1. Where is the country located?
Hong Kong is situated on the southeast coast of China at the mouth of the Pearl River facing the South China Sea. Covering an area of 1,104 square kilometres, the territory is made up of Hong Kong Island, the Kowloon Peninsula and the New Territories. At the core is Victoria Harbour, which separates Hong Kong Island from Kowloon and beyond that, the New Territories that runs up to the boundary with Mainland China. As well as making up the bulk of Hong Kong's land mass, the New Territories also incorporates 262 outlying islands, including Lantau where the airport is located.
2. What countries surround your country?
Vietnam, Laos, Burma, India, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Mongolia and North Korea and Taiwan.
3. Why is the country located here?
That all changed in the mid-19th Century when the British arrived, turning this quiet, out-of-the-way village into a modern, vibrant and sparkling jewel of a city that still flourishes today.
In July of 1997, the British officially returned control of Hong Kong to China, and it became a Special Administrative Region of China.
In the exchange, China agreed that until 2047, Hong Kong, will enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters, except foreign and defence.
