Explore Hong Kong in Asia - Hong Kong Tourism Info

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).

Pictures from Hong Kong (Capital)

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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 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 country consists of 19 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Hong Kong

Hong Kong Tourism Information

Official Tourism Office

Website: Hong Kong Tourism

9-11/F Citicorp Centre
18 Whitfield Road
North Point
Hong Kong

Phone: +852 2807 6543

Demographic Information

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.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Hong Kong is growing at an rate of 0.48% (or by 33,747 citizens). Each year 29,919 people enter this country (or 4.20 per thousand citizens) - making it an immigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 0.05%. Or an total increase of 3,828 citizens.

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.