Zhongshan Island, formerly also known as Macau Island
. ''The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia'' (6th ed.). Columbia University Press. 2000. Retrieved 23 June 2016. or Xiangshan Island, is a
river island
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on the west bank of the
Pearl River Delta in
Guangdong
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, China.
[ This area is separated from the mainland by a narrow waterway, and has a population of about 2.8 million. At the southern tip of the island is the peninsular part of the ]Macao Special Administrative Region
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. The rest of the island (and more than 70% of the population) is part of the cities of Zhongshan
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and Zhuhai
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.
China consider the island to have been linked to the continent and is no longer an island since the time of Ming Dynasty (14-17th century). There are also study which state the area was a group of islets and shoals by Ming Dynasty.
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Islands of Guangdong
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