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This is a list of island
Island

An island or isle is any piece of land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls are called islets....
s under the Republic of China
Republic of China

The Republic of China , also known as Nationalist China is a country in East Asia that has evolved from a single-party state with full global recognition into a multi-party democratic state with Political status of Taiwan....
 (ROC) administration (islands claimed but not administered by the ROC are not included on this list). All of these islands are claimed by the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China

The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
.


Outlying islands of Taiwan Island:









Under the jurisdiction of Kaohsiung Municipality
Kaohsiung

Kaohsiung is a city located in southwestern Taiwan. It is enclosed by the Kaohsiung County, and faces the Taiwan Strait on the west. As one of two Direct-controlled municipality under the administration of Republic of China , Kaohsiung is officially named as the Kaohsiung City, a Province -level political division....


The South China Sea islands were part of Guangdong Province
Guangdong

Guangdong is a political divisions of China on the southern coast of People's Republic of China. The province is also known by an alternative English language name, the Canton Province....
, and later the Hainan Special Administrative Region
Hainan

Hainan is the smallest Provinces of China of the People's Republic of China. Although the province comprises some two hundred islands scattered among three archipelagos off the southern coast, all but three percent of its land mass is on Hainan Island , from which the province takes its name....
, before the relocation of the ROC government to Taipei in 1949.






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This is a list of island
Island

An island or isle is any piece of land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls are called islets....
s under the Republic of China
Republic of China

The Republic of China , also known as Nationalist China is a country in East Asia that has evolved from a single-party state with full global recognition into a multi-party democratic state with Political status of Taiwan....
 (ROC) administration (islands claimed but not administered by the ROC are not included on this list). All of these islands are claimed by the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China

The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
.

Under the jurisdiction of Taiwan Province

  • Taiwan Island
    Taiwan

    Taiwan is an island in East Asia. "Taiwan" is also commonly used to refer to the country governed by the Republic of China and to the ROC itself, which governs the island of Taiwan, Orchid Island and Green Island, Taiwan in the Pacific Ocean off the Taiwan coast, the Penghu islands in the Taiwan Strait, and Kinmen and the Matsu Islands...
     (; Taipei Municipality
    Taipei

    Taipei has been the de facto capital of the Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan, since the Chinese Civil War in 1949, and the capital of Taiwan since Japanese rule that began in 1895....
     and Kaohsiung Municipality
    Kaohsiung

    Kaohsiung is a city located in southwestern Taiwan. It is enclosed by the Kaohsiung County, and faces the Taiwan Strait on the west. As one of two Direct-controlled municipality under the administration of Republic of China , Kaohsiung is officially named as the Kaohsiung City, a Province -level political division....
    , also located on Taiwan Island, are not part of Taiwan)
    • Lalu in the Sun Moon Lake
      Sun Moon Lake

      Sun Moon Lake is the largest lake in Taiwan as well as a popular tourist attraction. Situated in Yuchih, Nantou, Nantou County, the area around the Sun Moon Lake is home to the Thao people tribe, one of indigenous peoples tribes in Taiwan....
       on Taiwan Island


Outlying islands of Taiwan Island:
  • Keelung City
    Keelung

    Keelung City is a major port city situated in the northeastern part of Taiwan. It borders Taipei County and forms the Taipei-Keelung metropolitan area, along with the City and County of Taipei....
    • Keelung Islet
      Keelung Islet

      Keelung Islet is a small island located northeast of the northern shore of Keelung, Taiwan and away from the Port of Keelung. It has an area of ....
       
    • The Three Northern Islands
      • Huaping Islet
      • Mianhua Islet
      • Pengjia Islet


  • Penghu County (covering all of the Pescadores Islands )
    • Penghu
    • Baisha
      Baisha

      Baisha , in Taishan County, Guangdong Province, was the ancestral home of many of the first Canada-Overseas Chinese. Their descendants live all over Canada, and used to predominate before the 1980s in the Chinatowns of Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Banff and Edmonton, and US West Coast of the United States cities such as San Francisco and Sea...
       
    • Siyu/ Yuwong
    • Cimei
      Cimei

      Qimei is located at , about 29 sea miles away from Magong, 48 sea miles west of Tainan City and 58 sea miles north of Kaohsiung. The unhabitated Mao Yu and Cau Yu west of Cimei are also under its governance....
       
    • Wang-an


  • Pingtung County
    Pingtung County

    Pingtung County is a county in Southern Taiwan. Pingtung County is officially administered as a County of Taiwan.Pingtung is famous for the beautiful sight of Kenting National Park....
    • Hsiao Liuchiu (Little Ryukyu; )


  • Taitung County
    Taitung County

    Taitung County is a county in eastern Taiwan. The name means "Eastern Taiwan". Taitung is officially administered as a County of Taiwan Province, Republic of China....
    • Green Island
      Green Island, Taiwan

      Green Island is a small Island in the Pacific Ocean, about 33 km off the eastern coast of Taiwan. In the 19th century it was known as Samasana Island and the Japanese called it Kasho-to ....
      / Ludao
    • Orchid Island
      Orchid Island

      Orchid Island is a 45-km? volcanic island off the southeastern coast of Taiwan island and separated from the Batanes of the Philippines by the Bashi Channel of the Luzon Strait....
      / Lanyu/ Ponso no Tao


  • Yilan County
    • Gueishan Island
      Gueishan Island

      Gueishan Island or Steep Island or Turtle Island , also known as Kueishan Island, is an island in the Pacific Ocean currently administered by Yilan County, Taiwan, Taiwan and located 9.1 km east of port of Gengfang Fishery Harbor....
       (; Turtle Mount)


Under the jurisdiction of Fujian Province
Fujian Province (Republic of China)

Fujian Province is a province of China on the coast of southeastern China. Since 1949, Fujian has been split between two separate governments: the vast majority of Fujian province has been governed by the People's Republic of China; while a number of offshore islands have been governed by the Republic of China government in Taiwan....
 


  • Kinmen County
    Kinmen

    Kinmen , located at , is a small archipelago of several islands administered by the Republic of China government: Greater Kinmen , Lesser Kinmen , and some islets....
    • Kinmen
      Kinmen

      Kinmen , located at , is a small archipelago of several islands administered by the Republic of China government: Greater Kinmen , Lesser Kinmen , and some islets....
       
      • Lesser Kinmen/ Xiao Jinmen
    • Wuchiu


  • Lienchiang County
    Matsu Islands

    The Matsu Islands are a minor archipelago of 19 islands and islets in the Taiwan Strait administered as Lienchiang County , Fujian Province, Republic of China of the Republic of China ....
    • Matsu Islands
      Matsu Islands

      The Matsu Islands are a minor archipelago of 19 islands and islets in the Taiwan Strait administered as Lienchiang County , Fujian Province, Republic of China of the Republic of China ....
       
      • Beigan
      • Nangan
        Nangan

        Nangan is one of the Matsu Islands and the Capital township of the Lienchiang County of the Republic of China.Nangan was also known Nangantang and Shanggantang ....
         
    • Dongyin
      Dongyin

      Dongyin is an list of islands of the Republic of China in the Taiwan Strait off the coast of Fujian. The Dongyin Township, composed of Dongyin and Siyin, is a Administrative divisions of the Republic of China of the Matsu Islands, Fukien Province, Republic of China....
       
    • Siyin
    • Jyuguang
      Jyuguang

      Jyuguang , also spelled Chukuang, is a township of China of Lienchiang County, Republic of China . Jyuguang Township includes two major Matsu islands -- Dongjyu Island and Sijyu Island -- and some islets....
       
      • Dongjyu
      • Sijyu
      • Yongliou
    • Liang Island
    • Gaodeng


Under the jurisdiction of Kaohsiung Municipality
Kaohsiung

Kaohsiung is a city located in southwestern Taiwan. It is enclosed by the Kaohsiung County, and faces the Taiwan Strait on the west. As one of two Direct-controlled municipality under the administration of Republic of China , Kaohsiung is officially named as the Kaohsiung City, a Province -level political division....


  • Cijin (; formerly a longshore bar connected to the island of Taiwan)
  • South China Sea Islands
    South China Sea Islands

    The South China Sea Islands consist of over 250 around 1-km? islands, atolls, cays, shoals, reefs, and sandbars in the South China Sea, most of which have no indigenous people, many of which are naturally under water at high tide, some of which are permanently submerged....
     
    • Pratas Islands
      Pratas Islands

      The Pratas Islands or Dongsha Islands consists of three islands located in northeastern South China Sea, 340 km southeast of Hong Kong....
      / Dongsha
    • Spratly Islands
      Spratly Islands

      The Spratly Islands are a group of more than 650 reefs, islets, atolls, cays and islands in the South China Sea between the Philippines and Vietnam....
      / Nansha (; disputed with several Southeast Asian countries)
      • Taiping
        Taiping (island)

        Itu Aba Island or Taiping Island , is the largest of the Spratly Islands in the South Sea. The island is elliptical in shape being 1.4 km in length and 0.4 km in width....
        / Itu Aba (; disputed with several Southeast Asian countries)
        • Chung-Chou (; disputed with several Southeast Asian countries)


The South China Sea islands were part of Guangdong Province
Guangdong

Guangdong is a political divisions of China on the southern coast of People's Republic of China. The province is also known by an alternative English language name, the Canton Province....
, and later the Hainan Special Administrative Region
Hainan

Hainan is the smallest Provinces of China of the People's Republic of China. Although the province comprises some two hundred islands scattered among three archipelagos off the southern coast, all but three percent of its land mass is on Hainan Island , from which the province takes its name....
, before the relocation of the ROC government to Taipei in 1949. The ROC claims all the South China Sea Islands, but only administers Pratas and Taiping. (Note: the ROC/Taiwan government does not actively claiming the right of other South China Sea islands other than those above.)

Under the jurisdiction of Taiwan
Taiwan

Taiwan is an island in East Asia. "Taiwan" is also commonly used to refer to the country governed by the Republic of China and to the ROC itself, which governs the island of Taiwan, Orchid Island and Green Island, Taiwan in the Pacific Ocean off the Taiwan coast, the Penghu islands in the Taiwan Strait, and Kinmen and the Matsu Islands...
 in general

  • Diaoyutai


See also

  • List of islands
    List of islands

    This is a list of islands in the world grouped by oceans and by continents. For rank-order lists, see the List_of_islands#Other_lists_of_islands below....
  • List of islands of the People's Republic of China
    List of islands of the People's Republic of China

    This is a list of islands of the People's Republic of China. This list is not complete....
  • List of islands in the South China Sea
    List of islands in the South China Sea

    Islands in the South China Sea includes the South China Sea Islands , islands on the China coast, on the Vietnam coast, on the Borneo coast, and the peripheral islands of Taiwan, the Philippines, etc....
  • Dachen Islands