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Districts of Hong Kong|Districts located on the island:
Note Hong Kong Island is not part of the Islands District, Hong Kong|Islands District. Hong Kong Island was first occupied militarily by Captain Charles Elliot, British Royal Navy, on January 20, 1841. It was known as the "barren rock". The Royal Navy landed at Possession Point. The Treaty of Nanking officially ceded the Island to United Kingdom|Great Britain in 1842. Hong Kong Island is the second largest island of the territory, the largest being Lantau Island. Its area is 80.4 km?, including 6.98 km? of land reclamation|land reclaimed since 1887 and some smaller scale ones since 1851. It makes up approximately 7% of the total territory. It is separated from the mainland (Kowloon Peninsula and New Territories) by the Victoria Harbour. Its population as of 2000 is 1,367,900, which makes up approximately 19% of that of Hong Kong. Its population density is higher than for the whole of Hong Kong, ca. 18,000 per km² (versus 7,000). Together with Kowloon, it contains 47% of the total population. The Island Line, Hong Kong|Island Line of the MTR metro network runs exclusively on Hong Kong Island, from West to East, along the northern coastline of the island. Hong Kong Tramways and the Peak Tram run exclusively on Hong Kong Island. Hong Kong Island is connected to the Kowloon Peninsula on the mainland by 2 vehicle tunnels, 2 MTR rail tunnels and one tunnel with double deck accommodating vehicles and MTR. A fourth rail link is being planned. There is no bridge connection between the island and the mainland. A bridge with four lanes connects Ap Lei Chau (island) and Hong Kong Island. It opened in 1983 with two lanes and was expanded to four in 1997.
Category:Islands of Hong Kong Islands of Hong Kong zh:香港島 This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Hong Kong Island".
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