What is Hong Kong Island?
{{refimprove|date=May 2018}} [[File:Hong Kong HK Island.svg|thumbnail|300px|right|This is a map of Hong Kong. The green part is Hong Kong Island.]] '''Hong Kong Island''' is an [[island]] in the southern part of [[Hong Kong]] SAR ([[Special Administrative Region]]). Most of the city of Hong Kong was built on the island. Hong Kong Island is {{convert|80.40|km2|abbr=on}} in size. In 2008, 1,289,500 people lived on Hong Kong Island (16,390 people per square kilometre).<ref>{{Citation|last=Census and Statistics Department |title=Population and Vital Events |accessdate=31 August 2009 |date=2008 |url=http://www.statistics.gov.hk/publication/feature_article/B70906FC2009XXXXB0100.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090824065021/http://www.statistics.gov.hk/publication/feature_article/B70906FC2009XXXXB0100.pdf |archivedate=24 August 2009 }}</ref> Years ago, when the British first took over Hong Kong Island, 3,000 people were living there in fishing villages. China officially gave the island to the United Kingdom in 1842. The British built a city on it, which they called the city of Victoria. The northern part of the island has the southern shore of [[Victoria Harbour]]. This area is the historical, political, and economic centre of Hong Kong. The northern part of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon form the central urban area of Hong Kong. The island also includes the area of [[Aberdeen, Hong Kong|Aberdeen]]. There are many famous places on the island, like [[Victoria Peak]] and [[Repulse Bay]]. There are places that are important to history and large shopping centres. People like to [[hike]] on the mountains around the island. [[File:Hong Kong Skyline Restitch - Dec 2007.jpg|left|thumb|567x567px|Hong Kong Island Panorama from the Peak]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{multistub|Asia|geo}} [[Category:Geography of Hong Kong]] [[Category:Islands of China]]