Hong Kong | History, Location, Map | Province of Hong Kong
HongKong,specialadministrativeregion(Pinyin:tebiexingzhengqu;Wade-Gilesromanization:t’e-piehhsing-cheng-ch’ü)ofChina[1],locatedtotheeastofthePearlRiver[2](ZhuJiang)estuaryonthesouthcoastofChina.TheregionisborderedbyGuangdong[3]provincetothenorthandtheSouthChinaSea[4]totheeast,south,andwest.ItconsistsofHongKongIsland[5],originallyceded[6]byChinatoGreatBritain[7]in1842,thesouthernpartoftheKowloonPeninsula[8]andStonecutters(NgongShuen)Island(nowjoinedtothemainland),cededin1860,andtheNewTerritor...
Hong Kong, special administrative region (Pinyin: tebie xingzhengqu; Wade-Giles romanization: t’e-pieh hsing-cheng-ch’ü) of China[1], located to the east of the Pearl River[2] (Zhu Jiang) estuary on the south coast of China. The region is bordered by Guangdong[3] province to the north and the South China Sea[4] to the east, south, and west. It consists of Hong Kong Island[5], originally ceded[6] by China to Great Britain[7] in 1842, the southern part of the Kowloon Peninsula[8] and Stonecutters (Ngong Shuen) Island (now joined to the mainland), ceded in 1860, and the New Territories[9], which include the mainland area lying largely to the north, together with 230 large and small offshore islands—all of which were leased from China for 99 years from 1898 to 1997. The Chinese-British joint declaration[10] signed on December 19, 1984, paved the way for the entire territory to be returned to China[11], which occurred July 1, 1997.
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