Woody Island (South China Sea)
Woody Island, also known as Yongxing Island (simplified Chinese: 永兴岛; traditional Chinese: 永興島; pinyin: Yǒngxīng Dǎo; literally "Eternal Prosperity Island") or Phu Lam Island (Vietnamese: Đảo Phú Lâm), is the largest of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. It is administered by the People's Republic of China under the Yongxingdao Neighborhood Committee as part of Sansha City of Hainan Province, and serves as the seat of the prefecture-level city of Sansha. It has no indigenous inhabitants, although there are People's Liberation Army soldiers stationed on the island. The island is also claimed by the Republic of China (Taiwan) and Vietnam.
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