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Thitu Island ((タガログ語:Pagasa), literally "hope"; ; (ベトナム語:Đảo Thị Tứ); Pangasinan: ''Ilalo''), having an area of 37.2 hectares, is the second largest of the naturally occurring〔Note that in 2014 the PRC embarked on a number of reclamation projects in the Spratly Islands. It appears that the largest of these, at Fiery Cross Reef is of at least 60 hectares, and according to some unverifiable sources, possibly as large as 150 ha. 〕 Spratly Islands and the largest of the Philippine-administered naturally occurring Spratly Islands. It lies about west of Puerto Princesa City. Its neighbours are the North Danger Reef to the north, Subi Reef to the west, and the Loaita and Tizard Banks to the south. Though administered as part of Kalayaan, Palawan, Philippines, it is also claimed by China, Taiwan and Vietnam. == History == Chinese fishermen historically called the island Tie Zhi (铁峙). It is sometimes misrefered to as "Tiezhi Island" (铁峙岛 ''Tiezhi Dao'') – Tiezhi Reef (铁峙礁) refers to another area 7.5 km northeast of this island.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.annian.net/show.aspx?id=23767&cid=17 )〕 The modern Chinese name of the island was taken from the one of the battleships, named ''Chung-yeh'' (), sent by the Chinese government during the Republic of China era to regain control of the island in 1946.〔吕一燃 (Lu Yiran), 2007. 中国近代边界史 (A modern history of China's borders), Vol. 2. 四川人民出版社 (Sichuan People's Publishing), pp.1092-1093. ISBN 7220073313〕 From 1930 to 1933, the French colonial government in French Indochina sent naval troops to the Spratlys, including Thitu Island. On 21 December 1933, Gouverneur M. J. Krautheimer in Cochinchina (now Vietnam) decided to annex the Spratlys to Bà Rịa Province.〔http://www.biengioilanhtho.gov.vn/Media/bbg/News/Archives/vie/chu%20quyen%20tren%202%20quan%20dao%20Hoang%20Sa%20-%20Truong%20sa.pdf 〕 Chinese texts of the 12th century record these islands being a part of the Ming dynasty and that they were used earlier (206 BC) as fishing grounds during the Han Dynasty.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://chinadailymail.com/2014/01/13/the-reasons-why-a-battle-for-zhongye-pag-asa-island-seems-unavoidable/ )〕 There are historical records of the island having been inhabited at various times by Chinese and Vietnamese fishermen, and during the second world war, by French Indochina and Imperial Japanese troops. However, there were no large settlements on the island until 1956, when a Filipino lawyer / businessman / adventurer Tomas Cloma decided to "claim" a part of Spratly islands as his own, naming it the "Free Territory of Freedomland". The Philippines formally established the Municipality of Kalayaan on the island on June 11, 1978, by virtue of Presidential Decree 1596 series of 1978.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.gov.ph/1978/06/11/presidential-decree-no-1596-s-1978/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thitu Island」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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