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The territory of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic Of China consists of a mainland area and 236 Island s. There are several Peninsula s on the mainland area and on the islands.

Most notably, the Hong Kong Island is historically the political and commercial centre of Hong Kong. It was the site of the initial Victoria City colonial settlement, where the financial district of Central is now located. Most of the other islands are commonly referred to as ''outlying islands''.

In terms of the Districts Of Hong Kong , while one of the 18 districts is called the Islands District , many islands of Hong Kong are actually not part of that district, which only consists of some twenty large and small islands in the southern and the south-western waters of Hong Kong. These islands belong to respective districts depending on their locations.


PENINSULAS


''Partial'' list of peninsulas - and the district they belong to:



ISLANDS


''Partial'' list of islands (excluding the Hong Kong Island itself) - and the district they belong to:



FORMER ISLANDS



LARGEST ISLANDS


The following is a list of the largest islands of the territories, sorted by area (km&2):

# Lantau Island 146.38
# Hong Kong Island 80.4
# Lamma Island 13.55
# Chek Lap Kok - the site of the airport platform, 12.70 km&2
# Tsing Yi Island 10.25
# Kau Sai Chau 6.69
# Po Toi 3.69
# Cheung Chau 2.45
# Tung Lung Chau 2.42
# Crooked Island (Kat O) 2.35
# Wong Wan Chau (Double Island) 2.13
# Hei Ling Chau 1.93
# Tap Mun Chau (Grass Island) 1.69
# Ap Lei Chau 1.30
# Tai A Chau 1.19
# Ping Chau 1.16
# Peng Chau 0.98
# Ma Wan 0.96


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