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Hong Kong

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Background :

Occupied by the UK in 1841, Hong Kong was formally ceded by China the following year; various adjacent lands were added later in the 19th century. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and the UK on 19 December 1984, Hong Kong became the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China on 1 July 1997. In this agreement, China promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's socialist economic system would not be imposed on Hong Kong and that Hong Kong would enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign and defense affairs for the next 50 years. 

Location :

Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China 

Geographic Coordinates Center :

22 15 N, 114 10 E  (Latitude, Longtitude)

Geographic Coordinates Rectangle :

West 113.84
North 22.56
East 114.43
South 22.15

Area :

total 1 104 square km
land 1 054 square km
water 50 square km

Land boundaries :

total 30 km
China (cn) 30 km

Coastline :

733.00 km

Climate :

subtropical 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 0 metres
highest point 958 metres

Natural resources :

feldspar outstanding deepwater harbor

Land use :

arable land 5.05 %
permanent crops 1.01 %
other 93.94 %

Irrigated land :

20 square km

current issues :

air and water pollution from rapid urbanization 

international agreements :

Marine Dumping Ship Pollution

Population :

7 055 071 

Indicators :

Growth rate 0.50 %
Birth rate 7.42 births/1,000 population
Total fertility rate 1.02 children born/woman
Death rate 6.76 deaths/1,000 population
Net migration rate 4.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Age structure :

0-14 years 12.20 %
15-64 years 74.60 %
65 years and over 13.10 %

Median age :

total 42.30 years
male 41.90 years
female 42.60 years

Sex ratio :

at birth 1.08 male(s)/female
under 15 years 1.09 male(s)/female
15-64 years 0.94 male(s)/female
65 years and over 0.88 male(s)/female
total population 0.95 male(s)/female

Health :

Infant mortality rate 2.92 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth - total population 81.86 years
Life expectancy at birth - male 79.16 years
Life expectancy at birth - female 84.79 years
HIV-AIDS adult prevalence rate 0.10 %
HIV-AIDS people living with HIV-AIDS 2 600
HIV-AIDS deaths 200

Religions :

mixture of local religions 90.00 %
Christian 10.00 %

Languages :

Chinese 89.20 %
Chinese dialects 6.40 %
English 3.20 %

Literacy :

total population 93.50 %
male 96.90 %
female 89.60 %

Country name :

conventional long form Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
conventional short form Hong Kong
local long form Xianggang Tebie Xingzhengqu
local short form Xianggang

Country Codes :

ISO 3166 HK
ISO Numeric 344
ISO3 HKG
FIPS HK
ccTLD hk
English Hong Kong

International organization participation :

ADB APEC
BIS FATF
ICC IHO
IMF IMO (associate)
IOC ISO (correspondent)
ITUC UNWTO (associate)
UPU WCO
WFTU WMO
WTO

National holiday :

National Day

1949-10-01

Executive branch :

President HU Jintao

GDP - Gross Domestic product :

PPP - Purchasing Power Parity 301 300 000 000 $
Official Exchange Rate 208 800 000 000
RGR - Real Growth rate -3.10 %
PPP - per capita 42 700 $

GDP Composition by sector :

agriculture 0.00 %
industry 7.60 %
services 92.30 %

Other Indicators :

Labor force 3 670 000 people
Unemployment rate 5.90 %
Distribution of family income - Gini index 53.30
Inflation rate (consumer prices) -0.30 %
Investment (gross fixed) 17.60 % of GDP
Current account balance 28 340 000 000 $
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 206 100 000 000 $
Debt external 631 100 000 000 $
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad 808 000 000 000 $
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home 873 800 000 000 $
Market value of publicly traded shares 1 320 000 000 000 $
Public debt 18.10 % of GDP

Budget :

revenues 37 050 000 000 $
expenditures 41 140 000 000 $

Agriculture - products :

fish fresh vegetables
pork poultry

Industries :

banking clocks
clothing electronics
plastics shipping
textiles tourism
toys watches

Energy :

Electricity Production 38 400 000 000 kWh
Electricity Consumption 44 600 000 000 kWh
Electricity Exports 3 553 000 000 kWh
Electricity Imports 11 000 000 000 kWh
Oil Consumption 366 000 bbl/day
Oil Exports 19 480 bbl/day
Oil Imports 334 900 bbl/day
Natural gas Consumption 3 360 000 000 cubic metres
Natural gas Imports 3 360 000 000 cubic metres

Value :

326 900 000 000 $

Commodities :

apparel electrical machinery and appliances
footwear plastics
precious stones printed material
textiles toys
watches and clocks

Value :

345 700 000 000 $

Partners :

China (cn) 46.60 %
Japan (jp) 9.80 %
Singapore (sg) 6.40 %
Tawian 6.40 %
United States (us) 5.00 %

Commodities :

capital products consumer products
foodstuffs fuels
raw materials and semi-manufactures

Currency-name :

Hong Kong dollar 

Communications :

Telephons Main lines in use 4 107 999
Telephons Mobile, Cellular 11 374 000
FM Radio broadcast stations 10
Television broadcast stations 2
Internet Country code (ccTLD) hk
Internet Hosts 813 980
Internet Users 4 123 999

Transportation :

Airports with paved runways 2
Heliports 9
Roadways - total 2 049 km
Roadways - paved 2 049 km

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