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Hong Kong Island (Chinese: 香港島; Jyutping: Hoeng1 gong2 dou2; Cantonese Yale: Hēunggóng dóu) is an island in the southern part of Hong Kong.The island, known originally and on road signs simply as "Hong Kong", had a population of 1,289,500 and a population density of 16,390 per square kilometre (42,400/sq mi), [2] as of 2023.
The Hong Kong African Association (香港非洲人協會) is an ethnic association for those people. [37] A Thai community began in Hong Kong when Thai women travelled with their husbands, of Chaozhou (Chiu Chow) origin, to Hong Kong in the 1970s. In 2016, Hong Kong had about 10,215 Thai residents, with around 33% residing in Kowloon City. [38]
The name of the territory, first romanised as "He-Ong-Kong" in 1780, [23] originally referred to a small inlet located between Aberdeen Island and the southern coast of Hong Kong Island. Aberdeen was an initial point of contact between British sailors and local fishermen. [24]
Hong Kong's population rose 0.4% to 7.50 million in 2023, boosted by a net inflow of returning residents and people on residential schemes, the government said, as the financial hub marked its ...
Hong Kong's population rose 2.1% from the middle of last year to June this year, provisional government figures showed on Tuesday, marking the first significant uptick since a downward trend began ...
Island Population Density Largest Settlement Countries per km 2 per sq mi – Africa–Eurasia: 6,729,986,135 (2020) ... Hong Kong Island: 1,270,876 (2021) [50] 16,390
This is a list of countries and dependencies ranked by population density, ... Hong Kong 6,725 17,420 ... Norfolk Island ...
The first population census in Hong Kong could be traced back to 1841 when a full enumeration of persons in the villages on the Hong Kong Island was conducted. Since 1961, a population census has been conducted in Hong Kong every 10 years and a by-census in the middle of the intercensal period.