British Crown Colony of Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a special administrative region in the southeastern part of mainland China, located on the east side of the Pearl River estuary in Guangdong Province, adjacent to the Shenzhen special economic zone. It was a British direct colony (officially called the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong), but was returned to China on July 1, 1997. It was formerly part of the Sinan County, and consists of Hong Kong Island, the Kowloon Peninsula across the strait, and other islands.

*Some of the terminology used to refer to the "British Crown Colony of Hong Kong" is listed below.

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…中国本土南東部，広東省珠江の河口東側にある特別行政区で，経済特区の深圳に隣接する。イギリスの直轄植民地(正式にはBritish Crown Colony of Hong Kongと呼ばれた)であったが，1997年7月1日に中国に返還された。もと新安県に属し，香港島と対岸の九竜半島およびその他の島々からなる。…

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