Location: Eastern Asia, on the southeast coast of China bordering the South China Sea

Map references: Asia, Southeast Asia, Standard Time Zones of the World

Area:
total area: 1,040 sq km
land area: 990 sq km
comparative area: slightly less than six times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: total 30 km, China 30 km

Coastline: 733 km

Maritime claims:
exclusive fishing zone: 3 nm
territorial sea: 3 nm

International disputes: none

Climate: tropical monsoon; cool and humid in winter, hot and rainy from spring through summer, warm and sunny in fall

Terrain: hilly to mountainous with steep slopes; lowlands in north

Natural resources: outstanding deepwater harbor, feldspar

Land use:
arable land: 7%
permanent crops: 1%
meadows and pastures: 1%
forest and woodland: 12%
other: 79%

Irrigated land: 20 sq km (1989)

Environment:
current issues: air and water pollution from rapid urbanization
natural hazards: occasional typhoons
international agreements: NA

Note: more than 200 islands

NOTE: The information regarding Hong Kong on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Hong Kong Geography 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Hong Kong Geography 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.