Also known as
  • Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,
  • Hongkong Island
Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders Guangdong province in the north and faces the South China Sea in the east, west and south. It has a population of 6.9 million people, and is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. Beginning as a trading port, Hong Kong became a dependent territory of the United Kingdom in 1842, and remained so until the transfer of... full article at wikipedia
Form of Government
Currency Formerly Used
National anthem
Calling Code
  • 852
ISO Alpha 3
  • HKG
ISO Numeric
  • 344
FIFA Code
  • HKG
ISO Alpha Code
  • HK
ISO Short Name
  • HONG KONG
FIPS Code
  • HK
Administrative Divisions
Country
ISO 3166-2 Code
  • CN-91
FIPS 10-4 Region Code
Official symbols
Date founded
  • Aug 29, 1842
Date dissolved
Population
number
date
  • 6,980,412
  • Jul 2007
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GDP (nominal per capita)
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CO2 emissions - residential
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