Hong Kong Country Info - Asia

Description and Basic Information

Hong Kong with its capital Hong Kong is located in Asia (Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China). It covers some 1,093 square kilometres (six times the size of Washington, DC) with 6,898,686 citizens. Chinese, Chinese and English are the languages commonly used by the people in Hong Kong (consider regional differences).

Hong Kong is a place with multiple personalities, as a result of being both Cantonese Chinese and under a more recent contemporary ex-British influence. Hong Kong has a subtropical climate with at least one season to match your comfort zone. Boasting one of the world's best airports, it is the ideal stopover for those who wish to travel deeper into the Orient. For those who are seeking warm, dry and sunny weather, the ideal time is October to December. Those who would like to escape the humidity of tropical climates will appreciate the cooler months of January to March.

Pictures from Capital (Hong Kong)

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About Hong Kong

The landscape features hilly to mountainous with steep slopes and lowlands in north. The average density of population is about 6,317 per km². The climate in Hong Kong can be described as subtropical monsoon with cool and humid in winter, hot and rainy from spring through summer, warm and sunny in fall. Potential threats by nature are occasional typhoons.

To reach someone in Hong Kong dial +852 prior to a number. There are 4,188,000 installed telephones. And there are 12,207,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 MHz and 3G. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".hk". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz. The following list are the 19 regions/states in Hong Kong we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Chinese/Hong Kong population grew at a rate of 0.48% (or by 33,747 citizens). With 48,990 deaths and 52,818 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 0.05%. 29,919 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Hong Kong: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.