New Territories

New Territories 新界
Location within Hong Kong
Coordinates: 22°24′25″N 114°07′19″E / 22.407°N 114.122°E / 22.407; 114.122Coordinates: 22°24′25″N 114°07′19″E / 22.407°N 114.122°E / 22.407; 114.122
Area
• Total	952 km2 (368 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	3,691,093
• Density	3,801/km2 (9,845/sq mi)
Time zone	Hong Kong Time (UTC+8)

New Territories (Chinese: 新界; pinyin: xīnjiè; Jyutping: san¹gaai³; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sin-kài; Hakka: Sin¹ Gai⁴) 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 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 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. In modern times New Kowloon is almost always considered part of Kowloon and instead of the New Territories – except statutorily.