Languages: Chinese (Cantonese), English
Literacy: age 15 and over has ever attended school (1995 est.)
total population: 92.2%
male: 96%
female: 88.2%
Government —————
Name of country: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Hong Kong abbreviation: HK
Data code: HK
Type of government: dependent territory of the UK scheduled to revert to China on 1 July 1997
Capital: Victoria
Administrative divisions: none (dependent territory of the UK)
Independence: none (dependent territory of the UK; the UK signed an agreement with China on 19 December 1984 to return Hong Kong to China on 1 July 1997; in the joint declaration, China promises to respect Hong Kong's existing social and economic systems and lifestyle)
National holiday: Liberation Day, 29 August (1945)