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Xiachuan Island () (Hsiachwan Shan) is an
Xiachuan on taishan.com
Detailed description of the island
Map of the island
{{Coord, 21, 39, N, 112, 36, E, type:isle, display=title Taishan, Guangdong Islands of Guangdong Islands of the South China Sea
Xiachuan Island () (Hsiachwan Shan) is an island
An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...
of the South China Sea
The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean. It is bounded in the north by the shores of South China (hence the name), in the west by the Indochinese Peninsula, in the east by the islands of Taiwan and northwestern Phil ...
, on the southern coast of China
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, part of the Guangdong
Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...
province.
Administration
Administratively, Chuandao () is one of the 16towns
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of Taishan __NOTOC__
Taishan may refer to:
*Mount Tai or Taishan (), Shandong, China
*Taishan District, Tai'an (), named after the Mount Tai, a district in Tai'an, Shandong, China
*Taishan, Guangdong (), a county-level city of Jiangmen, Guangdong, China
**Gre ...
.
Geography
The island is located near the largerShangchuan Island
Shangchuan Island (, also known as "Schangschwan", "Sancian", "Sanchão", "Chang-Chuang", "St. John's Island" or "St John Island") is the main island of Chuanshan Archipelago on the southern coast of Guangdong, China. Its name originated from São ...
, which lies East of Xiachuan.
Economy
Shangchuan and Xiachuan have been established as aTourism Open Integrated Experimental Zones
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().
Transportation
Xiachuan Island is linked from the mainland by ferry. There is also ferry service between Xiachuan and its sister islandShangchuan Island
Shangchuan Island (, also known as "Schangschwan", "Sancian", "Sanchão", "Chang-Chuang", "St. John's Island" or "St John Island") is the main island of Chuanshan Archipelago on the southern coast of Guangdong, China. Its name originated from São ...
.
See also
*Chuanshan Archipelago
The Chuanshan Archipelago () is a group of islands in the South China Sea, just off the coast of Guangdong Province of southern China, rather nearer to the Pearl River Delta than to the Leizhou Peninsula.
Administration
Administratively the g ...
* Geography of China
China has great physical diversity. The eastern plains and southern coasts of the country consist of fertile lowlands and foothills. They are the location of most of China's agricultural output and human population. The southern areas of the ...
* List of islands of the People's Republic of China
This is a list of islands of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Islands that are claimed by the PRC, including those under the control of the Republic of China and those disputed with other countries, are noted after the list.
Chinese charact ...
* List of islands in the South China Sea
Islands in the South China Sea includes the South China Sea Islands (Spratly Islands, Pratas Island, Paracel Islands and Macclesfield Bank), islands on the China coast, on the Vietnam coast, on the Borneo coast, and the peripheral islands of Tai ...
External links
Xiachuan on taishan.com
Detailed description of the island
Map of the island
{{Coord, 21, 39, N, 112, 36, E, type:isle, display=title Taishan, Guangdong Islands of Guangdong Islands of the South China Sea