Trường Sa (township) explained

Trường Sa
Settlement Type:Township (Class-5)
Official Name:Trường Sa township
Native Name:Thị trấn Trường Sa
Pushpin Map:South China Sea
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:South China Sea
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Khánh Hòa
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Trường Sa
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2019
Population Total:31
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:UTC + 7
Utc Offset:+7
Coordinates:8.6447°N 111.92°W

Trường Sa is a township (Vietnamese: thị trấn) and capital of Trường Sa District, Khánh Hòa Province, Vietnam.[1]

The township consists of Spratly Island and nearby islands, reefs and banks.

History

The township was established on April 11, 2007 under the Vietnam Government's Decree 65/2007/NĐ-CP.[2]

Traffic

The town has a regional airport, Truong Sa Airport, with a runway length of 1,200 m that can accommodate small planes to transport people and necessities as well as transport patients to the mainland. The airport management and technical assurance department is in charge of the General Staff Department, Division 370.[3]

The town also has a lock with many piers that can accommodate many boats at the same time.

Islands and atolls belong

Islands

S. No.Island nameVietnamese namein AtollArea (ha)ImageNote
1Spratly IslandĐảo Trường Sa LớnSpratly Island36.5Spratly Island and West Reef East Island are the only two islands of Truong Sa township inhabited by civilians. People here make a living by fishing at sea and raising livestock, but some food still has to be imported from the mainland. On the sunken and floating islands, cows relax under the shade of trees, flocks of saltwater ducks search for food on the beach, dogs catch fish with soldiers, lush green vegetable gardens, and flocks of fish swim around the wharf. like at home's pond, square almond trees, maple trees, ancient storm trees fragrant with flowers... All those peaceful images are no different from a picture of a vibrant countryside on the mainland.
2West Reef East Island[4] Đảo Đá Tây AWest London Reef11
3Da Lat IslandĐảo Đá LátLadd Reef1.3In early November 2022, Vietnam began accreting and renovating Da Lat Island into an artificial island.
4Truong Sa Dong IslandĐảo Trường Sa ĐôngCentral London Reef10Truong Sa Dong Island is a small sand island in Central London Reef
5Phan Vinh IslandĐảo Phan VinhPearson Reef60Phan Vinh Island is a small sandy island belonging to Pearson Reef. Today, Vietnam has built up a large island with an area 13 times its natural area. In the illustration is the original island (natural).
6Nui Le A IslandĐảo Núi Le ACornwallis South Reef5At the end of October 2022, Vietnam continued to expand this island and planted many coconut trees on it.
7Toc Tan A IslandĐảo Tốc Tan AAlison Reef2In early December 2022, Vietnam began conducting dredging and accretion activities on Toc Tan A Island. As of November 2023, Toc Tan A has become an artificial island with an area of about 2 hectares, about 150 m long, about 140 m wide, with a jetty on the south side.
8Tien Nu IslandĐảo Tiên NữTennent Reef26Vietnam has built artificial islands located Tennent Reef with the current area of 26 hectares.
9Thuyen Chai IslandĐảo Thuyền ChàiBarque Canada Reef112Thuyen Chai Island is a newly built artificial island by Vietnam located on Barque Canada Reef. This is also the largest island (both natural and artificial) occupied and controlled by Vietnam.
10Amboyna CayĐảo An BangAmboyna Cay1.6Initially, this island was called Cồn cát An Bang by Vietnam. Then changed the calling to Đảo An Bang as today.

Atolls

S. No.Reef nameVietnamese NameImage
1Ladd ReefĐá Lát
2West London ReefĐá Tây
3Central London ReefĐá Giữa
4East London ReefĐá Đông
5Pearson ReefRạn san hô vòng Pearson
6Alison ReefĐá Tốc Tan
7Cornwallis South ReefĐá Núi Le
8Tennent ReefĐá Tiên Nữ
9Barque Canada ReefBãi Thuyền Chài

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://gis.chinhphu.vn/ Ministry of Public Information in Vietnam
  2. Web site: Nghị định 65/2007/NĐ-CP về việc điều chỉnh địa giới hành chính thị xã Cam Ranh và huyện Diên Khánh để thành lập huyện Cam Lâm; điều chỉnh địa giới hành chính để thành lập xã, thị trấn thuộc các huyện: Cam Lâm, Trường Sa và mở rộng phường Cam Nghĩa thuộc thị xã Cam Ranh, tỉnh Khánh Hòa.
  3. Web site: Chuyện kể trên đường băng Trường Sa.
  4. https://www.rfa.org/english/news/special/scs-80/