Hong Kong Hong Kong is located on the southern coast of China, one of the countries of eastern Asia, located 60 kilometers east of Macao and the Pearl River Delta, bordered by the China Sea on the east, south and west, The north is across the Shenzhen River and has a common border on the northern side of Canton Province through mainland China. The country ranks 179th on the world by 1,104 square kilometers. The region consists of Hong Kong Island,And the more than 200 islands, Lantau Island is the largest island, with a population of more than 7.4 million people, and the country is renamed by the name of the Cantonese or Hakeh 香港 means the port perfumed, and the fragrance means sweet taste flowing from the estuaries of the Pearl River waters, with the reference of incense factories, and the Pearl of the East, and its full name since 1997 is known as the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.
Geography of Hong Kong
The country carries many forms of landline, such as hills, mountains and steep slopes. The country contains 40% of its territory on parks, nature reserves, and contains secondary rainforest forests. The primary forests were destroyed during the Second World War. Located on the peninsula, along the northern edge of the island of Hong Kong, the settlements scattered throughout the new lands are the most developed areas, the country's civilization, the highest rise in the country to 957 meters above sea level in the territory of Tai Mo Shan.
On September 18, 2011, UNESCO incorporated Hong Kong National Geological as part of its global geological park network, consisting of eight geographically distributed regions, the Sai Kung volcanic region and the new sedimentary regions in the north-east. The more urbanized, but it has problems such as increasing the green environment in the country, the country suffers from increased pollution, and contains 80% of the smog that comes from the Pearl River Delta.
The country has a humid subtropical climate, the summer is hot and humid with occasional showers and thunderstorms, warm air comes from the southwest, hurricanes lead to floods or landslides, and winter is sunny at first, then it becomes cloudy in February, The cold front brings with it strong winds.