Kotewall Road () is a street in
Mid-Levels,
Hong Kong Island,
Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
, located between
Po Shan Road and
Robinson Road. It is a 400-metre-long two-way road located on hill slopes south of
Sai Ying Pun
Sai Ying Pun is an area in Sai Wan, on Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. It is administratively part of the Central and Western District.
Etymology
In Cantonese, ''Sai'' ( zh, t=西, labels=no) means "west" and ''Ying Pun'' ( zh, t=營盤, l ...
.
Name
The road was named after
Sir Robert Hormus Kotewall, a prominent indian chinese businessman and legislator during the
colonial era, who built the road in the 1910s.
History
Kotewall Road was once known for its concentration of vehicle-repairing garages, mainly servicing the wealthy residents of Mid-Levels. Stone House, a
Grade III historic building built in 1923 at 15 Kotewall Road is the only garage of this kind remaining, now turned into a private residence.
Nearby places
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University of Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is a public research university in Pokfulam, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese by the London Missionary Society and formally established as the University of ...
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University Drive
See also
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1972 Hong Kong landslides
References
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Mid-Levels
Roads on Hong Kong Island
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