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(22°17′07″N 114°08′52″E / 22.28528°N 114.14778°E / 22.28528; 114.14778) | |||||
Official languages | English and Chinese (both Cantonese and Putonghua (meaning standard language) de facto official) | ||||
Chief Executive | Donald Tsang | ||||
Area - Total - % water |
Ranked 169th 1,103 km² 4.60% | ||||
Population - Total (2005) - Density |
Ranked 97th 7,012,738 6,294.65/km² | ||||
Life expectancy - Male (2005) - Female |
Ranked 5th 78.5 years 84.3 years | ||||
Establishment - Date |
Cession of Hong Kong Island, founded as a crown colony of the UK August 29 1842 Cession of Kowloon October 18 1860 Lease of the New Territories July 1 1898 Handover to the PRC and established as a special administrative region July 1 1997 | ||||
GDP (PPP) - Total (2005) - per capita |
Ranked 40th, 11th $227 billion $32,294 | ||||
HDI (2003) | 0.916 (22nd) – high | ||||
Currency | Hong Kong dollar (HKD) | ||||
Economic system | Capitalist | ||||
Time zone - in summer |
UTC+8 (HKT) DST not observed | ||||
Internet TLD | .hk | ||||
Calling code | +852 | ||||
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