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HONG KONG
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Affiliation:
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Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
(Formerly a dependent territory of the UK) -
Location:
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Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China
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Map references:
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Southeast Asia
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Area:
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total area:
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1,040 sq km
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land area:
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990 sq km
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comparative area:
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slightly less than six times the size of Washington, DC
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Land boundaries:
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total 30 km, China 30 km
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Coastline:
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733 km
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Maritime claims:
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3 nm
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International disputes:
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none
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Climate:
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temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers
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Terrain:
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mostly mountains with ranges extending into sea as peninsulas or chains of
islands
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Natural resources:
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bauxite, lignite, magnesite, petroleum, marble
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Land use:
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arable land:
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23%
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permanent crops:
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8%
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meadows and pastures:
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40%
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forest and woodland:
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20%
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other:
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9%
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Irrigated land:
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11,900 sq km (1989 est.)
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Environment:
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current issues:
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air pollution; water pollution
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natural hazards:
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severe earthquakes
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international agreements:
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party to - Air Pollution, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change,
Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine
Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical
Timber 83, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified - Air Pollution-Nitrogen
Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds,
Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Desertification, Law of the Sea
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Note:
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strategic location dominating the Aegean Sea and southern approach to
Turkish Straits; a peninsular country, possessing an archipelago of about
2,000 islands
