ڏکڻ چين سمنڊ

**ڏکڻ چين سمنڊ** (South China Sea) اولھہ پئسفڪ سمنڊ جو هڪ ننڍو سمنڊ آهي. ان جي اتر ۾ ڏکڻ چين، اولهه ۾ انڊوچائنز جزائر، اوڀر ۾ تائيوان ۽ اتر اولهه ۾  فلپائن (خاص طور لوزون، منڊورو ۽ پلاوان) جا جزائر ۽ ڏکڻ ۾ انڊونيشيائي ٻيٽ بورنيو، اوڀر ۾ سماترا ۽ بنگڪا بيلٽنگ ٻيٽ شامل آهن. اھا اٽڪل 35,00,000 چورس ڪلوميٽر (14,00,000 چورس میل) جي ايراضيءَ تي پکڙيل آهن. اهو تائيوان اسٽريٽ ذريعي اوڀر چين سمنڊ، لوزون اسٽريٽ ذريعي فلپائني سمنڊ، پالوان جي چوڌاري آبنائي ذريعي سولو سمنڊ ۽ ڪريماتا ۽ بنگڪا اسٽريٽ ذريعي جاوا سمنڊ سان جڙيل آھي. ٿائلينڊ جي نار ۽ ٽونڪن جي نار ڏکڻ چين سمنڊ جو حصو آهن. 

سال 2016ع ۾ دنيا جي 16 ٽريلين ڊالرن جو تجارتی مال مان 3.4 ٽريلين ڊالرن جو مال  ڏکڻ چائنا سمنڊ مان سامونڊي جھازن ذریعی گذريو. علائقي ۾ تيل ۽ قدرتي گئس جا ذخيرا مليا آهن. اولھہ مرڪزي پئسفڪ سال 2010ع ۾ دنيا جي تجارتي مڇي مارڻ جو 14 سيڪڙو حصو ورتو.

ڏکڻ چائنا سمنڊ جا ٻيٽ، مجموعي طور تي ڪيترن ئي ٻيٽن جی ميڙ تي مشتمل آهن، اڪثر ڪري ننڍا ننڍا غير آباد ٻيٽ، جزائر (ڪيز ۽ شوال)، ريف/ايٽولس ۽ سامونڊي ڪنارن جو تعداد سوين ۾، ڪيترن ئي ملڪن طرفان خودمختياري جي دعوائن جي تابع آهن. اهي دعوائون پڻ جزائر ۽ سمنڊ لاءِ استعمال ٿيندڙ نالن جي مختلف قسمن ۾ ظاهر ٿين تا.
## نالو

*South China Sea* is the dominant term used in English for the sea, and the name in most European languages is equivalent. This name is a result of early European interest in the sea as a route from Europe and South Asia to the trading opportunities of China. In the 16th century, Portuguese sailors called it the China Sea (); later needs to differentiate it from nearby bodies of water led to calling it South China Sea. The International Hydrographic Organization refers to the sea as "South China Sea (Nan Hai)".

The *[[Yizhoushu]]*, which was a chronicle of the Western Zhou dynasty (1046–771 BCE), gives the first Chinese name for South China Sea as *Nanfang Hai* (), claiming that barbarians from that sea gave tributes of hawksbill sea turtles to the Zhou rulers. The *[[Classic of Poetry]]*, *[[Zuo Zhuan]]*, and *[[Guoyu (book)|Guoyu]]* classics of the Spring and Autumn period (771–476 BCE) also referred to the sea, but by the name *Nan Hai* () in reference to the State of Chu's expeditions there. Nan Hai, the South Sea, was one of the Four Seas of Chinese literature. There are three other seas, one for each of the four cardinal directions. During the Eastern Han dynasty (23–220 CE), China's rulers called the sea *Zhang Hai* (). *Fei Hai* () became popular during the Southern and Northern dynasties. Usage of the current Chinese name, *Nan Hai* (South Sea), gradually became widespread during the Qing dynasty.

In Southeast Asia it was once called the **Champa Sea** or *Sea of Cham*, after the maritime kingdom of Champa (nowadays Central Vietnam), which flourished there before the 16th century. The majority of the sea came under Japanese naval control during World War II following the military acquisition of many surrounding South East Asian territories in 1941. Japan calls the sea  "South China Sea". This was written  until 2004, when the Japanese Foreign Ministry and other departments switched the spelling to , which has become the standard usage in Japan. 

In China, it is called the *South Sea*, (), and in Vietnam the *East Sea*, . In Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines, it was long called the *South China Sea* (, ), with the part within Philippine territorial waters often called the "Luzon Sea", , by the Philippines.

However, following an escalation of the Spratly Islands dispute in 2011, various Philippine government agencies started using the name **West Philippine Sea**. A Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) spokesperson said that the sea to the east of the Philippines will continue to be called the Philippine Sea. In September 2012, Philippine President Benigno Aquino III signed Administrative Order No. 29, mandating that all government agencies use the name *West Philippine Sea* to refer to the parts of South China Sea within the Philippines exclusive economic zone, including the Luzon Sea as well as the waters around, within and adjacent to the Kalayaan Island Group and Bajo de Masinloc, and tasked the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority to use the name in official maps.

In July 2017, to assert its sovereignty, Indonesia renamed the northern reaches of its exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea as the *North Natuna Sea*, which is located north of the Indonesian Natuna Islands, bordering southern Vietnam exclusive economic zone, corresponding to southern end of South China Sea. The "Natuna Sea" is located south of Natuna Island within Indonesian territorial waters. Therefore, Indonesia has named two seas that are portions of South China Sea; the Natuna Sea located between Natuna Islands and the Lingga and Tambelan Archipelagos, and the North Natuna Sea located between the Natuna Islands and Cape Cà Mau on the southern tip of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam.

## هائيڊروگرافي
## ارضيات
## ٻيٽ ۽ سمنڊ
## واپاري رستا
## قدرتي وسيلا
## علائقائي دعويٰ
## پڻ ڏسو
## خارجي لنڪس

* ASEAN and the South China Sea: Deepening Divisions Q&A with Ian J. Storey (July 2012)
* Rising Tensions in the South China Sea, June 2011 Q&A with Ian J. Storey
* News collections on The South China Sea on China Digital Times
* The South China Sea on Google Earth – featured on Google Earth's Official Blog
* South China Sea Virtual Library – online resource for students, scholars and policy-makers interested in South China Sea regional development, environment, and security issues.
* Energy Information Administration – The South China Sea
* Tropical Research and Conservation Centre – The South China Sea
* Weekly Piracy Report 
* Reversing Environmental Degradation Trends in the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand 
* UNEP/GEF South China Sea Knowledge Documents 
* Audio Radio communication between United States Navy Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft operating under international law and the Chinese Navy warnings.
* A 1775 Chart of the China Sea | Southeast Asia Digital Library

## حوالا

زمرو:سمنڊ
زمرو:فلپائن
زمرو:ويٽنام
زمرو:انڊونيشيا جي جاگرافي
زمرو:ملائيشيا جي جاگرافي
زمرو:چين جي جاگرافي
زمرو:ايشيا جي جاگرافي
زمرو:فلپائن جي جاگرافي