At end-2025 the Census and Statistics Department recorded a land area of 1,114.6 km²: Hong Kong Island 80.7, Kowloon 46.9, and the New Territories and Islands 986.9. Reclamation changes the figure slightly, so the year-end date matters.
GovHK describes Hong Kong as Hong Kong Island, Lantau Island, the Kowloon Peninsula, and the New Territories, including 261 islands of 500 m² or more besides Hong Kong Island and Lantau. AFCD’s marine-parks overview states a sea area of about 1,640 km², counted separately from land area; so “Hong Kong area” can vary by more than double depending on whether sea area is included.
Country parks and special areas make up roughly 40% of the land and are the most under-appreciated part of Hong Kong’s geography. AFCD lists 25 country parks plus 22 special areas, totalling 44,842 hectares on land; 2,834 hectares of special areas lie outside the country parks proper. There are 9 marine parks and reserves covering 8,517 hectares of sea. The four long-distance trails (MacLehose, Lantau, Hong Kong Trail, Wilson Trail) add up to 277 km, stitching together the green fringe of the built-up area.
Victoria Harbour, between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, is a deep-water harbour. Administratively Hong Kong is divided into 18 District Council districts. That grid does not map one-to-one onto the geographic labels Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories: Kwai Tsing and Tsuen Wan, for example, are in the New Territories but are tightly tied to the urban core.
Yes. Hong Kong is part of the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area and one of the cities the regional plan names as a core city. The Greater Bay Area is a development plan, not another government.
Hong Kong’s land area is about 1,114.6 km², made up of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, the New Territories and over 260 islands. Hong Kong as a whole is not an island, though Hong Kong Island is — Kowloon and the New Territories are joined to the mainland.
Hong Kong’s geology is dominated by igneous rocks: ancient volcanic activity left volcanic rocks across places like Sai Kung and the hexagonal columnar jointing of the Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark; however, there are no active volcanoes in Hong Kong today.
“Hong Kong” began as the name of a village and later covered the whole territory. The best-known explanation links it to the incense trade, but the etymology is a matter of historical debate rather than settled fact.
Hong Kong has no statutory closed fishing season of its own. The summer moratorium belongs to the mainland’s South China Sea fisheries management; Hong Kong vessels are bound by it only when fishing in mainland waters. Locally, the key restrictions are the trawling ban and fisheries protection areas.
At end-2025 the Census and Statistics Department recorded a land area of 1,114.6 km²: Hong Kong Island 80.7, Kowloon 46.9, and the New Territories and Islands 986.9. Reclamation increases the figure slightly every year, so the year-end reference date matters.
Under the Country Parks Ordinance, AFCD designates 25 country parks and 22 special areas, totalling about 44,842 hectares or roughly 40% of the land. The four official long-distance trails are the MacLehose Trail, the Lantau Trail, the Hong Kong Trail and the Wilson Trail.
Brownfield mapping and land-use data are published by the Development Bureau, Planning Department and Lands Department. Reclamation history and area change are documented in planning and lands files, while small-house registration follows the Lands Department under statute — all official data.
Hong Kong rainfall concentrates in late spring, early summer and the summer months under the monsoon and typhoon seasons. The Observatory publishes monthly and annual rainfall, typhoon tracks and tropical-cyclone statistics with explicit reporting periods.
Of Hong Kong’s total land area, about four-tenths is protected within country parks and special areas. Actually developable land is published by C&SD and the Planning Department, and total buildings and housing stock have official sources.
Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, on the South China coast, comprising Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories (with outlying islands), covering about 1,115 km² with some 7.51 million people.
Of Hong Kong’s roughly 1,115 km², much is hills, country parks and steep slopes, leaving little developable land. With economic activity concentrated on the urban core, built-up areas and Hong Kong Island reach very high densities.
Hong Kong runs a three-tier banking system: licensed banks (full banking business), restricted licence banks, and deposit-taking companies. The HKD is issued by three note-issuing banks under the linked exchange-rate convertibility undertakings, with the HKMA maintaining monetary stability and supervising banks.
The Observatory’s record maximum is 39.0°C on 22 July 2022 — the hottest yet, but still below 40°C; the record minimum is 0.0°C on 18 January 1957. Countryside and highland sub-stations can read lower, which are separate station records, not the urban Observatory figure.
Hong Kong’s mean annual rainfall is about 2,431 mm (1991–2020 normal), concentrated from May to September with July the wettest month; winter (December–February) is drier. Summer typhoons and the south-west monsoon bring heavy rain.
Hong Kong has a sub-tropical monsoon climate; from early to late summer the south-west monsoon brings high temperature, heavy rain and persistently high humidity. The annual mean temperature is about 23.5°C (1991–2020 normal), so muggy heat is common in summer.
By total land area the Hong Kong SAR (about 1,115 km²) is broadly comparable to New York City; what is genuinely small is Hong Kong’s developable land and its extremely high population density. Measured on built-up/urban land alone, Hong Kong’s urban area is not large.
Hong Kong sits within the Eurasian Plate, not on a plate boundary, so seismicity is much lower than along the Pacific Ring of Fire (Taiwan, Japan, Philippines). The Hong Kong Observatory operates a seismic network; recorded events are mostly micro-earthquakes, felt events are rare, and destructive earthquakes are even rarer.
Yes. Sharks have been recorded in Hong Kong waters, though attacks on humans are extremely rare; wild deer, mainly barking deer, are found in country parks and shrubland.
Hong Kong has 17 reservoirs with a total capacity of about 586 million cubic metres. The first reservoir, Pok Fu Lam Reservoir, was completed in 1863. Reservoirs are an important part of Hong Kong's freshwater supply.
相關年鑑年份 Yearbook years
延伸閱讀 Further reading
適合學術引用嘅參考文獻：官方出版物、政府報告、學術著作。每項附引用格式同研究價值說明。
官方出版物 Official
政府統計處（2026）。《香港統計數字一覽 2026 年版》地理部分。香港：政府統計處。
Census and Statistics Department. (2026). Hong Kong in Figures 2026 (geography). Hong Kong: C&SD.
土地面積嘅官方數據。
Official data on land area.
學術著作 Scholarly
Owen, N. & Shaw, R. (2007). Environmental Issues in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: HKU Press.
Owen, N. & Shaw, R. (2007). Environmental Issues in Hong Kong. HKU Press.
香港地理環境嘅學術研究。
Scholarly study of Hong Kong’s physical geography.
官方出版物 Official
地政總署。《地政總署》。取自 https://www.landsd.gov.hk/
Lands Department. Lands Department. Retrieved from https://www.landsd.gov.hk/
土地行政、測繪同香港地理空間數據嘅官方機構。
The official body for land administration, survey and mapping and geospatial data.
