Geography:
Date of foundation:
British occupation - 26 January 1841
Treaty of Nanking - 29 August 1842
Convention of Peking - 18 October 1860
Extension of Hong Kong Territory Convention - 9 June 1898
Imperial Japanese military occupation - 25 December 1941 to 30 August 1945
Sino-British Joint Declaration - 19 December 1984
Transfer of sovereignty from the United Kingdom - 1 July 1997
History:
Population: 7 448 900
Sights:
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