Nanri Island
{{short description|Island of Fujian}}
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| name = Nanri Island
| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|南日岛}}}}
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| coordinates = {{coord|25.202288|N|119.498077|E|display=title|region:CN_type:isle}}
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| location = In the Taiwan Strait, southeast of the Asian mainland in Nanri Town, Xiuyu District, Putian, Fujian, China
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| country = China
| country_admin_divisions_title = Province
| country_admin_divisions = Fujian
| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Prefecture-level city
| country_admin_divisions_1 = Putian
| country_admin_divisions_title_2 = District
| country_admin_divisions_2 = Xiuyu
| country_admin_divisions_title_3 = Town
| country_admin_divisions_3 = Nanri
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{{Location map
|China Fujian
|label=Nanri Island
|lat_deg=25|lat_min=12|lat_sec=08
|lon_deg=119|lon_min=29|lon_sec=53
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Nanri Island{{cite journal|journal=Journal of Marine Science and Engineering|date=3 December 2019|page=5|doi=10.3390/jmse7120442|doi-access=free|title=Coordination of Marine Functional Zoning Revision at the Provincial and Municipal Levels: A Case Study of Putian, China|last1=Huang|first1=Faming|last2=Lin|first2=Yanhong|last3=Liang|first3=Huixin|last4=Zhao|first4=Rongrong|last5=Chen|first5=Qiuming|last6=Lin|first6=Jie|last7=Huang|first7=Jinliang|volume=7|issue=12}} (Chinese: {{zh|s=南日岛|t=南日島}}), Nanjisü,{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/atlasofchineseem00stan/page/2|title=Atlas of the Chinese Empire|author=Edward Stanford|date=1908|pages=24,82|quote=Nanjisü{...}Nanjisü, Fukien . . 25.14 N 119.30 E|edition=1}} Nanjih, historically known as Nanni Shan ({{lang|zh|南匿山}}) and Nanri Shan ({{lang|zh|南日山}}), is a small island off the coast of China. Nanri Town ({{lang|zh-hans|南日镇}}) is an administrative unit of Xiuyu District, Putian, Fujian, People's Republic of China which includes 111 islands and islets.{{cite web|url=http://www.ptxy.gov.cn/gkxx/xzqh/201709/t20170907_662644.htm|script-title=zh:南日镇|language=zh-hans|date=7 September 2017|accessdate=10 February 2020|website={{lang|zh-hans|莆田市秀屿区人民政府}}|quote={{lang|zh-hans|南日岛古称南匿山,又名南日山,{...}全镇陆域总面积56平方千米,由111个岛屿组成,面积在0.1平方千米以上的岛屿有18个,有“十八列岛”之称,较大的有小日、鳌屿、罗盘、赤山等岛。{...}全岛有17个村,}}}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ptxy.gov.cn/gkxx/zrzy/201709/t20170907_662672.htm|script-title=zh:海岛资源|language=zh-hans|website={{lang|zh-hans|莆田市秀屿区人民政府}}|date=7 September 2017|accessdate=8 February 2020|quote=}} The island has more than 50 thousand inhabitants.{{cite journal |last1=Jiang |first1=Mengzhen |last2=Pang |first2=Xiaoping |last3=Wang |first3=Jianjun |last4=Cao |first4=Chao |title=Islands ecological integrity evaluation using multi sources data |journal=Ocean & Coastal Management |date=2018 |volume=158 |pages=134-143|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0964569117304945}}
History
In October 1952, the island was the site of the Battle of Nanri Island between the People's Liberation Army and the Republic of China Army; the engagement ended in an ROC victory and resulted in the ROC occupying Nanri. However, ROC forces later withdrew to Taiwan, and the island was re-occupied by the People's Republic of China.High Seas Buffer: The Taiwan Patrol Force, 1950-1979 By Bruce A. Elleman p60 Naval War College Newport Papers. 2012
Administrative divisions
The town of Nanri (which includes nearby islands) is divided into seventeen villages:{{cite web |url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2018/35/03/05/350305107.html |script-title=zh:2018年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:南日镇 |trans-title=2018 Statistical Area Numbers and Rural-Urban Area Numbers: Nanri Town | language = zh-hans| publisher = National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China |date=2018 |accessdate=15 February 2020|quote=统计用区划代码 城乡分类代码 名称 350305107201 121 海山村委会 350305107202 220 云万村委会 350305107203 220 岩下村委会 350305107204 220 石盘村委会 350305107205 220 山初村委会 350305107206 220 万峰村委会 350305107207 220 三墩村委会 350305107208 220 西高村委会 350305107209 220 沙洋村委会 350305107210 220 港南村委会 350305107211 220 浮叶村委会 350305107212 220 后叶村委会 350305107213 220 东岱村委会 350305107214 220 小日村委会 350305107215 220 鳌屿村委会 350305107216 220 罗盘村委会 350305107217 220 赤山村委会}}
- Haishan ({{lang|zh-hans|{{linktext|海山|村}}}}), Yunwan ({{lang|zh-hans|{{linktext|云万|村}}}}), Yanxia ({{lang|zh-hans|{{linktext|岩下|村}}}}), Shipan ({{lang|zh-hans|{{linktext|石盘|村}}}}), Shanchu ({{lang|zh-hans|{{linktext|山初|村}}}}), Wanfeng ({{lang|zh-hans|{{linktext|万峰|村}}}}), Sandun ({{lang|zh-hans|{{linktext|三墩|村}}}}), Xigao ({{lang|zh-hans|{{linktext|西高|村}}}}), Shayang ({{lang|zh-hans|{{linktext|沙洋|村}}}}), Gangnan ({{lang|zh-hans|{{linktext|港南|村}}}}), Fuye ({{lang|zh-hans|{{linktext|浮叶|村}}}}), Houye ({{lang|zh-hans|{{linktext|后叶|村}}}}), Dongdai ({{lang|zh-hans|{{linktext|东岱|村}}}}), Xiaori ({{lang|zh-hans|{{linktext|小日|村}}}}), Aoyu ({{lang|zh-hans|{{linktext|鳌屿|村}}}}, also known as Ta-ao Hsü ({{lang|zh-hant|大嶅㠘}})), Luopan ({{lang|zh-hans|{{linktext|罗盘|村}}}}), Chishan ({{lang|zh-hans|{{linktext|赤山|村}}}})
Other populated places include Fou-tou ({{lang|zh|浮斗}}), Hsi-hu ({{lang|zh|西户}}), Hsi-kao, Ts'ao-hu, T'ou-ying-shih ({{lang|zh|頭英石}}), Ts'u-shan ({{lang|zh|粗山}}), Shih-t'ou-p'an and Shang-t'ou.{{cite web|location=Washington, D. C.|url=http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/china/txu-oclc-10552568-ng50-12.jpg|language=en,zh|title=NG 50-12 P'U-T'IEN|date=1954|via=Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection|publisher=Army Map Service|quote=}}
Economy
The island is heavily involved in the fishing industry, and several fish farms have been established off the coast of the island.{{Cite web|url=https://safety4sea.com/fishing-farms-around-nanri-island-china/|title=Fishing farms around NanRi Island, China|last=Alerts {{!}} 29/09/15|date=2015-09-29|website=SAFETY4SEA|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-22}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-02/22/c_137843039_2.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322011814/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-02/22/c_137843039_2.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 22, 2019|title=Total fishery output in Nanri Island of SE China's Fujian up 6.2 percent - Xinhua {{!}} English.news.cn|last=苗明媚|website=www.xinhuanet.com|access-date=2019-03-22}} The island's mudflats are cultivated for seaweed and kelp production. Other important sectors are tourism and the energy sector. In 2015, a wind farm was established on the island.{{Cite web|url=https://reconnectingasia.csis.org/database/powerplants/nanri-island-offshore-wind-power-project/|title=Nanri Island Offshore Wind Power Project {{!}} Reconnecting Asia|website=reconnectingasia.csis.org|access-date=2019-03-22}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-02/23/c_137844481.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190304223836/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-02/23/c_137844481.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 4, 2019|title=In pics: wind farm on SE China's Nanri Island - Xinhua {{!}} English.news.cn|last=杨懿|website=www.xinhuanet.com|access-date=2019-03-24}}
Gallery
Maps including Nanri Island:
File:Fujian quan tu LOC 96685903.jpg|Map including Nanri Island (labeled as {{lang|zh-hant|南日嶼}})
File:Map of Taiwan (Formosa) in 1880, from- Stanford's map of the empires of China and Japan with the adjacent parts of the Russian Empire, India, Burma etc. LOC 2006458442 (cropped).jpg|Map of the area including Lamyit I. (Nanjih or Nanri Island) (1880)
File:1943 Japanese World War II Aviation Map of Taiwan or Formosa - Geographicus - Taiwan-japan-1943.jpg|Japanese map including Nanri Island (labeled as {{lang|ja|南日島}}) (1943)
File:Txu-oclc-10552568-ng50-12.jpg|Map including Nanri Island (labeled as NAN-JIH TAO {{lang|zh-hant|南日島}}) (AMS, 1954)
File:Txu-oclc-6654394-ng-50-7th-ed.jpg|Map including Nanri Island (labeled as Nan-jih Tao (Lam Yit)) (AMS, 1954)
File:Txu-pclmaps-oclc-22834566 h-12c.jpg|Map including Nanri Island (labeled as NANRI DAO) (DMA, compiled 1971, revised 1996)