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Hong Kong (semi-independent political entity) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 22 15 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 22.2500 decimal degrees |
Long: 114 10 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 114.1667 decimal degrees |
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Note: 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. |
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Hong Kong (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,B)
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Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China (C,V)
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Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (C,V)
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............ | adopted on 4 April 1990 for use beginning in 1997 |
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (C,V)
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............ | adopted on 4 April 1990 for use beginning in 1997 |
Xianggang Tebie Xingzhengqu (C,V)
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Xianggang (C,V)
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Hsiang-chiang (C,V)
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Hsiang Kang (C,V)
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Hsiang-Kang (C,V)
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Hong Kong, Colony of (C,O)
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T'e-pieh hsing-cheng-ch'ü (C,V)
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............ | Wade-Giles transliteration of name |
Tebie xingzhengqu (C,V)
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............ | Pinyin transliteration of the name |
Hong-Kong (C,O)
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Hongkong (C,O)
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הונג קונג (C,U,Hebrew )
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HK (H,O)
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HKG (H,O)
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HO00 (H,O)
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ISO344 (H,O)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Hong Kong (semi-independent political entity) (P) |
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Additional Parents: |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Hong Kong (semi-independent political entity) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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semi-independent political entity (preferred, C) |
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from 1997 |
primary political unit (C) |
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national region (C) |
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colony was returned to China in 1997 |
first level subdivision (H) |
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dependent state (H) |
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ceded to British in 1841; reverted to Chinese control on July 1, 1997 (as a Special Administrative Region for 50 years) |
colony (H) |
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British Crown Colony from 19th cen. |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China.......... |
[VP] |
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ISO Newsletter V-4 (2002) accessed 26 September 2007 |
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.......... |
[VP] |
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Handover, Los Angeles Times (1997) |
Subject: ..... |
[BHA, GRLPSC, IMJ, VP] |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1992) 493; 616 |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 624 |
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Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 270 ff. |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 37 ff. |
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002) accessed 03/16/99 |
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Handover, Los Angeles Times (1997) |
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Hong Kong Official Guide Map (1989) |
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Hong Kong, Los Angeles Times (1995) |
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Hong Kong, New York Times (1997) |
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Hong Kong, Stay an Extra Day Map (1993) |
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ISO Country Codes (1996) 15 |
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ISO Handbook (1988) 767 |
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ISO Newsletter V-4 (2002) accessed 26 September 2007 |
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Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.) |
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NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) short form; accessed 25 January 2007 |
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NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998) |
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NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1998-2000) accessed 01/20/99 |
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Rand McNally Atlas (1994) 319 |
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USBGN Bulletin 14 (1997) 1 |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 512 ff. |
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