Hong Kong special administrative region of the People's Republic of China . With 7.4 million residents of various nationalities in a 1,104-square-kilometre (426 sq mi) territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated territories in the world.
Originally a sparsely populated area of farming and fishing villages, the territory is now one of the world's most significant financial centres and commercial ports. Hong Kong is the world's fourth-ranked global financial centre , ninth-largest exporter, and eighth-largest importer. Its currency, the Hong Kong dollar , is the ninth most traded currency in the world. Home to the seventh-highest number of billionaires of any city in the world, Hong Kong has the largest number of ultra high-net-worth individuals . Although the city has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world, severe income inequality exists among the population. Despite having the largest number of skyscrapers of any city in the world, housing in Hong Kong has been well-documented to experience a chronic persistent shortage.
Hong Kong is a highly developed territory and has a Human Development Index (HDI) of 0.956, ranking fourth in the world . The city has one of the highest life expectancies in the world [broken anchor , and a public transport rate exceeding 90 per cent. (Full article...
Districts of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: 1. Islands ; 2. Kwai Tsing ; 3. North ; 4. Sai Kung ; 5. Sha Tin ; 6. Tai Po ; 7. Tsuen Wan ; 8. Tuen Mun ; 9. Yuen Long ; 10. Kowloon City ; 11. Kwun Tong ; 12. Sham Shui Po ; 13. Wong Tai Sin ; 14. Yau Tsim Mong ; 15. Central & Western ; 16. Eastern ; 17. Southern ; 18. Wan Chai The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region HKSAR ), can be divided into three geographical regions: Hong Kong Island , Kowloon (comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon ), and the New Territories (including the Outlying Islands ). Hong Kong is a coastal city, bordering Guangdong Province through the city of Shenzhen to the north and the West Philippine Sea to the east, south, and west. Hong Kong and its 260 nearby islands and peninsulas are located at the mouth of the Pearl River Delta . 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. 60 islands are dispersed around Hong Kong, the largest of which by area is
Lantau Island , located southwest of the main peninsula. Lantau Island and the majority of the remaining islands are parts of the
New Territories , an area that also encompasses the hilly terrain north of
Kowloon .
Hong Kong Island is separated from Kowloon by
Victoria Harbour , a natural harbour. The
Kowloon Peninsula to the south of
Boundary Street , and
New Kowloon and the
New Territories to the north of
Boundary Street were added to
British Hong Kong in 1860 and 1898, respectively. (
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Image 1 Map of
Bao'an (Po On) County in 1866. It shows that Hong Kong and Shenzhen used to be a part of Bao'an County in the
Qing dynasty (from
History of Hong Kong )
Image 2 Golden Bauhinia Square on Christmas night; The square has a giant golden statue of the Hong Kong orchid. (from
Culture of Hong Kong )
Image 3 A statue of
McDull , a Hong Kongers cartoon character; He is now known throughout East Asia. (from
Culture of Hong Kong )
Image 4 China Airlines Boeing 747 crash landed and ended up in the harbour. (from
History of Hong Kong )
Image 7 Lion Rock is also symbolic of Hong Kong. Hong Kongers has a term - "Beneath the Lion Rock" (
獅子山下 ) - which refers to their
collective memory of Hong Kong in the second half of the 20th century. (from
Culture of Hong Kong )
Image 8 Tong laus in
Mongkok ; While
tong laus can be seen throughout
Lingnan , they are especially common in Hong Kong. (from
Culture of Hong Kong )
Image 9 Westernised stores such as
U2 are numerous. (from
Culture of Hong Kong )
Image 10 Pang uk in
Tai O ; Pang uks were built by Tanka people, who had the traditions of living above water and regarding it as an honour. (from
Culture of Hong Kong )
Image 11 Mahjong table setup (from
Culture of Hong Kong )
Image 12 Queueing for water in Hong Kong, July 1963 (from
History of Hong Kong )
Image 13 A political advertisement written in Cantonese (from
Culture of Hong Kong )
Image 14 Japanese war criminals prepare for their transfer to
Stanley Prison (from
History of Hong Kong )
Image 19 The graffiti work of
Tsang Tsou Choi , the "King of Kowloon" (from
Culture of Hong Kong )
Image 21 1888 German map of Hong Kong,
Macau , and
Canton (Guangzhou) (from
History of Hong Kong )
Image 22 "Vase with floral scroll design", on show in
Hong Kong Museum of Art (from
Culture of Hong Kong )
Image 23 People honouring gods in a
dajiao celebration, the Cheung Chau Bun Festival (from
Culture of Hong Kong )
Image 25 Wing Lung Wai , a
walled village in Kam Tin; Hong Kong indigenous people built walled villages to protect themselves from rampant privates between 15th to 19th century. (from
Culture of Hong Kong )
Image 26 Victoria Harbour and Hong Kong Island in the 1860s (from
History of Hong Kong )
Image 27 Main building of
University of Hong Kong ; Being a former British colony, Hong Kong naturally has a lot of British architecture, especially in government buildings. (from
Culture of Hong Kong )
Image 28 Flag of Hong Kong under British rule (from
History of Hong Kong )
Image 30 Tsang Tai Uk in
Shatin ; It is also a distinctively Lingnan (Cantonese) building, being a
wok yi uk . (from
Culture of Hong Kong )
Image 32 Flag of Hong Kong under current Chinese rule (from
History of Hong Kong )
Image 33 A
Mazu temple in
Shek Pai Wan ; It clearly shows traits of classical Lingnan style - pale colour, rectangular structures, use of
reliefs , among others. (from
Culture of Hong Kong )
Image 34 Healthcare workers conducting mass COVID-19 testing in
Jordan (from
History of Hong Kong )
Image 35 By 1990, the
Kowloon Walled City contained 50,000 residents within its 2.6-hectare (6.4-acre) borders. (from
History of Hong Kong )
Image 36 Happy Valley apartment blocks (from
Culture of Hong Kong )
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