Hong Kong 香港 |
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| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China |
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 Location of Hong Kong within China |
| Sovereign state | China |
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| British possession | 26 January 1841 |
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| Treaty of Nanking | 29 August 1842 |
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| Convention of Peking | 24 October 1860 |
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| New Territories lease | 9 June 1898 |
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| Imperial Japanese occupation | 25 December 1941 to 30 August 1945 |
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| Re-designated as aBritish Dependent Territory | 1 January 1981 |
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| Sino-British Joint Declaration | 19 December 1984 |
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| Handover to China | 1 July 1997 |
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| Administrative centre | Tamar |
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Largestdistrict
by population | Sha Tin |
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| Official languages | |
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| Traditional Chinese[lower-alpha 2]
English alphabet |
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| Ethnic groups (2021) | 91.6%Chinese
2.7%Filipino
1.9%Indonesian
0.8%White
0.6%Indian
0.4%Nepalese
2% other[6] |
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| Demonym(s) | |
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| Government | Devolvedexecutive-led government within a unitary one-party state[7] |
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| John Lee |
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| Eric Chan |
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| Andrew Leung |
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| Andrew Cheung |
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| Legislature | Legislative Council |
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| National representation |
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| 36 deputies |
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| 203 delegates[8] |
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| Area |
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• Total | Template:Convinfobox/prisec2 (168th) |
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• Water (%) | 59.70%
(1,640.62 km2;
633.45 sq mi)[9] |
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• Land | 1,114.35 km2
(430.25 sq mi)[9] |
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| Highest elevation | 957 m (3,140 ft) |
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| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
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| Population |
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• 2023 estimate | Template:IncreaseNeutral 7,498,100[10] |
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• 2021 census | Template:IncreaseNeutral 7,413,070[11] |
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• Density | Template:Convinfobox/prisec2 (4th) |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2025 estimate |
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• Total | ▲ $589.81 billion[13] (50th) |
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• Per capita | ▲ $77,942[13] (17th) |
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| GDP (nominal) | 2025 estimate |
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• Total | ▲ $424 billion[13] (39th) |
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• Per capita | ▲ $56,031[13] (18th) |
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| Gini (2021) | Template:DecreasePositive 39.7[lower-alpha 3][14]
medium |
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| HDI (2023) | ▼ 0.955[15]
very high · 8th |
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| Currency | Hong Kong dollar (HK$) (HKD) |
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| Time zone | UTC+08:00 (HKT) |
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| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy
yyyy年mm月dd日 |
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| Mains electricity | 220 V–50 Hz |
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| Driving side | Left[lower-alpha 4] |
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| Calling code | +852 |
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| ISO 3166 code | |
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| Internet TLD | |
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| Number plate prefixes | None for local vehicles,粤Z for cross-boundary vehicles |
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