Spratly Islands Government 2018, CIA World Factbook

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Spratly Islands Government 2018

SOURCE: 2018 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES

Page last updated on February 28, 2018

Country name:
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Spratly Islands
etymology: named after a British whaling captain Richard SPRATLY, who sighted Spratly Island in 1843; the name of the island eventually passed to the entire archipelago

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Spratly Islands Government 2018 SOURCE: 2018 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES