Island chain
China Islands
East Asia / South China Sea · 90 inhabited · 1654 uninhabited documented
Islands of the People's Republic of China and claimed territories — full open-data inventory from GeoNames and Wikipedia (~1,750 named islands): coastal, river, lake, and South China Sea features across Hainan, the Zhoushan archipelago (1,390+ documented nationally), Hong Kong, Taiwan and offshore counties, Fujian and Guangdong coasts, and Paracel/Spratly outposts. China's official marine census registers 6,900+ uninhabited islands ≥500 m²; this chain documents every named island in GeoNames plus Wikipedia inventories.
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Inhabited islands
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- Hainan Island
Main town: Hainan Island · pop. 10,081,232
Language(s): Mandarin Chinese (Putonghua) official; Cantonese in Hong Kong/Guangdong; Hokkien/Min in Fujian and Kinmen; indigenous Austronesian languages on Orchid Island (Taiwan)
Hospital: full hospital on island
3 schools documented
- Mu Yu
Main town: Mu Yu · pop. 1,847,047
Language(s): Mandarin Chinese (Putonghua) official; Cantonese in Hong Kong/Guangdong; Hokkien/Min in Fujian and Kinmen; indigenous Austronesian languages on Orchid Island (Taiwan)
Hospital: full hospital on island
3 schools documented
Uninhabited islands
Documented for geography and access context — not relocation destinations. Gray pins on the map when included.
1,654 uninhabited islands in this chain — use the search box above to find one by name (e.g. , ).
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