Hong Kong (officially Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People`s Republic of China) is one of the two special administrative regions in the People`s Republic of China.
At around 1842 Hong Kong became a British colony until July 1, 1997 when it became a Special Administrative Region with a high degree of autonomy.
The Hong Kong area includes 236 small-island, and the second largest one is the Hong Kong island, which also happens to be the most populated city in Hong Kong.