| Country: | Hong Kong |
| Continent: | Asia |
| Capital: | Hong Kong |
| Location: | 22°28'N 114°23'W |
| Area: | 1104 |
| Population: | 7153519 |
| Time Zone: | HKT (UTC+8) |
| Calling Code: | 852 |
Zone Info
.HK is the official country code Top-Level-Domain (ccTLD) of Hong Kong.
Zone Use
A .HK domain name can be used and registered by anyone or any corporation. 3rd level .HK domains are restricted.
Characters
- Minimum: 2
- Maximum: 63
- Letters and numbers
- Hyphens ("-"), however not at the beginning or directly in front of the TLD
IDN info
Chinese Traditional and Simplified
Restrictions
This domain is unrestricted, however, a company registration number and supporting documents are required (for organizations) or a faxed copy of the personal ID/passport (for individuals) is required for registration.
For a Second-Level '.hk' domain name, applications are accepted from organizations and individuals from both local and overseas.
Use of the word "government", "bank", "assurance", "insurance" or derivatives of these names require additional justification documents.
Please note: The change of name servers is not free of charge for domain under old contract! To change the name servers you have to accept a special parameter "ACCEPT-NSCHANGE=1". You can check the information with the "StatusDomain" command. The parameter X-HK-CONTRACT-VERSION shows the needed information.
