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Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a place with multiple personalities. The population is mainly Chinese, but British influence is still quite visible. It has absorbed people and cultural influences from places as diverse as Vietnam and Vancouver and proudly proclaims itself to be Asia's World City.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Kowloon and Hong Kong International Airport.

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is an urban peninsula on the mainland part of Hong Kong, directly across from the Hong Kong Island . With over 2 million people living in an area of less than 47 km², is one of the most densely populated places on the planet, and has a matching array of places to shop, eat and sleep.

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, also known as Chek Lap Kok Airport, is located just off in western Hong Kong. In 2018, it was the 8th busiest airport worldwide by passenger traffic.

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Hong Kong's are a generic label for the other 234 islands, islets and rocks in the territory. For tourists, the most popular islands include:…

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Eastern District and Central Hong Kong.

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The in Hong Kong Island is not as full of attractions as neighbouring , although Wan Chai is known for its nightlife and Causeway Bay for an unforgettable shopping experience.

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Central and Western is a district of Hong Kong Island. It is the political, administrative and financial hub and home to some fantastic skyscrapers and Victoria Peak.

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The of Hong Kong were leased by China to the British in 1898. Largely rural and often ignored by travellers who have little time to spare, they offer a diverse landscape that takes time to get to know.

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is the largest island in Hong Kong. Despite having the and Disneyland, it offers quiet mountains and villages that seem a world away from the busy pace of life in .

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The is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in the southern part of and the largest part of the island. It had a population of 274,994 in 2016.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Victoria Peak and Hong Kong Space Museum.

Peak
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is a hill on the western half of . It is also known as Mount Austin, and locally as The Peak only generally. With an elevation of 552 metres, it is the tallest hill on Hong Kong Island, and the 29th tallest in the territory of Hong Kong.

Museum
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The is a public astronomy and space science museum located in , Hong Kong. Opened on 8 October 1980, it is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong Government.

Park
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is a public park next to Cotton Tree Drive in , Hong Kong. Built at a cost of HK$398 million and opened on 23 May 1991, it covers an area of 80,000 square metres and is an example of modern design and facilities blending with natural landscape.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wan Chai and Aberdeen.

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is located in the western part of on the northern shore of , Hong Kong. It is bounded by Canal Road to the east, Arsenal Street to the west, and Bowen Road to the south.

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is an area on southwest in Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the . While the name "Aberdeen" could be taken in a broad sense to encompass the areas of , , , , and Wah Fu Estate, it is more often used to refer to the town only.

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is an area of , Hong Kong, situated in the northwestern part of the , north of , east of and south of Shek Kip Mei.

Hong Kong

Latitude
22.2793° or 22° 16′ 46″ north
Longitude
114.1628° or 114° 9′ 46″ east
Population
7,530,000
Area
1,092 km² (422 miles²)
Elevation
46 metres (151 feet)
Capital
Hong Kong
Currency
Dollar (HKD)
Phone code
.hk
Internet domain
852
Open location code
7PJP75H7+P4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7414774650
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1819730
Wiki­data ID
Q8646
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Hong Kong” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Гонконг”
  • Achinese: “Hong Kong”
  • Afrikaans: “Hongkong”
  • Albanian: “Hong Kong”
  • Albanian: “Hong-Kong”
  • Amharic: “ሆንግ ኮንግ”
  • Amis: “Hong kong”
  • Amis: “Hong Kong”
  • Angika: “हाँगकाँग”
  • Arabic: “هونج كونج”
  • Arabic: “هونغ كونغ”
  • Arabic: “هونق كونق”
  • Arabic: “هونك كونك”
  • Aragonese: “Hong Kong”
  • Armenian: “Հոնկոնգ”
  • Assamese: “হং কং”
  • Assamese: “হংকং”
  • Asturian: “Ḥong Kong”
  • Atayal: “Hong kong”
  • Awadhi: “हङकङ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Honkonq”
  • Azerbaijani: “Honq Konq”
  • Balinese: “Hong Kong”
  • Bambara: “Hong Kong”
  • Bashkir: “Гонконг”
  • Basque: “Hong Kong”
  • Bavarian: “Hongkong”
  • Belarusian: “Ганконг”
  • Bengali: “হংকং বিশেষ প্রশাসনিক অঞ্চল”
  • Bengali: “হংকং”
  • Betawi: “Hongkong”
  • Bhojpuri: “हांग कांग”
  • Bhojpuri: “हांगकांग, चीन”
  • Bhojpuri: “हांगकांग”
  • Bishnupriya: “হংকং”
  • Bislama: “Hong kong”
  • Bislama: “Hong Kong”
  • Bosnian: “Hong Kong”
  • Brahui: “Háng Káng”
  • Breton: “Hong Kong”
  • Buginese: “Hong Kong”
  • Buginese: “Hongkong”
  • Buginese: “ᨖᨚ ᨀᨚ”
  • Buginese: “ᨖᨚᨃᨚ”
  • Bulgarian: “Хонг Конг”
  • Bulgarian: “Хонконг”
  • Burmese: “ဟောင်ကောင်”
  • Catalan: “Hong Kong”
  • Catalan: “regió administrativa especial de Hong Kong”
  • Catalan: “Xianggang”
  • Cebuano: “Hong Kong”
  • Central Bikol: “Hong Kong”
  • Central Kanuri: “Hong Kong”
  • Central Kurdish: “ھۆنگ کۆنگ”
  • Chavacano: “Hong Kong”
  • Chechen: “Гонконг”
  • Cherokee: “ᎰᏂᎩ ᎪᏂᎩ”
  • Cheyenne: “Hong Kong”
  • Chinese: “Hiong-káng”
  • Chinese: “Xiānggǎng”
  • Chinese: “中华人民共和国香港特别行政区”
  • Chinese: “中国香港”
  • Chinese: “中國香港”
  • Chinese: “中華人民共和國香港特別行政區”
  • Chinese: “香港”
  • Chinese: “香港特別行政區”
  • Chinese: “香港特别行政区”
  • Chinese: “香港特区”
  • Chinese: “香港特區”
  • Chuvash: “Гонконг”
  • Cornish: “Hong Kong”
  • Corsican: “Hong Kong”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Hoñ Koñ”
  • Croatian: “Hong Kong”
  • Croatian: “Posebna upravna regija Hong Kong”
  • Czech: “Hong Kong”
  • Czech: “Hongkong”
  • Czech: “Siang-kang”
  • Czech: “Zvláštní administrativní oblast Čínské lidové republiky Hongkong”
  • Dagbani: “Hong Kong”
  • Danish: “Hong Kong”
  • Danish: “Hongkong”
  • Dhivehi: “ހޮންކޮންގު”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Hong Kong”
  • Dotyali: “हङकङ”
  • Dutch: “HK”
  • Dutch: “HKG”
  • Dutch: “Hong Kong”
  • Dutch: “Hongkong”
  • Dutch: “Speciale Administratieve Regio Hongkong van de Volksrepubliek China”
  • Dzongkha: “ཧོང་ཀོང”
  • Eastern Mari: “Гонконг”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هونج كونج”
  • Erzya: “Гонконг ош”
  • Esperanto: “HK”
  • Esperanto: “HKSAR”
  • Esperanto: “Hongkongo”
  • Esperanto: “Honkongo”
  • Estonian: “Hongkong”
  • Ewe: “Hong Kong”
  • Ewe: “Hɔng Kɔng nutome”
  • Extremaduran: “Hong Kong”
  • Faroese: “Hong Kong”
  • Faroese: “Hongkong”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Hong Kong”
  • Finnish: “HK”
  • Finnish: “HKSAR”
  • Finnish: “Hong Kong”
  • Finnish: “Hongkong”
  • French: “H. K.”
  • French: “H.-K.”
  • French: “HK.”
  • French: “hk”
  • French: “HK”
  • French: “Hong Kong”
  • French: “Hong-kong”
  • French: “RAS de Hong Kong, Chine”
  • French: “RAS de Hong Kong”
  • Friulian: “Hong Kong”
  • Ga: “China Hong Kong”
  • Ga: “Hong Kong SAR, China”
  • Ga: “Hong Kong SAR”
  • Ga: “Hong Kong, China”
  • Ga: “Hong Kong”
  • Ga: “Hongkong”
  • Gagauz: “Hong Kong”
  • Galician: “Hong Kong”
  • Gan Chinese: “香港”
  • Georgian: “ჰონგ-კონგი”
  • Georgian: “ჰონგკონგი”
  • Georgian: “ჰონკონგი”
  • German: “CN-91”
  • German: “Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China”
  • German: “Hong Kong”
  • German: “Hongkong”
  • German: “Sonderverwaltungszone Hongkong der Volksrepublik China”
  • German: “Sonderverwaltungszone Hongkong”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “China Hong Kong”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Hong Kong SAR, China”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Hong Kong SAR”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Hong Kong, China”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Hong Kong”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Hongkong”
  • Gothic: “𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌲”
  • Greek: “Χονγκ Κονγκ”
  • Guarani: “Hong Kong”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Hong Kong”
  • Gujarati: “હોંગ કોંગ”
  • Gujarati: “હોંગકોંગ”
  • Haitian: “Hong Kong”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Hiông-kóng”
  • Hausa: “Babban Yankin Mulkin Hong Kong na Ƙasar Sin”
  • Hausa: “Hong Kong .”
  • Hausa: “Hong Kong”
  • Hawaiian: “Hong Kong”
  • Hebrew: “הונג קונג”
  • Hindi: “हाँग काँग”
  • Hindi: “हांगकांग”
  • Hindi: “हॉन्ग कॉन्ग”
  • Hungarian: “Hongkong”
  • Icelandic: “Hong Kong”
  • Ido: “Hong Kong”
  • Igbo: “Hong Kong SAR China”
  • Igbo: “Hong Kong”
  • Iloko: “Hong Kong”
  • Indonesian: “Hong Kong”
  • Ingush: “Гонконг”
  • Interlingua: “Hong Kong”
  • Interlingue: “Hong Kong”
  • Inuktitut: “ᑳᖕ ᑭᖕ”
  • Irish: “Hong Cong”
  • Italian: “Hong Kong”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Ang Kang”
  • Japanese: “中国香港”
  • Japanese: “中華人民共和国香港特別行政区”
  • Japanese: “中華人民共和國香港特別行政區”
  • Japanese: “香港”
  • Japanese: “香港特別行政区”
  • Javanese: “Hong Kong”
  • Kabiyè: “Hɔŋkɔŋ”
  • Kabyle: “Hong Kong”
  • Kalaallisut: “Hongkong”
  • Kalmyk: “Хонконг балһсн”
  • Kannada: “ಹಾಂಕಾಂಗ್”
  • Kannada: “ಹಾಂಗ್ ಕಾಂಗ್”
  • Kannada: “ಹಾಂಗ್ಕಾಂಗ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Gonkong”
  • Kashmiri: “ہانگ کانگ ایس اے آر چیٖن”
  • Kashmiri: “ہونٛگ کونٛگ”
  • Kazakh: “Гонконг”
  • Kazakh: “Сянган”
  • Khmer: “ហុងកុង”
  • Kikuyu: “Hong Kong”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Hongo Kongo”
  • Kirghiz: “Гонконг”
  • Korean: “향항”
  • Korean: “향항특별행정구”
  • Korean: “홍콩 특별행정구”
  • Korean: “홍콩”
  • Kurdish: “Hong Kong”
  • Ladin: “Hong Kong”
  • Ladino: “Hong Kong”
  • Lao: “ຮົງກົງ”
  • Latin: “Hongcongum”
  • Latvian: “Honkonga”
  • Lezghian: “Гонконг”
  • Ligurian: “Hong Kong”
  • Limburgan: “Hong Kong”
  • Lingala: “Hong Kong”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Hongkong”
  • Literary Chinese: “香城”
  • Literary Chinese: “香江”
  • Literary Chinese: “香港”
  • Literary Chinese: “香港特別行政區”
  • Literary Chinese: “香港特區”
  • Lithuanian: “Honkongas”
  • Livvi: “Hong Kong”
  • Lombard: “Hong Kong”
  • Low German: “Hongkong”
  • Luxembourgish: “Hong Kong”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Hongkong”
  • Macedonian: “Хонгконг”
  • Madurese: “Hong Kong”
  • Magahi: “हाङ्गकाङ्ग”
  • Maithili: “हङकङ”
  • Malagasy: “Hong Kong”
  • Malay: “Hong Kong”
  • Malay: “هوڠ کوڠ”
  • Malayalam: “ഹോങ്കോങ്”
  • Maltese: “Hong Kong”
  • Maltese: “Ħong Kong”
  • Maltese: “Reġjun Amministrattiv Speċjali ta’ Hong Kong tar-Repubblika tal-Poplu taċ-Ċina”
  • Manipuri: “ꯍꯣꯡ ꯀꯣꯡ”
  • Manx: “Hong Kong”
  • Maori: “Hongipua”
  • Marathi: “हाँग काँग”
  • Marathi: “हाँगकाँग”
  • Mazanderani: “هانگ کانگ”
  • Mazanderani: “هونگ کونگ”
  • Mesopotamian Arabic: “هونگ كونگ”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Hiŏng-gē̤ng”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hiong-káng”
  • Minangkabau: “Hong Kong”
  • Mingrelian: “ჰონგ-კონგი”
  • Mingrelian: “ჰონგკონგი”
  • Mirandese: “Ḥong Kong”
  • Mongolian: “Хонг Конг”
  • Mongolian: “Хонконг”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “هونكونڭ”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “هونكونݣ”
  • Navajo: “Shádiʼááhjí Tsiiʼyishbizhí Bikin Haalʼá”
  • Neapolitan: “Hong Kong”
  • Nepali: “हङकङ”
  • Newari: “हङकङ”
  • Nias: “Hong Kong”
  • Northern Frisian: “Hongkong”
  • Northern Luri: “ولات هنگ کنگ”
  • Northern Sami: “Hongkong”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hong Kong”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hongkong”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hongkongsk”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hongkong”
  • Norwegian: “Hongkong”
  • Novial: “Hong Kong”
  • Nyanja: “Hong Kong”
  • Obolo: “Ọn̄ Kọn̄”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Hong Kong”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Hongkong”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Honcg Concg”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Honcgconcg”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Hongcong”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Swētlīċhæfen”
  • Oriya: “ହଂ କଂ”
  • Oriya: “ହଂକଂ”
  • Ossetian: “Гонконг”
  • Pampanga: “Hong Kong”
  • Panjabi: “ਹਾਂਗ ਕਾਂਗ”
  • Panjabi: “ਹਾਂਗਕਾਂਗ”
  • Papiamento: “Hong Kong”
  • Persian: “هنگ کنگ”
  • Persian: “هنگ‌کنگ”
  • Picard: “Hong Kong”
  • Piemontese: “Hong Kong”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Hong Kong”
  • Polish: “Hongkong”
  • Portuguese: “hk”
  • Portuguese: “HK”
  • Portuguese: “Hong Kong”
  • Portuguese: “Hongkong”
  • Portuguese: “Honguecongue”
  • Portuguese: “Região Administrativa Especial de Hong Kong”
  • Portuguese: “香港”
  • Pushto: “هانګ کانګ”
  • Quechua: “Hong Kong”
  • Romanian: “HK”
  • Romanian: “HKG”
  • Romanian: “Hong Kong RAS”
  • Romanian: “Hong Kong”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Administrativă Specială Hong Kong”
  • Romansh: “Hong Kong”
  • Russia Buriat: “Хонконг”
  • Russian: “Гонконг”
  • Russian: “Специальный административный район Гонконг”
  • Russian: “Сянган”
  • Russian: “Хёнкон”
  • Rusyn: “Гонґ Конґ”
  • Rusyn: “Гонконґ”
  • Sakizaya: “Hong kong”
  • Sakizaya: “Hong Kong”
  • Samogitian: “Huonkuongs”
  • Sanskrit: “हांग् कांग् नगरम्”
  • Sanskrit: “हाङ्ग् काङ्ग्”
  • Santali: “ᱦᱚᱝᱠᱚᱝ”
  • Sardinian: “Hong Kong”
  • Scots: “Hong Kong”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Hong Cong”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Hong Kong”
  • Serbian: “Хонгконг”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hong Kong”
  • Shan: “ႁွင်းၵွင်း”
  • Sicilian: “Hong Kong”
  • Silesian: “Hůngkůng”
  • Sindhi: “هانگ ڪانگ”
  • Sinhala: “හොංකොං”
  • Slovak: “Hongkong”
  • Slovenian: “HK”
  • Slovenian: “HKG”
  • Slovenian: “Hong Kong”
  • Slovenian: “Hongkong”
  • Somali: “Hong Kong”
  • Somali: “Hoon Koog”
  • South Azerbaijani: “هونق کونق”
  • South Azerbaijani: “هونگ کونگ”
  • Southern Altai: “Гонконг”
  • Southern Sotho: “Hong Kong”
  • Spanish: “Hong Kong”
  • Spanish: “Xianggang”
  • Sundanese: “Hong Kong”
  • Swahili: “Hong Kong”
  • Swedish: “Hongkong”
  • Swiss German: “Hongkong”
  • Tagalog: “HK SAR”
  • Tagalog: “HK”
  • Tagalog: “HKSAR”
  • Tagalog: “Hong Kong”
  • Tajik: “Гонконг”
  • Tajik: “Ҳонгконг”
  • Tajik: “Ҳонконг”
  • Talysh: “Hong Kong”
  • Talysh: “Honq-Konq”
  • Tamil: “ஆங்காங்”
  • Tamil: “ஒங்கொங்”
  • Tamil: “சீன மக்கள் குடியரசின் ஒங்கொங் சிறப்பு நிர்வாகப் பகுதி”
  • Tamil: “ஹாங்காங்”
  • Taroko: “Hong Kong”
  • Tatar: “Гонконг”
  • Tatar: “Һонг Коң”
  • Tatar: “Һоң Коң”
  • Tatar: “Һоңкоң”
  • Telugu: “హాంకాంగ్”
  • Telugu: “హాంగ్‌కాంగ్”
  • Thai: “เขตบริหารพิเศษฮ่องกง”
  • Thai: “เซียงก่าง”
  • Thai: “ฮ่องกง”
  • Tibetan: “ཞང་ཀང་།”
  • Tibetan: “ཞང་ཀང”
  • Tibetan: “ཧོང་ཀོང་།”
  • Tibetan: “ཧོང་ཀོང༌།”
  • Tigrinya: “ሆንግ ኮንግ”
  • Tok Pisin: “Hong Kong”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Hongi Kongi”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Hongkong”
  • Tswana: “Hong Kong”
  • Turkish: “Hong Kong”
  • Turkmen: “Gonkong”
  • Twi: “Hong Kong”
  • Tyap: “Hong Kong”
  • Uighur: “شياڭگاڭ”
  • Ukrainian: “Гонконг”
  • Ukrainian: “Гонконґ”
  • Ukrainian: “Особливий адміністративний район Гонконг”
  • Urdu: “ہانگ کانگ”
  • Uzbek: “Gon Kong”
  • Uzbek: “Gonkong”
  • Venetian: “Hong Kong”
  • Veps: “Honkong”
  • Vietnamese: “HK”
  • Vietnamese: “Hồng Kông”
  • Vietnamese: “Hương Cảng”
  • Vlaams: “Hong Kong”
  • Vlax Romani: “Hong Kong”
  • Volapük: “Honkeän”
  • Võro: “Hongkong”
  • Walloon: “Honconk”
  • Walloon: “Hong Kong”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Hong Kong”
  • Welsh: “Hong Cong”
  • Welsh: “Hong Kong”
  • Western Armenian: “Հոնկ Քոնկ”
  • Western Frisian: “Hongkong”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہانگ کانگ”
  • Wolof: “Ooŋ Koŋ”
  • Wu Chinese: “香港”
  • Xhosa: “Hong Kong”
  • Yakut: “Хоҥ Коҥ”
  • Yiddish: “האנג קאנג”
  • Yoruba: “Hong Kong”
  • Yoruba: “Họ́ng Kọng”
  • Yue Chinese: “中國香港”
  • Yue Chinese: “香港”
  • Yue Chinese: “香港特別行政區”
  • Yue Chinese: “香港特區”
  • Zeeuws: “Hongkong”
  • Zhuang: “Yanghgangj”
  • Zulu: “Hong Kong”
  • Zulu: “i-Hong Kong”
  • “Hong Kong”
  • “Hongkong”
  • “Huonkuongs”
  • “ma Enkon”
  • “ma Onkon”
  • “हांगकांग”

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