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 | People's Republic of 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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| Sino-British Joint Declaration | 19 December 1984 |
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| Handover to China | 1 July 1997 |
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| Official languages | |
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| Cantonese[a] |
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| Traditional Chinese[b]
English alphabet |
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| Ethnic groups (2016) | 92.0% Han Chinese
2.5% Filipino
2.1% Indonesian
0.8% White
0.5% Indian
0.3% Nepalese
1.6% other[6] |
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| Demonym(s) | Hong Konger
Hong Kongese |
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| Government | Devolvedexecutive-led system within a unitaryone-partysocialistrepublic[7] |
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| Carrie Lam |
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| John Lee |
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| Andrew Leung |
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| Andrew Cheung |
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| Legislature | Legislative Council |
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| 36 deputies |
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| 203 delegates[8] |
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• Total | 2,754.97[9] km2 (1,063.70 sq mi) (168th) |
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• Water (%) | 59.70%
(1644.79 km2;
635.05 sq mi)[9] |
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• Land | 1,110.18 km2
(428.64 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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• 2019 estimate | 7,500,700
[10] (103rd) |
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• Density | 6,777[11]/km2 (17,552.3/sq mi) (4th) |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2021 estimate |
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• Total |  $472.395 billion[12] (46th) |
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• Per capita | $62,839[12] (10th) |
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| GDP (nominal) | 2021 estimate |
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• Total | $368.633 billion[12] (39th) |
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• Per capita | $49,036[12] (20th) |
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| Gini (2016) |  53.9[13]
high |
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| HDI (2019) | 0.949[14]
very high · 4th |
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| Currency | Hong Kong dollar (HK$) (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[c] |
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| Calling code | +852 |
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| ISO 3166 code | |
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| Internet TLD | |
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| License plate prefixes | None for local vehicles, 粤Z for cross-boundary vehicles |
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| Abbreviation | HK / 港 |
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