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2. Hong Kong - Wikipedia

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   Hong Kong[ e] is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China. With 7.4 million residents of various nationalities [ f] in a 1,104-square-kilometre (426 sq mi) territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated territories in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing ...

3. Geography of Hong Kong - Wikipedia

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   The area of Hong Kong is distinct from Mainland China, but is considered a part of "Greater China". Hong Kong has a total area of 1,108 km 2 (428 sq mi), of which 3.16% is water. 260 islands are dispersed around Hong Kong, the largest of which by area is Lantau Island , located southwest of the main peninsula.

4. Boundaries of Hong Kong - Wikipedia

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   As of 2021, 8 out of Hong Kong's 15 points of entry or border crossings controlled by the Immigration Department are located on or cross the land border fence. [10] Entry and exit immigration clearance into Hong Kong by sea can be cleared at 4 ferry terminals:, [10] and the other 3 out of 15 immigration clearance points in Hong Kong are located at 2 railway stations and one at the Hong Kong ...

5. Outline of Hong Kong - Wikipedia

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   Hong Kong was a Crown colony of the United Kingdom from 1842 to 1981 and was a British dependent territory from 1981 until the transfer of its sovereignty to the People's Republic of China in 1997. The Sino-British Joint Declaration and the Basic Law of Hong Kong stipulate that Hong Kong operate with a high degree of autonomy until at least ...

6. New Territories - Wikipedia

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   New Territories. / 22.410; 114.125. The New Territories (abbr. N.T. , Chinese: 新界) is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of Hong Kong. Historically, it is the region described in the ...

7. History of Hong Kong - Wikipedia

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   1888 German map of Hong Kong, Macau, and Canton (Guangzhou) The Treaty of Peking. By the early 19th century, the British Empire trade was heavily dependent upon the importation of tea, silk, and porcelain from China. [33] [34] While the British exported to China luxury items like clocks, watches, there remained an overwhelming imbalance in ...

8. Kowloon Walled City - Wikipedia

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   Kowloon Walled City. /  22.33222°N 114.19028°E  / 22.33222; 114.19028. Kowloon Walled City ( Chinese: 九龍寨城) was an extremely densely populated and largely lawless enclave of China within the boundaries of Kowloon City, British Hong Kong. Built as an Imperial Chinese military fort, the walled city became a de jure enclave after ...

9. Hong Kong's timeline since the 1997 British handover to China

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   Hong Kong had been a British colony since 1841, when it was occupied by British forces during the first Opium War. China’s Qing Dynasty signed it over to the British the following year in the ...