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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. |
Names: |
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| Hong Kong (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,B)
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| Hong Kong (Basque)
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| Hong Kong (Bosnian)
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| Hong Kong (Croatian)
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| Hong Kong (Italian)
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| Hong Kong (Portuguese)
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| Hong Kong (Turkish)
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| Hong Kong (Romanian)
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| Hong Kong (Indonesian)
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| Hong Kong (Icelandic)
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| Hong Kong (Galician)
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| Hong Kong (French)
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| Hong Kong (Slovak)
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| Hong Kong (Breton)
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| Hong Kong (Malay (macrolanguage))
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| Hong Kong (Catalan)
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| Hong Kong (Swahili (generic))
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| Hong Kong (Spanish)
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| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China (C,V)
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| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (C,V,English)
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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,Afrikaans)
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| Hongkong (Estonian)
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| Hongkong (Faroese)
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| Hongkong (German)
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| Hongkong (Czech)
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| Hongkong (Dutch)
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| Hongkong (Greenlandic)
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| Hongkong (Slovene)
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| Hongkong (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Hongkong (Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Hongkong (Danish)
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| Hongkong (Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Hongkong (Finnish)
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| Hongkong (Swedish)
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| Hongkong (Polish)
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| Hongkong (Northern Sami)
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| הונג קונג (C,U,Hebrew )
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| HK (C,V,FIPS)
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| Colony of Hong Kong (C,U)
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| Hɔng Kɔng nutome (C,U,O,Ewe)
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| Hong Cong (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| Hongi Kongi (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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| Hồng Kông (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Ħong Kong (C,U,Maltese)
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| Hong Kong S.A.R (C,U,English)
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| Hong Kong S.A.R., Tseina (C,U,Welsh)
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| Honk Konq (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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| Honkonga (C,U,Latvian)
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| Honkongas (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| i-Hong Kong (C,U,Zulu)
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| Regiun d'administraziun speziala da Hongkong, China (C,U,Romansh)
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| 香港特别行政区 (C,U)
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| 香港 (C,U,Chinese)
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| 香港 (Japanese)
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| Гонконг (C,U,Russian)
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| Хонг Конг (C,U,Serbian)
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| Хонг Конг (Macedonian)
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| Χονγκ Κονγκ (C,U,Greek)
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| Хонконг (C,U,Bulgarian)
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| ฮ่องกง (C,U,Thai)
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| 홍콩 (C,U,Korean)
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| ဟောင်ကောင် (C,U,Burmese)
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| هونغ كونغ (C,U,Arabic)
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| ಹಾಂಗ್ ಕಾಂಗ್ (C,U,Kannada)
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| हङकङ (C,U,Nepali)
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| ሆንግ ኮንግ (C,U,Amharic)
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| ሆንግ ኮንግ (Tigrinya)
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| হংকং (C,U,Bengali)
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| හොංකොං (C,U,Sinhala)
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| ہانگ کانگ (C,U,Urdu)
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| ហុងកុង (C,U,Khmer)
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| Гонконг (арнайы әкімшілік аймақ) (C,U,Kazakh)
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| ହଂକଂ ବିଶେଷ ପ୍ରଶାସନିକ କ୍ଷେତ୍ର ଚୀନ୍ (C,U,Odia)
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| ஹாங்காங் (C,U,Tamil)
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| Гонконґ (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| હોંગ કોંગ (C,U,Gujarati)
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| ཧོང་ཀོང (C,U,Dzongkha)
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| హాంగ్ కాంగ్ (C,U,Telugu)
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| هنگکنگ (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| ຮ່ອງກົງ (C,U,Lao)
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| ჰონგ კონგი (C,U,Georgian)
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| ഹോങ് കോങ് (C,U,Malayalam)
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| हाँग काँग (C,U,Hindi)
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| ཧོང་ཀོང༌། (C,U,Tibetan)
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| हाँगकाँग (C,U,Marathi)
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| Гон-Конг (C,U,Belarusian)
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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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Hierarchical Position: |
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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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| Гонконг (арнайы әкімшілік аймақ).......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 1819730 |
| ହଂକଂ ବିଶେଷ ପ୍ରଶାସନିକ କ୍ଷେତ୍ର ଚୀନ୍.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 1819730 |
| 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) |
| Regiun d'administraziun speziala da Hongkong, China.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 1819730 |
| 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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GeoNames online [n.d.] 1819730 |
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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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Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong |
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