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Hong Kong Island (Chinese: 香港島; Jyutping: Hoeng1 gong2 dou2; Cantonese Yale: Hēunggóng dóu) is an island in the southern part of Hong Kong.The island, known originally and on road signs simply as "Hong Kong", had a population of 1,289,500 and a population density of 16,390 per square kilometre (42,400/sq mi), [2] as of 2023.
With 7.4 million residents of various nationalities [f] in a 1,104-square-kilometre (426 sq mi) territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing dynasty ceded Hong Kong Island in 1841–1842 as a consequence of losing the First Opium War.
The name "Hong Kong", literally meaning "fragrant harbour", is derived from the area around present-day Aberdeen on Hong Kong Island, where fragrant wood products and incense were once traded. [2] The narrow body of water separating Hong Kong Island and Kowloon Peninsula, Victoria Harbour, is one of the deepest natural maritime ports in the world.
This is a actual map of Hong Kong due to the Hong Kong Zhuhai Macau Bridge Islands is not that size, Don't worry It will upload a new map until the third runway is finished, Please, wiki is a equal place that Mainland Chinese users are not allowed in this edit, because the firewall. if I found it, I will report to the wiki centre. Thank you. P.S.
The location of Hong Kong An enlargeable political map of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Hong Kong: Hong Kong – one of two special administrative regions of China, the other being Macau.
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A map showing Hong Kong's location in Asia on China's south coast. ... more detailed, colours are standard with most other locator maps ... Hong Kong; View more ...