New Territories facts for kids
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
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Butterfly Bay in New Territories
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A map of the leased New Territories and New Kowloon during the 1898 Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory
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The British ceremony in Tai Po, 1899, assuming control of the New Territories
See also
In Spanish: Nuevos Territorios para niños
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