Chuanshan Archipelago

Chuandao
川岛镇
Town
Country China
Province Guangdong
City Jiangmen
District Taishan City
Town seat Shanjudahaicun (山咀大海村)
on the mainland
Area
 • Total 254.3 km2 (98.2 sq mi)
Population
 • Total 28,272
 • Density 110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+8 (China Standard)
Chuanshan Archipelago
Simplified Chinese 川山群岛
Traditional Chinese 川山羣島 or 川山群島
Literal meaning Flow Islands Archipelago[Notes 1]

The Chuanshan Archipelago (川山群岛) 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 group falls wholly within the County-level city of Taishan (台山), in the municipal region of Jiangmen, Guangdong. The two large islands, Shangchuan (上川) and Xiachuan (下川), and all the other islands, islets, outcroppings and reefs in the archipelago lie within the jurisdiction of Chuandao, one of Taishan's sixteen "towns" (镇, zhen). Chuandao's town seat, however, is located on the mainland in Shanjudahaicun.

References

  1. ↑ 山 (Shan) literally means hills and mountains. Before the emerging of Modern China, 山 also refers to islands.

    Coordinates: 21°40′N 112°42′E / 21.667°N 112.700°E / 21.667; 112.700

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