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New
Territories,
abbreviated
to
NT
or
N.T.,
is a
region
in
Hong
Kong
excluding
Hong
Kong
Island,
Kowloon
and
Stonecutters
Island.
Historically,
it
is
the
region
described
in
The
Convention
for
the
Extension
of
Hong
Kong
Territory.
According
to
that
the
territories
comprise
the
mainland
area
north
of
the
Boundary
Street
of
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.
Later,
after
the
establishment
of
New
Kowloon,
the
extension
of
urban
Kowloon
between
the
Boundary
Street
and
the
Kowloon
Ranges
spanned
from
Lai
Chi
Kok
to
Lei
Yue
Mun,
the
New
Kowloon
was
gradually
urbanised
and
absorbed
into
Kowloon
and
finally
excluded
from
New
Territories.
Hence,
the
New
Territories
now
is
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
952kmē
(368
sq
mi).
The
New
Territories
were
leased
from
Qing
China
to
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
expiration
of
the
lease,
it
was
transferred
to
People's
Republic
of
China
in
1997,
together
with
the
Qing
ceded
territories
of
Hong
Kong
Island
and
Kowloon
Peninsula.
In
2006,
New
Territories
had
a
population
of
3,573,635
and
its
population
density
was
3,748
per
kmē. |
