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The New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of Hong Kong. Historically, it is the region described in the Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory. According to that treaty, the territories comprise the mainland area north of Boundary Street on the Kowloon Peninsula and south of the Sham Chun River (which is the border between Hong Kong and Mainland China), as well as over 200 outlying islands, including Lantau Island, Lamma Island, Cheung Chau, and Peng Chau in the territory of Hong Kong.
Butterfly Bay in New TerritoriesFlag of the New Territories Regional Council which was disbanded on the last day of 1999
Later, after New Kowloon was defined from the area between the Boundary Street and the Kowloon Ranges spanned from Lai Chi Kok to Lei Yue Mun, and the extension of the urban areas of Kowloon, New Kowloon was gradually urbanised and absorbed into Kowloon.
The New Territories now comprises only the mainland north of the Kowloon Ranges and south of the Sham Chun River, as well as the Outlying Islands. It comprises an area of 952 km2 (368 sq mi).[1] Nevertheless, New Kowloon has remained statutorily part of the New Territories instead of Kowloon.
The New Territories were leased from Qing China by the United Kingdom in 1898 for 99 years in the Second Convention of Peking (The Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory). Upon the expiry of the lease, sovereignty was transferred to the People's Republic of China in 1997, together with the Qing-ceded territories of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon Peninsula.
In 2011, the population of the New Territories was recorded at 3,691,093.[2] with a population density of 3,801 per square kilometer (9,845 per square mile).[3]
^"New Territories (region, Hong Kong, China)". Encyclopædia Britannica. britannica.com. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
^"2011 Population Census Fact Sheet Hong Kong". Census2011.gov.hk. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
^Cox, Wendell. "The Evolving Human Form: Hong Kong". Newgeography.com. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
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