• Official Name: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR)
• Subdivisions: Hong Kong, Kowloon, New Territories
• Head of the State: Hu Jintao, President of the People’s Republic of China
• Head of the Government: Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive
• Constitution: the Basic Law
• Area: 1,104 sq km
• Climate: tropical monsoon: cool and humid in winter; hot and rainy in spring and summer; warm in fall
• Terrain: hilly to mountainous, with steep slopes and natural harbor
• Population: 6.92 million (est. 2007)
• Official Languages: Cantonese (dialect of Chinese spoken by 90%), English
• Religion: Confucianism (90%), Christian (10%), all major religions are represented

History Facts
- The territory was settled by Han Chinese in the 17th cent
- After Opium Wars between China and Great Britain became a colony of GB (in the 19th cent)
- Population boom occurred after Revolution in China in 1911
- 1941-1945 Japan occupied Hong Kong
- On July 1, 1997 the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong war resumed by China

People:
- Population growth rate: 0,6% (est. 2006)
- Ethnic groups: Chinese (95%), other (5%)
- Education: compulsory full-time education between the ages of 6 and 15
- Literacy: 97%
- Population density: 6,250 per sq km
- Life expectancy: males 79.5 years, females 85.6 years (est. 2006)
- Work force: 3.65 million (est. 2007)

Economy
- GDP: $192.2 (est. 2006)
- GDP per capita: $27,600 (est. 2006)
- Currency: Hong Kong dollar (pegged at USD1=HKD7.78)
- Natural Resources: outstanding deepwater harbour
- Industry: textiles, clothing, electronics, plastics, toys, watches, clocks
- Trading partners: China, the US, Japan
- Import: consumer goods, raw materials, semi-manufactures, capital goods, foodstuffs, fuels ($333.3 billion est. 2006)
- Export: clothing, textiles, watches and clocks, telecommunications equipment, electrical machinery and appliances ($315.5 billion est. 2006)
- Foreign relations: a full member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC), and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)