Location: Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China

Country Name: conventional long form: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
conventional short form: Hong Kong
local short form: Xianggang
local long form: Xianggang Tebie Xingzhengqu
abbreviation: HK

Nationality: noun: Chinese
adjective: Chinese

Capital:

Flag Description: The regional flag of Hong Kong is red with a stylized, white, five-petal bauhinia flower in the center.
Note: The National flag of China must always be flown alongside Hong Kong's regional flag.
Government Type: N/A
Administrative Divisions: none (special administrative region of China)

Independence: none (special administrative region of China)

Language: Chinese (Cantonese), English; both are official

Ethnic Groups: Chinese 95%, other 5%

Religion: eclectic mixture of local religions 90%, Christian 10%

Population: 7,303,334 (July 2002 est.)
Population Growth Rate: 1.26% (2002 est.)
Age Structure: 0-14 years: 17.5% (male 679,311; female 599,811)
15-64 years: 71.6% (male 2,587,509; female 2,641,418)
65 years and over: 10.9% (male 364,864; female 430,421) (2002 est.)
Life Expectancy: male: 77 years ; female: 83 years (2002 est.)
Literacy rate: definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 92.2%
male: 96%
female: 88.2% (1996 est.)
Gross Domestic Product (GDP): $180 billion (2001 est.)
Currency: Hong Kong Dollar (HKD; 7.798HKD=1USD)

Area: 422 sq. miles (six times the size of Washington, D.C.)

Climate: tropical 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

Natural Resources: outstanding deepwater harbor, feldspar