Hong Kong

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Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the

People's Republic of China

Flag

Emblem

Anthem: "March of the Volunteers"[1]

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City flower
Bauhinia blakeana ()
 Location of Hong Kong

Status Special administrative region

Official languages Chinesea

English
[2][3]

Official scripts[4] Traditional Chinese

English alphabet

Ethnic groups 93.6% Chinese

6.4% others [note 1] [6]

Demonym Hongkonger
Hong Kongese

Sovereign state China

Government Multi-party system

Chief Executive Carrie Lam

Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung

Legislature Legislative Council

History
British possession 26 January 1841
Treaty of Nanking 29 August 1842
Convention of Peking 18 October 1860
Second Convention of Peking 1 July 1898
Japanese occupation 25 December 1941
to 15 August 1945
Transfer of sovereignty
from United Kingdom 1 July 1997

Area
Total 2,755 km2(1,064 sq mi) (167th)
Water (%) 59.8 (1,649 km2; 637 sq mi)[7]

Population
2016 estimate 7,374,900[8] (100th)
Density 6,544[6]/km2(16,948.9/sq mi) (4th)

GDP (PPP) 2016 estimate

 Total $429.652 billion[9](44th)
Per capita $58,322[9] (11th)

GDP (nominal) 2016 estimate

Total $320.668 billion[9](33th)
Per capita $43,528[9] (16th)

Gini (2016) 53.9[10]

high

HDI (2014) 0.910[11]

very high 12th

Currency Hong Kong dollar(HK$) (HKD)

Time zone Hong Kong Time(UTC+8)

Summer (DST) not observed (UTC+8)

Date format dd-mm-yyyy

yyyymmdd

Drives on the left

Calling code +852

ISO 3166 code HK

Internet TLD .hk

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a. ^ Cantonese is the de facto standard of Chinese used.

Hong Kong
Clockwise from top:Skyline of Hong Kong Island from the Peak, Tian

Tan Buddha, Two International Finance Centre, Kennedy

Town, Nathan Road, Avenue of Stars, Government House and Tsing

Ma Bridge

Chinese

Cantonese Yale Hunggng

Literal meaning Fragrant Harbour

Incense Harbour,[12][13]

[show]Transcriptions
 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Traditional Chinese

()

Simplified Chinese

()

Cantonese Yale Hunggng Dahkbiht Hhngjingkui

(Hunggng Dahkkui)

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Hong Kong, officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic
of China, is an autonomous territory in East Asia. It has an area of 1,104 km2and shares its northern
border with the Guangdong Province of Mainland China. With around 7.2 million Hongkongers of
various nationalities,[note 2] Hong Kong is the world's fourth most densely populated country or territory.