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    Hong Kong Geography - 2003
    https://theodora.com/wfb2003/hong_kong/hong_kong_geography.html
    SOURCE: 2003 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Location: Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China


      Geographic coordinates: 22 15 N, 114 10 E


      Map references: Southeast Asia


      Area: total: 1,092 sq km
      water: 50 sq km
      land: 1,042 sq km


      Area - comparative: six times the size of Washington, DC


      Land boundaries: total: 30 km
      border countries: China 30 km


      Coastline: 733 km


      Maritime claims: territorial sea: 3 NM


      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


      Elevation extremes: lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
      highest point: Tai Mo Shan 958 m


      Natural resources: outstanding deepwater harbor, feldspar


      Land use: arable land: 5.05%
      other: 93.94% (1998 est.)
      permanent crops: 1.01%


      Irrigated land: 20 sq km (1998 est.)


      Natural hazards: occasional typhoons


      Environment - current issues: air and water pollution from rapid urbanization


      Environment - international agreements: party to: Marine Dumping (associate member), Ship Pollution (associate member)


      Geography - note: more than 200 islands

      NOTE: The information regarding Hong Kong on this page is re-published from the 2003 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Guinea Geography 2003 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Hong Kong Geography 2003 should be addressed to the CIA.

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