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Hong Kong Geography 1996

Affiliation:

Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (Formerly a dependent territory of the UK)

Location:

Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China

Map references:

Southeast Asia

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:

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:

permanent crops:

meadows and pastures:

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:

Note:

more than 200 islands

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