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 | |||||
| Sovereign state | People's Republic of China | ||||
| British possession | 26 January 1841 | ||||
| Treaty of Nanking | 29 August 1842 | ||||
| Convention of Peking | 24 October 1860 | ||||
| New Territories lease | 9 June 1898 | ||||
| Sino-British Joint Declaration | 19 December 1984 | ||||
| Transfer from the United Kingdom | 1 July 1997 | ||||
| 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) | Hong Konger (official) Hong Kongese | ||||
| Government | Devolved executive-led system within a socialist republic | ||||
| Carrie Lam | |||||
| Matthew Cheung | |||||
| Andrew Leung | |||||
| Andrew Cheung | |||||
| 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 | |||||
• 2019 estimate | 7,500,700 [9] (103rd) | ||||
• Density | 6,777[10]/km2 (17,552.3/sq mi) (4th) | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate | ||||
• Total |  $439.459 billion[11] (45th) | ||||
• Per capita | $58,165[11] (10th) | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate | ||||
• Total | $341.319 billion[11] (35th) | ||||
• Per capita | $45,176[11] (16th) | ||||
| Gini (2016) |  53.9[12]high | ||||
| HDI (2019) | 0.949[13] very high · 4th | ||||
| Currency | Hong Kong dollar (HK$) (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 metropolitan area and special administrative region of the People's Republic of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta of the South China Sea. With over 7.5 million residents 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.