Special Admioistration Region

SOCIAL ECONOMIC DIVISION ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES NATURAL RESOURCES CLIMATE POPULATION, ETHNIC GROUPS

	Province Autonomous Region	Special Administrative Region Municipality Directly Under the Central Government
	Divisions of Administrative Areas in China (End of 2000)

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: Called "Gang" for short, Hong Kong is located east of the Pearl River estuary and south of the Shenzhen River in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, along the coast of the South China Sea. Comprising Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories, it covers 1,092 square km, with a population of 6.725 million.

Macao Special Administrative Region

Macao Special Administrative Region: Called "Ao" for short, Macao is situated on a peninsular at the southern tip of the Pearl River Delta. Encompassing Taipa and Coloane islands, it covers 23.5 square km, with a population of 434,000.