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New Territories

region in Hong Kong
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Summary

New Territories is a region[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,430 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Hong Kong[3]
  • Country: People's Republic of China[4]
  • Shares border with: Hong Kong Island[5], Kowloon[6]
  • Commons category: New Territories[7]
  • Significant event: lease[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:New Territories[9]
  • Population: 3,343,046[10], 3,573,635[11], 3,691,093[12]
  • Native label: 新界[13]
  • Area: 368 square mile[14]

Why It Matters

New Territories has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Hong Kong Hong Kong Island Lantau Island People's Republic of China

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . The Rise of Modern China, Sixth Edition. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Hong Kong 2011 Population Census - Main Report: Volume I. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Hong Kong 2011 Population Census - Main Report: Volume I. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Hong Kong 2011 Population Census - Main Report: Volume I. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · Tommylung · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shares border with → Hong Kong Island, Kowloon
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'az', 'be', 'bn', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Shares border with: Kowloon"
  2. 9w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+3343046'}, {'amount': '+3573635'}, {'amount': '+3691093'}
    Located in → —
    Instance of → region
    Topic's main category → Category:New Territories
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46282|batch #46282]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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