List of islands of the Republic of China
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This is a list of islands of the Republic of China administration (islands claimed but not administered by the ROC are not included on this list). All of these islands are claimed by the People's Republic of China.
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[edit] Kinmen
- Kinmen (Quemoy; 金門島) (Kinmen County, Fukien Province)
- Lesser Kinmen (Hsiao Kinmen; 小金門) (Kinmen County, Fukien Province)
[edit] Matsu Islands
- Matsu Islands (馬祖列島) (Lienchiang County, Fukien Province)
[edit] South China Sea Islands
- South China Sea Islands (南海諸島) (Kaohsiung Municipality; only those listed below are administered by the ROC)
- Pratas Islands (Tungsha, Dong-sha; 東沙群島)
- Spratly Islands (Nansha, Nan-sha; 南沙群島; disputed with several Southeast Asian countries)
- Taiping (Itu Aba; 太平島)
The South China Sea islands were part of Guangdong Province, and later the Hainan Special Administrative Region, before the relocation of the ROC government to Taipei in 1949. The ROC claims all the South China Sea Islands, but only administers Pratas and Taiping. (The ROC/Taiwan government does not actively claim the right to any South China Sea islands other than the Pratas and Taiping.)
[edit] Taiwan and related islands
- Taiwan Island (台灣島) (across 15 out of 16 counties and all 5 county-level cities in Taiwan Province, and Taipei Municipality and Kaohsiung Municipality which are not part of Taiwan Province)
- Cijin (旗津島; an artificial island, formerly a longshore bar connected to the island of Taiwan) (Kaohsiung Municipality)
- Green Island (Lyutao, Lutao; 綠島) (Taitung County, Taiwan Province)
- Gueishan Island (Turtle Mount; 龜山島) (Yilan County, Taiwan Province)
- Hsiao Liuchiu (Little Ryukyu; 琉球嶼) (Pingtung County, Taiwan Province)
- Keelung Islet (基隆嶼) (Keelung City, Taiwan Province)
- Lalu (lake island within the Sun Moon Lake) (拉魯島) (Nantou County)
- Orchid Island (Lanyu, Ponso no Tao; 蘭嶼) (Taitung County, Taiwan Province)
- Pescadores Islands (澎湖群島) (Penghu County, Taiwan Province)
- The Three Northern Islands (北方三島) (Keelung City, Taiwan Province)
- Huaping Islet (花瓶嶼)
- Mianhua Islet (棉花嶼)
- Pengjia Islet (彭佳嶼)
[edit] Wuchiu
- Wuchiu (Wuciou; 烏坵) (Kinmen County, Fukien Province)
- Tachiu (Tahchiu, Taciou, Wuchiu, Wuciou; 大坵)
- Hsiaochiu (Hsiaociou; 小坵)
[edit] See also
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- List of islands
- List of islands in the South China Sea
- Tachen Islands (islands evacuated in 1955)
- Tiaoyutai Islands (釣魚台列嶼) (disputed with Japan) (Yilan County, Taiwan Province)
