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Hong
Kong, China
The Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China is one of
the two special administrative regions (SARs) of the People's Republic
of China (PRC), the other being Macau. It is commonly known as Hong
Kong, which is often written Hongkong in older English-language
texts.
The Hong Kong Government officially
changed the spelling of Hongkong to Hong Kong on 3
September 1926.
Hong Kong is on the eastern side of the Pearl River Delta on the
southeastern coast of China, facing the South China Sea in the south,
and bordering Guangdong Province in the north. Hong Kong is China's
richest city, has one of the world's most liberal economies and is a
major international centre of finance and trade.
Hong Kong was a British colony from 1842, until its sovereignty was
transferred to the PRC in 1997. It is governed as special administrative
region under the Basic Law of Hong Kong. Under the terms of the
Sino-British Joint Declaration, the PRC has promised that Hong Kong will
have a relatively high degree of autonomy until at least 2047, fifty
years after the transfer of sovereignty.
Under the "One Country, Two Systems"
policy, it retains its own legal system, currency, customs policy,
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Hong Kong has many great hotels:
Novotel CityGate HK,
Holiday Inn Hong Kong,
Harbour Plaza Metropolis and Grand
Hyatt Hong Kong are some of the more
popular hotels. Most airlines have Hong Kong flights.
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The name "Hong Kong", literally
meaning "fragrant harbour", is derived from the area around present-day
Aberdeen and Wong Chuk Hang on Hong Kong Island, where fragrant trees
were once abundant and widely exported. The body of water between Hong
Kong Island and Kowloon Peninsula is Victoria Harbour, one of the
deepest natural maritime ports in the world. The landscape of Hong Kong
is fairly hilly to mountainous with steep slopes. The highest point in
the territory is Tai Mo Shan, at a height of 958 metres (3,142 ft).
Lowlands exist in the northwestern part of the New Territories.
Hong Kong is 60 kilometres (37 miles) east of Macau, on the
opposite side of the Pearl River Delta and borders the city of Shenzhen
in Guangdong Province. Of the territory's 1,102 square kilometres (425
square miles) and nearly 7 million residents, less than 25% is
developed; the remaining land is remarkably green and significant
portions are reserved as country parks and nature reserves. This is
because most live and work in high-rise buildings in the city and
surrounding new towns.
Hong Kong's climate is subtropical and prone to monsoons. It is
cool and dry in the wintertime which lasts from around January to March,
and is hot, humid and rainy from spring through summer. It is warm,
sunny, and dry in autumn. Hong Kong occasionally has typhoons. The
ecology of Hong Kong is mostly affected by the results of climatic
changes. Hong Kong's climate is seasonal due to alternating wind
direction between winter and summer. Hong Kong has been geologically
stable for millions of years, though landslides are common especially
after rain. Flora and fauna in Hong Kong are altered by climatic change,
sea level alternation and human impact. The highest recorded
temperature[10] in Hong Kong is 36.1°C (97°F) while the lowest recorded
temperature is 0°C (32°F). The average temperature in the coldest month,
February, is 16°C (61°F) while the average temperature in the hottest
month, July, is 28°C (82°F).
Hong Kong's climate is subtropical but half of the year is
temperate. The territory is situated south of the Tropic of Cancer which
is approximate to Hawaii in latitude. In winter, strong and cold winds
generate from the north and cool the city; in the summer, the wind's
direction reverses and brings the warm and humid air in from the south.
This climate can support a tropical rainforest. |
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