_#_Terrain: generally flat
_#_Natural resources: negligible
_#_Land use: arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures 0%; forest and woodland 0%; other 100%
_#_Environment: essentially urban; one causeway and one bridge connect the two islands to the peninsula on mainland
_#_Note: 27 km west southwest of Hong Kong on the southeast coast of China
_*People #_Population: 446,262 (July 1991), growth rate 1.0% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 15 births/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Death rate: 5 deaths/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Infant mortality rate: 7 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)