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Spratly Island or Truong Sa Island (Tagalog: Lagos; Chinese: 南威岛; pinyin: Nanwei Dao; Vietnamese: Đảo Trường Sa) is one of the islands of Spratly Islands in South China Sea. It is controlled by Vietnam since 1974, and is also claimed by the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China (Taiwan) and the Philippines. During the occupation of the island by the Imperial Japanese Navy at the time of the Pacific War, the island was known in Japanese as Nishitori Jima (西鳥島, lit. "Western bird island").
The island has a variety of vegetation and is upgraded to township. The island has more than 1000 citizens and soldiers. It is the administrative island for all nearby islands, and has a 610 metres (667 yd) landing strip and a small jetty. With an area of 13 hectares, it is the fourth largest Spratly island and the largest among Vietnamese-occupied Spratly islands. Covered with bushes and grass, the island is home to some birds and has guano deposits. A 5.5 m-high obelisk is present at the southern tip. The fringing reef is above water at low tide.[1]