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Victoria
Hong Kong, China
VictoriaVictoria, Hong Kong.
Victoria, densely populated urban area in Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China. It lies on the north shore of Hong Kong Island, across a strait from Kowloon on the Chinese mainland, with which it is connected by ferry and by automobile and mass transit railway tunnels. Victoria is the chief administrative, commercial, and cultural center of Hong Kong and is the headquarters for numerous international banks and corporations. Pop. (2021) 923,028.
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