香港地理知识精要（The essence of Hongkong geographical knowledge）.doc

香港地理知识精要（The essence of Hongkong geographical knowledge） What does the geography of Hongkong mean? Who is the geography of Hongkong? The geography of Hongkong, the data, the Raiders, etc. abstract Hongkong is located in China along the south coast, north of Guangdong Province, the Pearl River Estuary, South South West back China sea, between latitude 22 degrees 08 to 35, 49 longitude 113 degrees to 114 degrees 31 minutes, the time zone 8 hours than UTC fast (UTC+8). The north of Hongkong and Guangdong city of Shenzhen province is separated by only one of the Shenzhen River, connecting the southern waters Wanshan islands and Zhuhai. As of February 2008, the land area in Hongkong was 1104.27km2, together with the total water area of 2755.03km2. Hongkong is a mountainous land by submerged body, usually divided into Hongkong Island, Kowloon and new territories in three areas; but because of the new territories area is much larger than the former two, more than 200 in Islands, which included the general will as another area. Situated between the Kowloon Peninsula and the Hongkong island of Victoria Harbour is the depth of the width of the natural harbor, is one of the most important landmark in Hongkong. In addition, Hongkong is located in the central position of East Asia, attracted the British, at the mid nineteenth Century, through the war, from the hands of the Manchu government to obtain sovereignty over Hongkong, thus opening the port and developing maritime trade. Today, Hongkongs geographical position can still benefit the local economy through entrepot trade and transit passengers. Owing to the vast majority of the territory, the territory of the new territories is less flat, and the land available for development in Hongkong is very limited. In the early days of the opening of Hongkong, most of the new territories and suburbs were composed of forest land, shrubs and villages and towns which were farmers, but they did not develop on a large scale. After the gove