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Hong Kong New Territories
This is a map of Hong Kong. The green part is New Territories.

New Territories (Chinese: 新界; Mandarin Pinyin: Xīnjiè; Jyutping: San1gaai3) is one of the 3 main parts of Hong Kong. It is between Kowloon and the border between Hong Kong and Mainland China. It also includes over 200 outlying Islands. About 3.5 million people live there. It makes up 85% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of Hong Kong.

Images for kids

  • Butterfly Bay, Tuen Mun, NT, Hong Kong in 2017

    Butterfly Bay in New Territories

  • Map of The Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory in 1898 - 1

    A map of the leased New Territories and New Kowloon during the 1898 Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory

  • British take over the New Territories

    The British ceremony in Tai Po, 1899, assuming control of the New Territories

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Nuevos Territorios para niños

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