The Chuanshan Archipelago () 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
A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a county-level administrative division of the People's Republic of China. County-level ...
of
Taishan (), in the municipal region of
Jiangmen, Guangdong. The two large islands,
Shangchuan () and
Xiachuan (), 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.
Notes
References
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Archipelagoes of China
Islands of Guangdong
Taishan, Guangdong
Towns in Guangdong