Hong Kong 香港 | |||||
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Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
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_(%2Ball_claims_hatched).svg) Location of Hong Kong within China | |||||
| Sovereign state | People's Republic of China | ||||
| Treaty of Nanking | 29 August 1842 | ||||
| New Territories lease | 9 June 1898 | ||||
| Sino-British Joint Declaration | 19 December 1984 | ||||
| Transfer from the United Kingdom | 1 July 1997 | ||||
| Largest district by population | Sha Tin | ||||
| Official languages | |||||
| Cantonese[a] | |||||
| Traditional Chinese[b] English alphabet | |||||
| 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] | ||||
| Demonym(s) | Hongkonger Hong Kongese | ||||
| Government | Devolved executive-led system within a socialist republic | ||||
| Carrie Lam | |||||
| Matthew Cheung | |||||
| Andrew Leung | |||||
| Geoffrey Ma | |||||
| Legislature | Legislative Council | ||||
| National representation | |||||
| 36 deputies | |||||
| 203 delegates[7] | |||||
| Area | |||||
• Total | 2,755[8] km2 (1,064 sq mi) (168th) | ||||
• Water (%) | 59.8 (1648 km2; 636 sq mi)[8] | ||||
| Highest elevation | 957 m (3,140 ft) | ||||
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) | ||||
| Population | |||||
• 2018 estimate | 7,482,500[9] (102nd) | ||||
• Density | 6,777[10]/km2 (17,552.3/sq mi) (4th) | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2019 estimate | ||||
• Total |  $490.880 billion[11] (44th) | ||||
• Per capita | $64,928[11] (10th) | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2019 estimate | ||||
• Total | $372.989 billion[11] (35th) | ||||
• Per capita | $49,334[11] (16th) | ||||
| Gini (2016) |  53.9[12]high | ||||
| HDI (2018) | 0.939[13] very high · 4th | ||||
| Currency | Hong Kong dollar (HK$) (HKD) | ||||
| Time zone | UTC+08:00 (HKT) | ||||
| Date format | dd-mm-yyyy yyyy年mm月dd日 | ||||
| Mains electricity | 220 V–50 Hz | ||||
| Driving side | left[c] | ||||
| Calling code | +852 | ||||
| ISO 3166 code | |||||
| Internet TLD | |||||
| License plate prefixes | None for local vehicles, 粤Z for cross-boundary vehicles | ||||
| Abbreviation | HK / 港 | ||||
Hong Kong
Hong Kong, officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the eastern Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With over 7.4 million people of various nationalities in a 1,104-square-kilometre (426 sq mi) territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world.