Con Dao
Coordinates: 8°41′35″N 106°36′34″E / 8.69306°N 106.60944°E
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 Con Dao
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| Coordinates: 8°41′35″N 106°34′36″E / 8.69306°N 106.57667°E | |
| Country |  Vietnam |
| Region | South East |
| Province | Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province |
| Time zone | UTC + 7 (UTC+7) |
The Con Dao Islands (Vietnamese: Côn Đảo) are an archipelago of Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, in southeastern Vietnam, and a district of this province.
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Description [edit]
Situated about 185 km (115 mi) from Vung Tau and 230 km (143 mi) from Ho Chi Minh City, the group includes 16 mountainous islands and islets. The total land area reaches 75.15 km² and the local population is about 5,000.
The island group is served by Co Ong Airport.
History [edit]
Formally a Khmer Empire territory known as Koh Tralach islands were settled by the Vietnamese by the 17th century.
On June 16, 1702, the English East India Company founded a settlement on the island of Pulo Condor (Poulo Condore) as an entrepot for ships plying between India and China.[1] Three years later on March 2, 1705, the English agents were murdered, the factory destroyed the remaining settlers were expelled by the Vietnamese.[2]
During the internecine wars for the Court of Hue, the Nguyen Prince Nguyen Phuc Anh ceded the islands to France in the 1787 Treaty of Versailles in return for military assistance. The treaty however was abrogated as France failed to provide the aid.
It was only under conquest that the islands came under French control in 1861. During the French colonial era and the island was made infamous for its penal facilities and the notorious "tiger cages". Vietnamese nationalists and were sent here to serve their sentence for anti-French activities. Many Vietnamese Communist leaders were "schooled" on Con Dao Island as well.
Côn Đảo National Park [edit]
Many of the islands were given protected status in 1984 as part of Côn Đảo National Park. This natural preserve was subsequently enlarged in 1998. Endangered species protected within the park include the hawksbill turtle, the green turtle and the dugong. Ecosystems represented in the park include seagrass meadow, mangrove and coral reefs.
Côn Đảo National Park is working with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Vietnam to further protection in the marine areas, with programs to establish a Marine Protected Area that protects coral reefs, seagrass beds and species, while also developing sustainable nature-based ecotourism. The island's management is strongly geared towards sustainable use, hoping to learn from previous experiences in Vietnam and the region to balance development with conservation.
List of Islands [edit]
Con Son Islands include 16 islands, with a total area of 76 km2.
- Côn Lôn Island or Côn Sơn, Phú Hải, 51.52 km²
- Little Côn Lôn Island, or Hòn Bà, Phú Sơn, 5.45 km²
- Bảy Cạnh Island, or Bãi Cạnh Island, Phú Hòa, 5.5 km²
- Cau Island, or Phú Lệ 1.8 km²
- Bông Lan Island, or Bông Lang, Bông Lau, Phú Phong, 0.2 km²
- Vung Island, or Phú Vinh 0.15 km²
- Ngọc Island, or Trọc Island, hòn Trai, Phú Nghĩa, 0.4 km²
- Trứng Island, or Đá Bạc Island, Đá Trắng Island, Phú Thọ, 0.1 km²
- Tài Lớn Island, or Phú Bình 0.38 km²
- Tài Nhỏ Island, or Thỏ Island, Phú An, 0.1 km²
- Trác Lớn Island, or Phú Hưng 0.25 km²
- Trác Nhỏ Island, or Phú Thịnh 0.1 km²
- Tre Lớn Island, or Phú Hòa 0.75 km²
- Tre Nhỏ Island, or Phú Hội, 0.25 km²
- Anh Island, or Trứng Lớn Island
- Em Island, or Trứng Nhỏ Island
References [edit]
- ^ Wong Tze-ken, Danny (September 2012). "The Destruction of the English East India Company Factory on Condore Island, 1702–1705". Modern Asian Studies 46 (5): 1097–1115. doi:10.1017/S0026749X11000424.
- ^ Tegg, Thomas (1829). London Encyclopaedia. London. p. 318.
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