FACTS

Location: Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China

Area (only Total) total: 1,092 sq km

Climate: subtropical monsoon; cool and humid in winter, hot and rainy from spring through summer, warm and sunny in fall

Terrain: hilly to mountainous with steep slopes; lowlands in north

Population: 7,018,636 (July 2008 est.)

Main Language (only first): Chinese

Government type: limited democracy

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Independence: none (special administrative region of China)

National holiday: National Day (Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China), 1 October (1949); note - 1 July 1997 is celebrated as Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day