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 | |  | | About Hong Kong: |
 | Location: Asia
Status: Chinese Special Administrative Area
Capital City: Victoria
Main Cities: Kowloon
Population: 5,890,000
Area: 1,040 km2
Currency: 1 Hong Kong dollar = 100 cents
Languages: English, Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese)
Religions: Buddhist, Confucian, Taoist, Christian, Muslim, Hindu |
| More about Hong Kong: a Special Administrative Region of S China, with some autonomy; formerly a British Crown Colony: consists of Hong Kong Island, leased by China to Britain from 1842 until 1997, Kowloon Peninsula, Stonecutters Island, the New Territories (mainland), leased by China in 1898 for a 99-year period, and over 230 small islands; important entrepôt trade and manufacturing centre, esp for textiles and other consumer goods; university (1912). It retains its own currency, the Hong Kong dollar. Administrative centre: Victoria. Pop.: 7 182 000 (2005 est.). Area: 1046 sq. km (404 sq. miles) 2) an island in Hong Kong region, south of Kowloon Peninsula: contains the capital, Victoria. Pop.: 1 337 800 (2001). Area: 75 sq. km (29 sq. miles) |
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