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Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |
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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.
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Macao Special Administrative Region |
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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. |