Hong Kong SAR China
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China · Hong Kong · 香港
Hong Kong SAR China (HK, HKG) is a territory in Eastern Asia, with City of Victoria as its capital. The currency is the Hong Kong Dollar (HKD, HK$). The international dialling code is +852; mobile numbers are written like 5123 4567. The time zone is Asia/Hong_Kong. Official languages: Traditional Chinese and English.
CurrencyHKDHK$
Dial code+852e.g. 5123 4567
Time zoneHong KongUTC+08:00
LanguageTraditional Chinese+1 more
CapitalCity of Victoria
Population7.3M1.1K km²
Overview
- Official name
- Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
- Native name
- Hong Kong · 香港
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- HK
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- HKG
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 344
- IOC code
- HKG
- Demonym
- Hong Konger
- Capital
- City of Victoria
- Region
- Asia › Eastern Asia
- Status
- Dependency or territory
- Groups
- Eastern Asia
- Internet domain
- .hk, .香港
- Coordinates
- 22.267, 114.188
- Area
- 1,104 km²
- Population
- 7,297,820
- GDP
- $485.6B ($66.5K per person)
- Literacy
- 93.5%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
Currency
Hong Kong Dollar HKD
- Symbol
- HK$ narrow $
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- HK$1,234.50
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese zh-Hant | Official | 95% (6.9M) | |
| English en | Official | 51% (3.7M) | |
| Cantonese yue | 90% (6.6M) | ||
| Chinese zh | 5% (364.9K) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia/Hong_Kong | UTC+08:00 | none | Hong Kong Standard Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +852
- Dial-out prefix
- 00(?:30|5[09]|[126-9]?) preferred 00
- Trunk prefix
- none
- National number length
- 5–11 digits
- Emergency number
- 112 pattern 112|99[29]
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 2123 4567 | +852 2123 4567 | XXXX XXXX | 8 |
| Mobile | 5123 4567 | +852 5123 4567 | XXXX XXXX | 8 |
| Toll free | 800 123 456 | +852 800 123 456 | XXX XXX XXX | 9 |
| Premium rate | 900 12 345 678 | +852 900 12 345 678 | XXX XX XXX XXX | [5-8], 11 |
| Personal number | 8112 3456 | +852 8112 3456 | XXXX XXXX | 8 |
| Pager | 7112 3456 | +852 7112 3456 | XXXX XXXX | 8 |
| Universal access | 3016 1234 | +852 3016 1234 | XXXX XXXX | 8 |
Show the 4 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{3})(\d{2,5}) | 900 | 9003 | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{4})(\d{4}) | [2-7]|8[1-4]|9(?:0[1-9]|[1-8]) | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{3}) | 8 | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{3})(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{3}) | 9 | $1 $2 $3 $4 | $1 $2 $3 $4 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{State/province}
{City}
{Street address}
{Organization}
{Name}
- Required fields
- Street address, State/province
- Uppercase fields
- State/province
- Region label
- area
- Predefined regions
- 3
Postal code
- Pattern
- Postal codes are not used
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Sunday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 12-hour (1–12), also hB, hb, H
- Calendars
- gregorian, chinese
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- A4
Number and date formats
As written by the Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) locale (zh-Hant-HK), amounts in HKD.
- Number
- 1,234,567.891
- Percent
- 45.7%
- Currency (HKD)
- HK$1,234,567.89
- Accounting
- (HK$1,234,567.89)
- Currency, name
- 1,234,567.89 港元
- Compact short
- 1.2M
- Compact long
- 1.2M
- Scientific
- 1.235E6
- Speed
- 每小時 88 公里
- Temperature
- 21.5°C
- Date, full
- 2026年3月27日星期五
- Date, long
- 2026年3月27日
- Date, medium
- 2026年3月27日
- Date, short
- 27/3/2026
- Time, medium
- 下午3:04:05
- Time, short
- 下午3:04
- Date and time
- 2026年3月27日 下午3:04
- Month and year
- 2026年3月
- Weekday
- 星期五
- Relative time
- 昨日 · 3 日後 · 2 小時前
- List: and
- A、B及C
- List: or
- A、B或C