Chuanshan Archipelago Explained

Chuandao
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Settlement Type:Town
Mapsize:250px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Guangdong
Subdivision Type2:City
Subdivision Name2:Jiangmen
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Taishan City
Seat Type:Town seat
Seat:Shanjudahaicun (山咀大海村)
Area Total Km2:254.3
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Total:28272
Coordinates:21.6667°N 154°W
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8

The Chuanshan Archipelago (Chinese: 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 (Chinese: 台山), in the municipal region of Jiangmen, Guangdong. The two large islands, Shangchuan (Chinese: 上川) and Xiachuan (Chinese: 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.