postal | Samsha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | three sands (referring to the Chinese names for the three island groups) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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