Hong Kong
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- Names
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
Xianggang Tebie Xingzhengqu
Xianggang
Hsiang-chiang
Hsiang Kang
Hsiang-Kang
Hong Kong, Colony of
T'e-pieh hsing-cheng-ch'ü
Tebie xingzhengqu
Hong-Kong
Hongkong
HKG
HK
ISO344
HO00
- Place Type
- semi-independent political entity
- Description
- Human habitation of area dates to Neolithic Age; influenced by North Chinese cultures, particularly Lungshan; inhabited by fishermen and pirates at time of British acquisition in the 19th century; ceded to Britain as a result of the first Opium War (1839-1842); official languages are Chinese and English.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Britannica Book of the Year (1992); Britannica Book of the Year (1993); Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); Encyclopaedia Britannica Online (1994-2002); Handover, Los Angeles Times (1997); Hong Kong Official Guide Map (1989); Hong Kong, Los Angeles Times (1995); Hong Kong, New York Times (1997); Hong Kong, Stay an Extra Day Map (1993); ISO Country Codes (1996); ISO Handbook (1988); ISO Newsletter V-4 (2002); NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008)...
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