Hong Kong, referred to as Hong Kong for short, is the People's Republic of China (PRC) Special Administrative Region and the third largest financial center in the world alongside new york and London. It has the reputation of Pearl of the Orient, gourmet paradise and shopping paradise. Hongkong is located in the south of China, east of the Pearl River Estuary and along the South China Sea.
It borders Shenzhen, Guangdong Province in the north, the Pearl River in the west, and faces Macao Special Administrative Region, Zhuhai City and Zhongshan City across the Pearl River estuary. Hong Kong includes Hong Kong Island, Kowloon Peninsula and the New Territories. Hongkong has been the territory of China since ancient times. From 1842 to 1997, it was under British colonial rule. On July 20th, the people of China resumed the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was established.
Climatic characteristics of Hong Kong
Hong Kong has a subtropical climate, with a high annual temperature, with an average annual temperature of 22.8℃. Summer is hot and humid, the temperature is about 27~33℃, and winter is cool and dry, but it rarely drops below 5℃. It is rainy from May to September, and sometimes it rains heavily.
There are typhoons from time to time between summer and autumn. There are many typhoons in Hong Kong from July to September, but tropical cyclones with different intensities may strike from May to165438+1October. The average annual rainfall in Hong Kong is 22 14.3mm, with the highest rainfall in August and the lowest rainfall in 65438+ 10. In addition, the high-rise buildings in the urban area of Hong Kong are concentrated and densely populated, and the microclimate formed is easy to produce the heat island effect.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Hong Kong