Population: 6.94 million
Overall density
6 420 people per square kilometre
Area: 1 104 square kilometres
Hong Kong Island
|
81 square km |
| Kowloon |
47 square km |
| New Territories |
748 square km |
| Outlying Islands |
228 square km |
Weather
Average annual rainfall
2 214.3mm
Highest temperature
36.1°C (August 19, 1900 and August 18, 1990)
Lowest temperature
0.0°C (January 18, 1893)
Highest wind speed
259 km/h at Hong Kong Observatory, 284 km/h at Tate's Cairn
(Typhoon Wanda, September 1, 1962)
Housing
30.5% of people lived in 720 300 public rental housing flats
Transport
Roads
1 955 kilometres of roads carried 544 089 licensed vehicles, or 276 vehicles per kilometre
Bridges
Tsing Ma Bridge (main span 1 377 metres) — the world's longest road-rail suspension bridge
Kap Shui Mun Bridge (main span 430 metres) — road-rail cable-stayed bridge
Ting Kau Bridge (two main spans totalling 923 metres) — cable-stayed road bridge
Air movements
263 506 flights; 39.8 million passengers;
3.40 million tonnes of freight
Shipping movements
39 140 ocean vessel arrivals; 39 240 departures;
port cargo throughput 230.1 million tonnes
Container throughput
22.60 million TEUs (20-foot equivalent units)
Nationalities
Predominantly of Chinese descent 95%
Foreign passport-holders 517 560
Employment
Total number employed: 3.39 million
| Major employment sectors |
% of total employment
|
| Wholesale, retail and import/export trades, restaurants and hotels |
34.4%
|
| Community, social and personal services |
26%
|
| Finance, insurance, real estate and business services |
15%
|
| Transport, storage and communications |
10.5%
|
| Construction |
8%
|
| Manufacturing |
5.3%
|
| Average wages |
$10,797 per month
|
| (All selected industries) |
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