Diplomatic missions in Hong Kong
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This is a list of consular posts in Hong Kong. As at January 2008, there are 57 consulates-general and 57 consulates (including those represented by honorary consuls, denoted by asterisks (*)), and five officially recognised bodies in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
. Most of the consulates-general are located in the areas of Central, Admiralty, Wan Chai, Wan Chai North, Causeway Bay and Sheung Wan within Victoria City
Victoria City
Victoria, Victoria City, or statutorily, the City of Victoria, was one of the first urban settlements in Hong Kong after it became a British colony in 1842. It was initially named Queenstown but was soon known as Victoria...
. Only two are located in Kowloon
Kowloon
Kowloon is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. It is bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Stonecutter's Island in the west, Tate's Cairn and Lion Rock in the north, and Victoria Harbour in the south. It had a population of...
(Cambodia and Nepal), in the areas of Tsim Sha Tsui and Tsim Sha Tsui East respectively.
Of these, 51 consulates-general and seven honorary consulates are also accredited to Macau (as at 2006, denoted by hash signs (#)). There are 10 honorary consulates in Macau, of which two are subordinate to the consulates-general in Hong Kong.
Due to Hong Kong's special status, some consuls-general in Hong Kong have the rank of ambassadors, such as the consuls-general of Brazil, Denmark, Japan, the Philippines and Saudi Arabia, while some have served elsewhere as ambassadors or high commissioners before serving in Hong Kong, e.g., the consuls-general of Australia, Canada, Israel, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Consular posts
Contents - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z- Consulate * - Consulate General (represented by a vice consul) - Consulate General # http://home.netvigator.com/~consarhk/index.htm - Consulate General # http://www.hongkong.china.embassy.gov.au/ - Consulate General # http://www.bmeia.gv.at/hongkong
B - Consulate * http://www.bahraincosulate.org.hk - Consulate General # - Consulate * - Consulate General # http://www.diplomatie.be/hongkong/ - Consulate * - Consulate * (Bhutan and the People's Republic of China have no diplomatic relations) - Consulate General # http://www.brazilianconsulate.org.hk - Consulate General
C - Consulate General # - Consulate * - Consulate General
Consulate General of Canada in Hong Kong
The Consulate General of Canada in Hong Kong represents Canada in Hong Kong, and is also accredited to Macau. As Hong Kong was a member of the Commonwealth during the British Administration, Canada's mission in Hong Kong was called "High Commission for Canada" before 1 July 1997...
# http://geo.international.gc.ca/asia/hongkong/menu-en.asp - Consulate General # - Consulate General # - Consulate * - Consulate * - Consulate * - Consulate * - Consulate * - Consulate * - Consulate General # http://www.mzv.cz/hongkong
D - Consulate General # - Consulate *
E - Consulate General # - Consulate * - Consulate *#
F - Consulate * - Consulate General # http://www.finland.org.hk/en/ - Consulate General # http://www.consulfrance-hongkong.org
G - Consulate * - Consulate General # http://www.hongkong.diplo.de/ - Consulate * - Consulate General # http://www.greekconsulatehk.com - Consulate * (the Honorary Consul is also Ambassador-at-Large for Grenada) http://www.grenada-hk.org - Consulate *
H - Consulate General #
I - Consulate * - Consulate General # (also responsible for Taiwan) http://www.indianconsulate.org.hk - Consulate General - Consulate General # http://www.iranconsulate.org.hk - Consulate * - Consulate General # http://hongkong.mfa.gov.il - Consulate General # http://www.conshongkong.esteri.it/
J - Consulate * - Consulate General # http://www.hk.emb-japan.go.jp - Consulate *
K - Consulate General # http://www.consul-kazakhstan.org.hk - Consulate *# - Consulate General - Consulate General # http://hkg.mofat.go.kr/index.jsp - Consulate General
L - Consulate General # - Consulate * - Consulate * - Consulate * - Consulate *
M - Consulate * - Consulate General # http://www.kln.gov.my/perwakilan/hongkong - Consulate * - Consulate * - Consulate * - Consulate * - Consulate General # http://www.sre.gob.mx/hongkong/ - Consulate * - Consulate General - Consulate * - Consulate * - Consulate General # http://myanmar.e-consulate.org/eng_index.htm
N - Consulate *# - Consulate General # http://www.nepalconsulatehk.org - Consulate General # http://www.netherlands-cg.org.hk - Consulate General # http://www.nzembassy.com/hongkong - Consulate * - Consulate General # http://www.nigeria-consulate.org.hk/
O - Consulate *
P - Consulate General # - Consulate * - Consulate General # - Consulate General http://www.philcongen-hk.com - Consulate General # http://www.polandtrade.com.hk/ - Consulate * (subordinate to the Consulate General in Macau)
R - Consulate General # http://www.russia.com.hk/ - Consulate General # http://www.protocol.gov.hk/eng/consular/europe/romania.htm
S - Consulate * - Consulate * - Consulate General # http://www.mofa.gov.sa/detail.asp?InServiceID=224&intemplatekey=MainPage - Consulate * - Consulate General # http://www.mfa.gov.hk/hongkong - Consulate * - Consulate * - Consulate General # http://www.dfa.gov.za/foreign/sa_abroad/sah.htm#honk - Consulate General # http://www.maec.es/subwebs/Consulados/HongKong/es/home/Paginas/home_hongkong.aspx - Consulate *# - Consulate * - Consulate * - Consulate General # http://www.swedenabroad.com/Start____18843.aspx - Consulate General # http://www.eda.admin.ch/hongkong
T - Consulate *# - Consulate General # http://www.thai-consulate.org.hk - Consulate * - Consulate * - Consulate * - Consulate * - Consulate General #
U - Consulate * - Consulate General - Consulate-General
British Consulate-General, Hong Kong
The British Consulate-General Hong Kong, located at 1 Supreme Court Road, Admiralty on Hong Kong Island, is the largest British consulate-general and is bigger than many British embassies and high commissions abroad...
# http://www.britishconsulate.org.hk/ - Consulate General # http://hongkong.usconsulate.gov/ - Consulate *#
V - Consulate General # http://www.consulvehk.org - Consulate General #
Y - Consulate * http://www.embassyofyemen.net/articles_cn.asp?ClassID=18&WorksID=258
Missions of recognised bodies
- European UnionEuropean UnionThe European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
- Office of the European Commission # http://www.delhkg.ec.europa.eu/ - Bank for International SettlementsBank for International SettlementsThe Bank for International Settlements is an intergovernmental organization of central banks which "fosters international monetary and financial cooperation and serves as a bank for central banks." It is not accountable to any national government...
- Representative Office for Asia and the Pacific - The International Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentInternational Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentThe International Bank for Reconstruction and Development is one of five institutions that compose the World Bank Group. The IBRD is an international organization whose original mission was to finance the reconstruction of nations devastated by World War II. Now, its mission has expanded to fight...
and The International Finance CorporationInternational Finance CorporationThe International Finance Corporation promotes sustainable private sector investment in developing countries.IFC is a member of the World Bank Group and is headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States....
- IFC Regional Office for East Asia and Pacific and the World BankWorld BankThe World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
Private Sector Development Office for East Asia and Pacific - International Monetary FundInternational Monetary FundThe International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...
- Hong Kong SAR Sub-Office - United Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesUnited Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesThe Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees , also known as The UN Refugee Agency is a United Nations agency mandated to protect and support refugees at the request of a government or the UN itself and assists in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to...
- Sub-Office
Former missions
- BeninBeninBenin , officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. Its small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin is where a majority of the population is located...
(Honorary Consulate until 2007) - Central African RepublicCentral African RepublicThe Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the north east, South Sudan in the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west. The CAR covers a land area of about ,...
(Honorary Consulate until 2006) - EstoniaEstoniaEstonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
(Honorary Consulate until 2004) - NorwayNorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
# (Consulate General until 2003, Honorary Consulate until 2004) - RwandaRwandaRwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
(Honorary Consulate until 2005) - UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
(Honorary Consulate until 2007) - SamoaSamoaSamoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...
? (Consulate General until 2001)
Relations with Taiwan
The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, previously named Chung Hwa Travel Service, is a de factoDe facto
De facto is a Latin expression that means "concerning fact." In law, it often means "in practice but not necessarily ordained by law" or "in practice or actuality, but not officially established." It is commonly used in contrast to de jure when referring to matters of law, governance, or...
mission of the Republic of China
Republic of China
The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...
(Taiwan) in Hong Kong. The relationship between the two entities is managed through the Hong Kong-Taiwan Economic and Cultural Co-operation and Promotion Council (ECCPC) and Taiwan-Hong Kong Economic and Cultural Co-operation Council (ECCC).
See also
- Hong Kong Economic and Trade OfficeHong Kong Economic and Trade OfficeThe Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices are the representations of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China abroad and in mainland China...
s - The Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region