Independence Year :
Population : 6782000
Life Expectancy : 79.5
Capital : 937
GNP : 166448.00
GNP Old : 173610.00
Local Name : Xianggang/Hong Kong
Government Form : Special Administrative Region of China
Location : Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China
Terrain : Hilly to mountainous, with steep slopes and natural harbor.
Climate : Tropical monsoon. Cool and humid in winter, hot and rainy from spring through summer, warm and sunny in fall
Ethnic Group : Chinese 95%; other 5%.
Religions : eclectic mixture of local religions 90%, Christian 10% .
Official Website :
www.hongkong.gc.ca
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General Information - Hong Kong
Background
Situated on the south of the Chinese Guangdong (formerly Canton) province, the formerly British Dependent Territory of Hong Kong comprises of Victoria (commonly known as Hong Kong Island), the Kowloon Peninsula, the "New Territories", and 235 outlying islands.
Occupied by the UK in 1841, Hong Kong was formally ceded by China the following year; various adjacent lands were added later in the 19th century. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and the UK on 19 December 1984, Hong Kong became the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China on 1 July 1997.
In this agreement, China has promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's socialist economic system will not be imposed on Hong Kong and that Hong Kong will enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign and defense affairs for the next 50 years.
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