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n 114 07 30 e 22 410 n 114 125 e 22 410 114 125 from wikipedia the free encyclopedia area of hong kong this article is about the area of hong kong for the community in houston see new territory sugar land texas for the eric lau album see new territories album for other uses see new states you can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in chinese april 2025 click show for important translation instructions machine translation like deepl or google translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must follow the llm translation guideline revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the english wikipedia consider adding a topic to this template there are already 433 articles in the main category and specifying topic will aid in categorization do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality if possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article you must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation a model attribution edit summary is content in this edit is translated from the existing chinese wikipedia article at zh 新界 see its history for attribution you may also add the template translated zh 新界 to the talk page for more guidance see wikipedia translation place in hong kong china new territories 新界 new territories in green within hong kong interactive map of new territories coordinates 22 24 36 n 114 07 30 e 22 410 n 114 125 e 22 410 114 125 country china region hong kong area total 952 km 2 368 sq mi population 2021 1 total 3 984 077 density 4 180 km 2 10 800 sq mi time zone utc 08 00 hong kong time new territories chinese 新界 jyutping san1gaai3 literal meaning new frontier transcriptions standard mandarin hanyu pinyin xīnjiè bopomofo ㄒㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄝˋ wade giles hsin 1 chieh 4 yale romanization syīn jyèh ipa ɕi ́ ntɕje ̂ hakka romanization sin 1 gai 4 yue cantonese yale romanization sān gaai jyutping san1gaai3 ipa sɐn kaj southern min hokkien poj sin kài the new territories is the largest of the three areas of hong kong alongside hong kong island and kowloon it makes up 86 2 of hong kong s territory at an area of 952 square kilometres 368 sq mi 2 and contains 53 7 of the city s population at 3 984 077 as of 2021 update historically the new territories is the region leased from qing china to the united kingdom in 1898 for 99 years following the cession of hong kong island and kowloon in earlier years upon the expiry of the lease the three areas were handed over to the people s republic of china in 1997 the boundaries of the new territories has changed with time first defined by the second convention of peking it originally consisted of the mainland area north of boundary street on the kowloon peninsula and south of the sham chun river now the border between hong kong and mainland china along with over 200 outlying islands including lantau island lamma island cheung chau and peng chau later extension of the kowloon urban areas saw the region between boundary street and the kowloon ranges spanning from lai chi kok to lei yue mun gradually absorbed into kowloon as new kowloon nevertheless new kowloon remains statutorily part of the new territories butterfly bay in new territories flag of the new territories regional council which was disbanded on the last day of 1999 history edit lease of new territories edit 1900 map of hong kong and kowloon with the new territories acquired by the british in 1898 hong kong island was ceded to britain in 1842 by the treaty of nanjing ending the first opium war 3 and kowloon south of boundary street and stonecutters island were ceded in 1860 by a lease 4 subsequently incorporated into the convention of beijing ending the second opium war 5 the colony of hong kong attracted a large number of chinese and westerners to seek their fortune in the city its population increased rapidly and the city became overcrowded the outbreak of bubonic plague in 1894 became a concern to the hong kong government there was a need to expand the colony to accommodate its growing population the qing dynasty s defeat in the first sino japanese war had shown that it was incapable of defending itself victoria city and victoria harbour were vulnerable to any hostile forces launching attacks from the hills of kowloon alarmed by the encroachment of other european powers in china britain also feared for the security of hong kong in june 1898 using the most favoured nation clause that it had previously secured from china the united kingdom demanded and received an extension of kowloon 6 to counter the establishment of france s new guangzhouwan colony which was well reinforced by their control of nearby indochina in similar fashion in july it secured weihaiwei in shandong in the north as a base for operations against the germans in jiaozhou bay qingdao and the russians in liaodong dalian chinese officials stayed in the walled cities of kowloon city and weihaiwei the extension of kowloon was called the new territories the additional land was estimated to be 365 square miles 950 km 2 or 12 times the size of the existing colonial hong kong at the time 7 verification needed british assumption of sovereignty edit this section needs more citations please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources unsourced material may be challenged and removed october 2018 learn how and when to remove this message the british ceremony in tai po 1899 assuming control of the new territories although the convention was signed on the 9 june 1898 and became effective on 1 july the british did not take over the new territories immediately during this period there was no hong kong governor and wilsone black acted as administrator james stewart lockhart the colonial secretary of hong kong was sent back from england to make a survey of new territories before formal transfer the survey found that the new frontier at sham chun river shenzhen river suggested by wilsone black was far from ideal it excluded the town of shenzhen sham chun and the boundary would divide the town there was no mountain range as a natural border lockhart suggested moving the frontier to the line of hills north of shenzhen this suggestion was not received favourably and the chinese official suggested the frontier be moved to the hill much further south of the sham chun river it was settled in march 1899 that the boundary remain at the sham chun river the new hong kong governor henry blake arrived in november 1898 the date for the takeover of the new territories was fixed as 17 april 1899 and tai po was chosen as the administrative centre the transfer was not smooth and peaceful in early april 1899 the captain superintendent of police francis henry may and some policemen erected a flagstaff and temporary headquarters at tai po and posted the governor s proclamation of the takeover date fearing for their traditional land rights in the six day war of 1899 a number of clans attempted to resist the british mobilising clan militias 8 that had been organised and armed to protect against longshore raids by pirates the militia men attempted a frontal attack against the temporary police station in tai po that was the main british base but were beaten back by superior force of arms an attempt by the clansmen at guerilla warfare was put down by the british near lam tsuen with over 500 chinese men killed and collapsed when british artillery was brought to bear on the walled villages of the clansmen most prominent of the villages in the resistance kat hing wai of the tang clan was symbolically disarmed by having its main gates dismounted and removed however in order to prevent future resistance the british made concessions to the indigenous inhabitants with regard to land use land inheritance and marriage laws the majority of which remained in place into the 1960s when polygamy was outlawed some of the concessions with regard to land use and inheritance remain in place in hong kong to this day and is a source of friction between indigenous inhabitants and other hong kong residents lord lugard was governor from 1907 to 1912 and he proposed the return of weihaiwei to the chinese government in return for the ceding of the leased new territories in perpetuity the proposal was not received favourably although if it had been acted on hong kong might have remained forever in british hands new town development edit main article new towns of hong kong much of the new territories was and to a limited extent still is made up of rural areas attempts at modernising the area did not become fully committed until the late 1970s when many new towns were built to accommodate the population growth from urbanised areas of kowloon and hong kong island despite rapid development of the new towns which now accommodate a population of over 3 million the hong kong government confines built up areas to a few areas and reserves large parts of the region as parkland sovereignty transfer to the prc edit as the expiry date of the lease neared in the 1980s talks between the united kingdom and the people s republic of china led to the signing of the sino british joint declaration 1984 in which the whole of hong kong would be returned instead of only the new territories districts edit the new territories comprises nine districts each with their own district council new territories east north district sai kung district sha tin district tai po district new territories west islands district kwai tsing district kwai chung and tsing yi island tsuen wan district tuen mun district yuen long district population edit according to the 2021 census the population of the new territories was 3 984 077 representing 53 7 of hong kong s total population a total of 90 4 of the residents of new territories use cantonese as their main language meanwhile 3 5 of its residents use english 2 0 use mandarin chinese and 2 3 use other chinese dialects a total of 93 1 the district s population is of chinese descent the largest ethnic minority groups are filipinos 2 1 indonesians 1 8 south asians 1 1 mixed 0 8 and whites 0 7 1 new kowloon edit new kowloon covers the entirety of the wong tai sin and kwun tong districts as well as the mainland portion of the sham shui po district i e excluding the stonecutters island and the northern portion of the kowloon city district portion to the north of boundary street prince edward road west as well as reclaimed land including the kai tak airport citation needed see also edit hong kong portal boundary street country parks and conservation in hong kong kowloon peninsula list of areas of hong kong new kowloon references edit 1 2 2021 population census district profiles census 2021 archived from the original on 5 february 2024 retrieved 14 august 2024 new territories region hong kong china encyclopædia britannica britannica com archived from the original on 15 april 2008 retrieved 7 december 2014 pottinger henry et al 29 august 1842 treaty of peace friendship and commerce between her majesty the queen of great britain and ireland and the emperor of china parkes harry smith et al 20 march 1860 lease of kowloon historical laws of hong kong online bruce james et al 15 december 1860 convention of peace between her majesty and the emperor of china signed at peking october 24th 1860 treaty of peace friendship commerce and navigation between her majesty and the emperor of china signed at tien tsin june 26th 1858 ratifications exchanged at peking october 24th 1860 treaty of peace friendship commerce and navigation between her majesty and the emperor of china signed at tien tsin june 26th 1858 ratifications exchanged at peking october 24th 1860 and agreement in pursuance of articles 26 and 28 of the treaty of tien tsin signed at shanghai november 8th 1858 pdf hongkong government gazette macdonald claude maxwell et al december 1898 convention between the united kingdom and china respecting an extension of hong kong territory signed at peking june 9 1898 pdf london her majesty s stationery office archived from the original pdf on 8 march 2014 retrieved 10 september 2025 wiltshire trea 2003 1987 old hong kong vol 1 central hong kong text form asia books ltd p 75 isbn 962 7283 59 2 wong david wing chung march 1998 the reason behind the resistance by the new territories inhabitants against british takeover in 1899 archived from the original on 27 october 2009 retrieved 22 february 2014 via geocities further reading edit hill r d kathy and tse pui wan the suburbanization of rural villages in the new territories hong kong working paper no 38 archive university of hong kong centre of urban studies urban planning cusup 城市研究及城市規劃中心 april 1989 lee ho yin distefano lynne delehanty 2002 a tale of two villages the story of changing village life in the new territories oxford university press isbn 978 0 19 592859 4 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to new territories wikivoyage has a travel guide for new territories lease of the new territories lease of the new territories cap 1 sched 5a area of the new territories v t e districts of hong kong district officers district councils hong kong island central and western eastern southern wan chai kowloon and new kowloon kowloon city kwun tong sham shui po wong tai sin yau tsim mong new territories excluding new kowloon islands kwai tsing north sai kung sha tin tai po tsuen wan tuen mun yuen long authority control databases international viaf gnd fast worldcat national israel other yale lux retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title new_territories oldid 1376927082 categories new territories 1898 establishments in hong kong states and territories established in 1898 territorial disputes of china peninsulas of china hidden categories 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