Hong Kong Island

Hong Kong Island is an island in the southern part of . The island, known originally and on road signs simply as Hong Kong, has a land area of approximately 78.59 square kilometres and a population of 1,289,500 with a population density of 16,390 per square kilometre, as of 2023.
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  • Type: Locality with 1,200,000 residents
  • Description: second largest island in Hong Kong
  • Also known as: “HK Island”, “Hong Kong”, “Hongkong (eiland)”, “Honkonginsulo”, “האי הונג קונג”, and “港島”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights: Victoria Peak and Hong Kong Stadium.

Peak
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is a hill on the western half of Hong Kong Island.

Stadium
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is the main sports venue of .

Museum
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The is a public astronomy and…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central Hong Kong and Eastern District.

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Central and Western is a district of Island.

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The in Island is not…

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The is one of the 18 districts of .

Hong Kong Island

Latitude
22.263° or 22° 15′ 47″ north
Longitude
114.1842° or 114° 11′ 3″ east
Population
1,200,000
Elevation
170 metres (558 feet)
Open location code
7PJP757M+6M
Geo­Names ID
12747064
Wiki­data ID
Q19483
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Hong Kong Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة هونغ كونغ”
  • Armenian: “Հոնկոնգ (կղզի)”
  • Armenian: “Հոնկոնգ”
  • Asturian: “Islla de Ḥong Kong”
  • Basque: “Hong Kong uhartea”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Ганконг”
  • Belarusian: “Ганконг”
  • Bengali: “হংকং দ্বীপ”
  • Breton: “Enez Hong Kong”
  • Bulgarian: “Хонконг”
  • Burmese: “ဟောင်ကောင်ကျွန်း”
  • Catalan: “Illa de Hong Kong”
  • Cebuano: “Hong Kong Island”
  • Chinese: “香港岛”
  • Chinese: “香港島”
  • Czech: “Hongkong”
  • Danish: “Hong Kong Island”
  • Dutch: “Hongkong-eiland”
  • Dutch: “Hongkong”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جزيره هونج كونج”
  • Esperanto: “Honkonga Insulo”
  • Estonian: “Hongkongi saar”
  • Finnish: “Hongkongin saari”
  • French: “île de Hong Kong”
  • French: “Île de Hong Kong”
  • Galician: “Illa de Hong Kong”
  • Georgian: “ჰონგ-კონგი”
  • German: “Hong Kong Island”
  • Greek: “Νησί του Χονγκ Κονγκ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Hiông-kóng-tó”
  • Hebrew: “הונג קונג”
  • Hungarian: “Hongkong-sziget”
  • Iban: “Pulau Hong Kong”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Hong Kong”
  • Italian: “Hong Kong”
  • Japanese: “香港島”
  • Korean: “홍콩섬”
  • Latin: “Insula Hongcongensis”
  • Latvian: “Honkonga”
  • Literary Chinese: “香港島”
  • Lithuanian: “Honkongas”
  • Macedonian: “Хонгконг”
  • Malay: “Pulau Hong Kong”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hiong-káng-tó”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hongkongøya”
  • Norwegian: “Hongkongøya”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Hongcongieg”
  • Persian: “جزیره هنگ کنگ”
  • Polish: “Hongkong”
  • Polish: “Wyspa Hongkong”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha de Hong Kong”
  • Romanian: “Insula Hong Kong”
  • Russian: “Гонконг”
  • Russian: “Остров Гонконг”
  • Sicilian: “Ìsula di Hong Kong”
  • Slovak: “Hongkong”
  • Slovenian: “Hong Kong Island”
  • Slovenian: “Otok Hongkong”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Hong Kong”
  • Swedish: “Hongkongön”
  • Tagalog: “Pulo ng Hong Kong”
  • Tamil: “ஒங்கொங் தீவு”
  • Tamil: “ஹொங்கொங் தீவு”
  • Thai: “เกาะฮ่องกง”
  • Turkish: “Hong Kong Adası”
  • Ukrainian: “Гонконг”
  • Ukrainian: “Острів Гонконг”
  • Urdu: “جزیرہ ہانگ کانگ”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Hồng Kông”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Puro han Hong Kong”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Purô han Hong Kong”
  • Western Panjabi: “جزیرہ ہانگ کانگ”
  • Wu Chinese: “香港岛”
  • Yue Chinese: “香港島”

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Highlights: Mount Nicholson and Middle Gap.

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