Population: 6.097 million
Temperature Range: 13 to 32
Record High: 37.2 (Jun)
Record Low: 2.2 (Nov)
Average Precipitation High: 395-400 (Jun)
Average Precipitation Low: 25-30 (Dec-Jan)
Top 3 Singles:
1. "Pop" by NSYNC
2. "Lady Marmalade"
by Christina Aguilera
3. "Eternity" by Robbie
Williams
Top North American Single: "Pop" by NSYNC
Music Info Source: 99.7 19-Aug-01
Currency Used: Chinese Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
Major School: University of Hong Kong
- Made up of mainland portion and 235 islands on coast
- Was a British dependency from 1840's till July 1, 1997
- British control began when China forced to cede Hong Kong Island
to Britain after the First Opium War
- Only 1 significant river, which supplies 80%of all useable water
comes from it (which causes lack of drinking water)
- Heavy rainfall from monsoons washes away most nutrients from soil
- Which makes the little land available for agriculture worse
- Population density of 6 603 persons per square kilometer
- Unevenly distributed though
- Most in Kowloon and across harbor on Hong Kong Island
- Some districts (Mong Kok) have densities of about 40 000 per square
kilometer
- Migrants make up 40% of pop
- 98% Han Chinese
- Though school is free and mandatory for kids 6 to 15, most high school
graduates don't attend college or university full time
- Home of Jackie Chan
- One of worlds most important economic centres
- Tourism brings in over $7 billion a year, 9 million tourists
- Literacy: 92.2% total, 96% male, 88.2% female
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