Fact · land · 2025

Land area from reclamation

填海所得土地面積

Figure and reference date

78.42 km² (since 1887)

78.42 平方公里(自1887年)

Data as at
Source
Lands Department: Hong Kong geographic data
Publisher
Lands Department
Fact ID
land-reclaim-2025
Last checked

Notes and definition

Lands Department HK geographic data, based on Oct 2025 survey database.

Other figures in this group (land)

Figures in the same group are not necessarily additive — check the basis note above first. Land, planning & infrastructure.

Item / 項目Figure / 數字As of / 時點Source / 來源
Annual agreements for sale and purchase
全年樓宇買賣合約宗數
67,979 (2024)
67 979 宗(2024年)
2024Land Registry: agreements for sale and purchase statistics
New Territories small-house processing
小型屋宇(丁屋)處理
~800 approved in 2024; over 2,500 processed yearly
2024 年批約 800 多宗;每年處理逾 2,500 宗
Development Bureau LegCo written reply: >2,500 processed every year 2022–2024.
2024Development Bureau: LegCo written reply (New Territories small houses)
Land-use classified areas
土地用途分類面積
48 farmland + 16 fishponds + 334 woodland + 186 shrub + 204 grass km²
農地48+魚塘16+林地334+灌叢186+草地204 km²
Planning Department open data; total land about 1,119 km².
2025Planning Department: Land Utilization in Hong Kong

How to cite this figure

Hong Kong Story, “Land area from reclamation”, https://hongkongstory.org/en/facts/land-reclaim-2025, data as at 2025 (retrieved _).

中文:香港紀事館,〈填海所得土地面積〉,https://hongkongstory.org/facts/land-reclaim-2025,資料時點 2025(查閱日期 _)。

Machine-readable: /api/v1/facts.json (id = land-reclaim-2025) · OpenAPI 3.1 ·/llms.txt

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