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Hong Kong
| Location |
S China Sea, W of Taiwan |
| Latitude and longitude |
22 15 N, 114 10 E
|
| Sovereignty |
China |
| United Nations member? |
No |
| Political status notes |
Officially, "Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region"; includes New Territories peninsula on mainland |
| Population |
7,116,302 |
| Census notes |
est. July 2000 |
| Land area in square kilometers |
1,042 |
| Capital |
Hong Kong |
Fundamental legal document(s) online
|
| Basic
Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of
the People's Republic of China, from the
Government of Hong Kong |
| Basic
Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of
the People's Republic of China, from the Institut für öffentliches
Recht, Bern,
Switzerland |
| Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of
the People's Republic of China, from
the Lehman, Lee & Xu law partnership |
Other legal documents online
|
| Bilingual
Laws Information System, including the statute laws of Hong Kong in English and Chinese (over 650 principal Ordinances and 1200 items of subsidiary legislation) |
| Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online,
consolidations of the laws of Hong Kong from 1890, 1901, 1912, 1923, 1937, 1950, and 1964; digital images from
the University of Hong Kong Libraries |
| Hong
Kong Government Reports Online (1853-1941), digital images from
the University of Hong Kong Libraries |
| Hong Kong Legal Information Institute |
| Hong
Kong Treaty Database, summaries from the Centre for Comparative and Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong |
| The
Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Gazette |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| Census
and Statistics Department, SAR of Hong Kong |
| Dependencies
and Areas of Special Sovereignty, Office of the Geographer and
Global Issues, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of
State, Washington, D.C. |
| Government of
the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |
| Hong
Kong, Background Notes, from the U.S. Department of State (2003) |
| Hong
Kong, from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| United Kingdom, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Country
Profile: Hong Kong |
| Department of Justice, Hong Kong, The
Legal System in Hong Kong |
| U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The
World Factbook |
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