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Victoria Harbour and the Hong Kong skyline
Victoria Harbour and the Hong Kong skyline

Hong Kong has at least 7,829 high-rise buildings, with no fewer than 1,295 skyscrapers standing taller than 100 m (328 ft) and at least 312 buildings over 150 m (492 ft) in height. The tallest of these skyscrapers is the 108-storey International Commerce Centre, completed in 2010, which stands 484 m (1,588 ft) and is the ninth-tallest building in the world. The total combined heights of these skyscrapers is approximately 333.8 km (207 mi), making Hong Kong the world's tallest urban agglomeration. Furthermore, Hong Kong has the most people living at the 15th floor or higher, and the most buildings of at least 100 m (328 ft) and 150 m (492 ft) height in the world. Each evening, at least 44 skyscrapers and buildings on both sides of Victoria Harbour light up in a synchronised show called A Symphony of Lights, named by the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest permanent light and sound festival in the world. (Full list...)

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