Hong Kong
Geography - People - Economy - Government - Communications - Transportation - Military - Transnational IssuesCountry name - conventional long form : Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Country name - conventional short form : Hong Kong
Country name - local long form : Xianggang Tebie Xingzhengqu
Country name - local short form : Xianggang
Government type : limited democracy
National holiday : National Day (Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China), 1 October (1949); note - 1 July 1997 is celebrated as Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day
Population : 7,018,636 (July 2008 est.)
Nationality - noun : Chinese/Hong Konger
Nationality - adjective : Chinese/Hong Kong
Languages : Chinese (Cantonese) 89.2% (official), other Chinese dialects 6.4%, English 3.2% (official), other 1.2% (2001 census)
Currency (code) : Hong Kong dollar (HKD)
Currency code : HKD
Hong Kong is located Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China. The climate is subtropical monsoon; cool and humid in winter, hot and rainy from spring through summer, warm and sunny in fall. The terrain is hilly to mountainous with steep slopes; lowlands in north.
Background
This entry usually highlights major historic events and current issues and may include a statement about one or two key future trends.Background : 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 promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's socialist economic system would not be imposed on Hong Kong and that Hong Kong would enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign and defense affairs for the next 50 years.
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