Tin Hau temples in Hong Kong are dedicated to the Chinese goddess Tin Hau (), better known as

Mazu Mazu or Matsu is a sea goddess in Chinese folk religion, Chinese Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism. She is also known by several other names and titles. Mazu is the deified form of Lin Moniang (), a shamaness from Fujian who is said to ...

(). Over 100 temples are dedicated (at least partially) to Tin Hau in

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. A list of these temples can be found below.

Famous temples

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Famous Tin Hau temples in Hong Kong include: *

Tin Hau temple Tin Hau temples in Hong Kong are dedicated to the Chinese goddess Tin Hau (), better known as Mazu (goddess), Mazu (). Over 100 temples are dedicated (at least partially) to Tin Hau in Hong Kong. A list of these temples can be found below. Famo ...

, located at 10

Tin Hau Temple Road Tin Hau Temple Road () is a road starting in Causeway Bay near Tin Hau MTR station with a large portion being in the North Point Mid-Levels on Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. Starting from King's Road on the west, the road then slopes up, befo ...

Causeway Bay Causeway Bay is list of buildings, sites and areas in Hong Kong, an area and Victoria Park, Hong Kong, a bay on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, straddling the border of the Eastern District, Hong Kong, Eastern and the Wan Chai District, Wan Chai ...

, east of Victoria Park, in Eastern District, on

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. It is a declared monument. The temple has given its name to the MTR station serving it ( Island line), and subsequently to the neighboring area of

Tin Hau Mazu or Matsu is a sea goddess in Chinese folk religion, Chinese Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism. She is also known by several other names and titles. Mazu is the deified form of Lin Moniang (), a shamaness from Fujian who is said to ...

. * The

Yau Ma Tei Yau Ma Tei is an area in the Yau Tsim Mong District in the south of the Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong. Name ''Yau Ma Tei'' is a phonetic transliteration of the name (originally written as ) in Cantonese. It can also be spelt as Yaumatei, Y ...

is also famous in Hong Kong. The public square,

Yung Shue Tau Yung Shue Tau ( Chinese: 榕樹頭) is the public square in front of the Tin Hau Temple in Yau Ma Tei of Kowloon in Hong Kong. The name in Cantonese means ''banyan tree head'', and many banyan trees are still there. ''Yung Shue Tau'' is known n ...

, before it is surrounded by the popular Temple Street night market. * The

Tin Hau Temple Tin Hau temples in Hong Kong are dedicated to the Chinese goddess Tin Hau (), better known as Mazu (goddess), Mazu (). Over 100 temples are dedicated (at least partially) to Tin Hau in Hong Kong. A list of these temples can be found below. Famo ...

Joss House Bay Joss House Bay, also known as Tai Miu Wan, is near the south end of Clear Water Bay Peninsula in Hong Kong. The Cantonese name ''Tai Miu Wan'' means "the bay of large temple" after the oldest Tin Hau Temple in Hong Kong. This is also a po ...

is considered the most sacred. Built in 1266, it is the oldest and the largest Tin Hau temple in Hong Kong. It is a

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Festivals

Two temples have a marine parade to celebrate the

Tin Hau Festival Mazu or Matsu is a sea goddess in Chinese folk religion, Chinese Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism. She is also known by several other names and titles. Mazu is the deified form of Lin Moniang (), a shamaness from Fujian who is said to ...

(): Tin Hau Temple on

Leung Shuen Wan High Island or Leung Shuen Wan Chau (, ) is a former island located in the southeast of Sai Kung Peninsula in Hong Kong, within Sai Kung District. Two sets of dams constructed between 1969 and 1979 and crossing the former Kwun Mun Channel ( ...

(High Island) and Tin Hau Temple on

Tap Mun Grass Island or Tap Mun is an island in Hong Kong, located in the northeastern part of the territory. Its area is . Administratively, it is part of the Tai Po District. There are about 100 people living on the island, and feral cattle are kno ...

, which has it once every ten years. The celebration at

Tin Hau Temple, Joss House Bay The Tin Hau Temple in Joss House Bay, sometimes referred to as Tai Miu,Yuen Long District Yuen Long District (Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation, formerly Un Long) is one of the districts of Hong Kong, districts of Hong Kong. Located in the northwest of the New Territories, it had a population of 662,000 in 2021. Geogra ...

.Birthday of Tin Hau: Unique Experiences
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Guardian gods

In the larger Chinese temples, the statues of two guardian gods may be found on either side of the main altar. In the case of Tin Hau temples, such guards are always the two daemon brothers Chin Lei Ngan () and Shun Fung Yi ().

List by district

''Note 1:'' Unless otherwise noted, ''typically in italics'', Tin Hau is the main deity of the temples listed below.
''Note 2:'' A territory-wide grade reassessment of historic buildings is ongoing. The grades listed in the table are based on these update

(8 June 2023). The temples with a "Not listed" status in the table below are not graded and do not appear in the list of historic buildings considered for grading.

Eastern District

Islands District The Islands District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is part of the New Territories. It had a population of 185,282 in 2021. Hong Kong consists of a peninsula and 263 islands. The Islands District consists of some twenty large and ...

)
Built some time before the 4th year of the Tongzhi reign (1865) of the

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. , style="text-align:center",

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, - , Sai Wan,

Cheung Chau Cheung Chau (; ) is an outlying island of Hong Kong, located southwest of Hong Kong Island. It is also called Dumbbell Island () due to its dumbbell-like shape. It has been inhabited for longer than most other places in Hong Kong, and had ...

, Sai Wan Tin Hau Temple ( 西灣天后宮)
Located west of Sai Wan (Western Bay), on the southwestern tip of the island. Built some time before 1929. , style="text-align:center", Grade III

, HK CheungChauSaiWanTinHauTemple

, - , North of Morning Beach aka. Nam Tam Wan (),

, Nam Tam Wan Tin Hau Temple () , style="text-align:center", Not listed

, HK NamTamTinHauTemple

, - , Pak She Street, Tung Wan,

, ''

Yuk Hui Temple Yuk Hui Temple () also known as Pak Tai Temple (), is a Taoist temple located on the island of Cheung Chau, Hong Kong. The temple address is Pak She Street, Tung Wan, Cheung Chau. Introduction The temple is listed as a Grade I historic ...

aka.

Pak Tai Hēidì () or Hēishén (), who is the Běidì (, Cantonese: ''Pak Tai'') or Běiyuèdàdì (), is a deity in Chinese religion, one of the cosmological " Five Forms of the Highest Deity" (). He is also identified as ''Zhuānxū'' (), today fre ...

Temple''
''Partly dedicated to Tin Hau: altar on the right side of the main altar.''
''Managed by the

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.''
''The interior of the temple can be explored with

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HK Cheung Chau Pak Tei Temple n Stairs 1

, - , Fan Lau Miu Wan,

Fan Lau Fan Lau () is a Islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong, peninsula and area in the southwest tip of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. It is also the southwest end the territory of Hong Kong. The very end of the tip is Fan Lau Kok (). The peninsula se ...

Lantau Island Lantau Island (also Lantao Island, Lan Tao or Lan Tau) is the largest island in Hong Kong, located west of Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula, and is part of the New Territories. Administratively, most of Lantau Island is part of the ...

, Tin Hau Temple, Fan Lau ( 分流天后古廟)
Built during the early

. Rebuilt in 1820.

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. Historic Building Appraisal
Tin Hau Temple, Fan Lau Miu Wan, Fan Lau
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, Fan Lau Tin Hau Temple

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Yi O Yi O () is a village on Lantau Island, Hong Kong. Administration Yi O is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. Geography Lying in a fertile valley, it is a traditional agricultural area where the remaining villag ...

(),

Unconfirmed location. , Listed with the note "no information" in "Distribution of temples on Lantau Island as recorded in 1979", in ''Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch''. , style="text-align:center", Not listed , , No image available 600 x 200

, - , San Tsuen (),

Tai O Tai O () is a fishing town, partly located on an island of the same name, on the western side of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. The village name means ''large inlet'', referring to wiktionary:outlet, outlet for the waterways (Tai O Creek and Tai ...

, Tai O San Tsuen Tin Hau Temple ( 大澳新村天后廟) aka. Yim Tin Tin Hau Temple ()
Built in 1644, in the early

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period, repaired in 1838, 1892, 1895, 1946 and 1972. , style="text-align:center",

, - , Kat Hing Back Street,

, Tin Hau Temple, Kat Hing Back Street ( :zh-yue:吉慶後街天后廟, 大澳吉慶後街天后廟)
Adjacent to

Kwan Tai Temple There are several Kwan Tai temples () in Hong Kong. Kwan Tai, the Cantonese spelling of Guan Yu, is worshiped in these temples. ''Note 1:'' A territory-wide grade reassessment of historic buildings is ongoing. The grades listed in the table are ...

(right side). Built in 1772. , style="text-align:center", Grade III

, Kwantaitemple

, - ,

Sha Lo Wan Sha Lo Wan () is a bay in the northwest Lantau Island, Hong Kong. The bay faces north to Hong Kong International Airport. The area is occupied by indigenous inhabitants. There is no vehicular access to the area and thus their communication is ...

, Tin Hau Temple, Sha Lo Wan ()
Built in 1919. Located on the left of the Ba Kong Temple, which is dedicated to

Hung Shing Hung Shing wong (), also known as Hung Shing Ye () and Tai Wong () is a Chinese folk religion deity. The most popular tale states that in his lifetime he was a government official in the Tang dynasty (AD 618–907)

. A wall is connecting the two temples at the front façade. (Viewed from the front, the Tin Hau Temple is on the right) , style="text-align:center", Nil grade

, Sha Lo Wan Temples 06

, - , Chek Lap Kok New Village (), Wong Lung Hang Road,

Tung Chung Tung Chung ( " eastern stream") is an area on the northwestern coast of Lantau Island, Hong Kong. One of the most recent new towns, it was formerly a rural fishing village beside Tung Chung Bay, and along the delta and lower courses of Tung C ...

, Tin Hau Temple, Chek Lap Kok () aka. Tin Hau Temple, Tung Chung ( 東涌天后宮)
Built in 1823 at the north east of

Chek Lap Kok Chek Lap Kok is an island in the western waters of Hong Kong's New Territories. Unlike the smaller Lam Chau, it was only partially leveled when it was assimilated via land reclamation into the island for the current Hong Kong International ...

. The entire temple was built of granite quarried on the island. Repaired in 1978. Dismantled in 1991 because of the construction of the new airport, and rebuilt in 1994 at its present location. , style="text-align:center",

, - ,

Tai Ho Wan Tai Ho Wan or Tai Ho Bay (, also ) is a bay on the north shore of Lantau Island in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It is located west of Siu Ho Wan, and northeast of Tung Chung and . The surrounding land was originally planned to be par ...

, Tin Hau Tai Wong Temple () , style="text-align:center", Not listed

, Tai Ho Wan 08

, - , Tai Pak (),

Unknown location, possibly at

Discovery Bay Discovery Bay is a picturesque residential community located on Lantau Island. The 2021 census recorded a population of 19,336 residents in DB, with 55% of them being non-Chinese. DB is home to a significant community compared of expatriates ...

, Listed with the note "no information" in "Distribution of temples on Lantau Island as recorded in 1979", in ''Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch''. , style="text-align:center", Not listed , , No image available 600 x 200

, - , Nim Shue Wan,

, Tin Hau Temple, Nim Shue Wan ()
Built in 1920. The statue of Tin Hau was moved to Peng Chau by the villagers during the Japanese Occupation. , style="text-align:center", Nil grade
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Luk Tei Tong Luk Tei Tong () is a village of Mui Wo, on Lantau Island, Hong Kong. Administration Luk Tei Tong is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy The Small House Policy (SHP, ) was introduced in 1972 in Hong Kong. The o ...

Mui Wo Mui Wo is a rural town on the eastern coast of Lantau Island in British Hong Kong, Hong Kong. The 2011 Census recorded 5,485 people living in Mui Wo and its environs. Mui Wo (English: Mui Wo), formerly known as Mei Wo or Mei Wei (Cantonese: ...

, Tin Hau Temple, Luk Tei Tong () , style="text-align:center", Not listed

, HK LukTeiTongTinHauTemple

, - , Shap Long Chung Hau (),

Chi Ma Wan Chi Ma Wan () is a bay on southeastern Lantau Island, New Territories, Hong Kong. Chi Ma Wan Peninsula () is where Chi Ma Wan, as well as Cheung Sha Wan, Lantau, Cheung Sha Wan, Tai Long Wan, Chi Ma Wan, Tai Long Wan, Yi Long Wan and Mong Tung ...

, Tin Hau Temple, Shap Long ()
It was rebuilt in 1951. , style="text-align:center", Not listed
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, No image available 600 x 200

, - , Chi Ma Wan Road (along

Lantau Trail The Lantau Trail (), opened on 4 December 1984, is a long-distance footpath on Lantau Island in the New Territories of Hong Kong. The trail is a loop starting and finishing in the rural town of Mui Wo. It is the third longest trail in Hong Kong ...

Stage 12), Ham Tin Kau Tsuen (), Ham Tin,

Pui O Pui O (, or ), formerly Lo Pui O (), is an area on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. It is a popular destination for holiday camping in Hong Kong. Visitors may also rent village houses for leisure. Located in the South Lantau, there are four main vil ...

, Tin Hau Temple, Pui O ()
Built in the

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, rebuilt in 1798 and repaired in 1947, 1974 and 1995.Environmental Impact Assessment Report for 132 KV Supply Circuit from Pui O via Chi Ma Wan Peninsula via Sea Crossing towards Cheung Chau. Cultural Heritage. 2001
/ref> , style="text-align:center", Not listed

, Pui O Tin Hau Temple 1

, - ,

Tong Fuk Tong Fuk (, formerly ) is a village and an area on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. It is a popular place for holiday recreation. Tong Fuk Beach, to the south of the village, is a popular local attraction alongside the other beaches of South Lanta ...

, Tin Hau Temple, Tong Fuk () , style="text-align:center", Not listed , , HK TongFukTinHauTemple

, - ,

Shui Hau Shui Hau () is a small village on Lantau Island in Hong Kong.Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building AppraisalNos. 49 and 50 Shui Hau/ref> Location Shui Hau is located west of Tong Fuk, north of South Lantau Road and south of Lantau Peak. I ...

, Tin Hau Temple, Shui Hau () , style="text-align:center", Not listed

, No image available 600 x 200

, - , No. 1A Yung Shue Wan Main Street,

Yung Shue Wan Yung Shue Wan is the main population centre on Lamma Island, Hong Kong. It has a population of approximately 6,000. Administration Yung Shue Wan is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. Features The village is a ...

Lamma Island Lamma Island, also known as Y Island, Pok Liu Chau or simply Pok Liu, is the third largest List of islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong, island in Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Islands District, Hong Kong, Islands District. Lam ...

, Tin Hau Temple, Yung Shue Wan ( 南丫島榕樹灣天后古廟)
Built some time before the 2nd year of

Guangxu The Guangxu Emperor (14 August 1871 – 14 November 1908), also known by his temple name Emperor Dezong of Qing, personal name Zaitian, was the tenth emperor of the Qing dynasty, and the ninth Qing emperor to rule over China proper, from 1875 ...

reign (1876) of the

. Historic Building Appraisal
Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings, p.873
/ref> An uncommon feature of the temple is that it is guarded by two Western lions. They replaced the original

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which had been damaged in the 1960s. , style="text-align:center", Grade III

, HK YungShueWan TinHauTemple

, - , O Tsai (),

, Tin Hau Temple, O Tsai () , style="text-align:center", Not listed , , HK OTsai TinHauTemple

, - ,

Sok Kwu Wan image:Sok Kwu Wan.jpg, 250px, Sok Kwu Wan viewed from Lamma Island walk Sok Kwu Wan () or Picnic Bay () is a bay on the east coast of Lamma Island, Hong Kong. The bay has a cluster of seafood restaurants and village houses. Administration Sok K ...

, Tin Hau Temple, Sok Kwu Wan ( 索罟灣天后宮)
Probably built between 1826 and 1868. , style="text-align:center", Nil grade

, HK SokKwuWan TinHauTemple

, - , Luk Chau Village,

, Tin Hau Temple, Luk Chau Village ()
Believed to be built in the late

(1644–1911). , style="text-align:center", Nil grade

, HK LukChau TinHauTemple

, - , Nos. 69A & 69B, Wing On Street,

Peng Chau Peng Chau is a small island located off the north-eastern coast of Lantau Island, Hong Kong. It is known locally for its temples, fishing industry and seafood. Geography Peng Chau has an area of and a perimeter of about . The tallest point ...

, Tin Hau Temple, Peng Chau ( 坪洲天后宮)
Built in 1792. Managed by the

.
The interior of the temple can be explored with

. , style="text-align:center",

, - ,

Po Toi Po Toi (commonly , originally ) is the main island of the Po Toi Islands and the southernmost island of Hong Kong, with an area of 3.69 km2. Name It is said that the island used to produce dried seaweeds (), which were shaped like the ...

Island
, Tin Hau Temple, Po Toi Island ()
Renovated in 1893. , style="text-align:center", Nil grade

, HK Po Toi Island Tin Hau Temple red triangle flag Oct-2012

, - ,

Tai A Chau Tai A Chau is an uninhabited island of Hong Kong, part of the Soko Islands group, located south of Lantau Island. It is referred to as South Soko Island in some media articles. Geography With an area of 1.2 km², Tai A Chau is the large ...

Soko Islands The Soko Islands () are a group of islands in Hong Kong. The group consists of Tai A Chau, Siu A Chau and several smaller nearby islands, in the southwesternmost waters of the territory, to the southwest of Lantau Island. An older name for ...

, Tin Hau Temple, Tai A Chau
Built in 1828. The

village committee contributed to its renovation in 2000.Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Receiving Terminal and Associated Facilities. EIA Report. Section 12 Cultural Heritage Assessment. December 22, 2006
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Siu A Chau Siu A Chau () is an uninhabited island of Hong Kong, part of the Soko Islands group, located south of Lantau Island. Geography Siu A Chau is the northernmost and the second largest of the Soko Islands, after Tai A Chau. It is dumbbell-shaped ...

, , style="text-align:center", Not listed
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Hei Ling Chau Hei Ling Chau (), formerly Hayling Chau or Nai Gu Island, is an island of Hong Kong, located east of Silver Mine Bay and Chi Ma Wan of Lantau Island. Administratively, it is part of the Islands District. Geography Hei Ling Chau is located sou ...

1) Former 2) Current temple:

, There are two Tin Hau temples on the island. One was built in 1925 and was converted into a store room. The current temple was built in 1985.A Commercial Scale Wind Turbine Pilot Demonstratrion at Hei Ling Chau. EIA Report. November 2006
/ref> , style="text-align:center", Not listed
Former
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, - ,

Shek Kwu Chau Shek Kwu Chau is an island of Hong Kong, located south of Lantau Island and between Cheung Chau and the Soko Islands. Administratively, it is part of Islands District. Shek Kwu Chau is a restricted area and a permit is required to visit the ...

, , style="text-align:center", Not listed

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Kowloon City District Kowloon City District is one of the districts of Hong Kong, 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in the city of Kowloon and cut through by Boundary Street. It had a population of 381,352 in 2001, and increased to 418,732 in 2016. The di ...

Kwai Tsing District Kwai Tsing is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It consists of two parts - Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi Island. Kwai Tsing is part of the New Territories. It had a population of 520,572 in 2016. The district has the third least educated resi ...

Kwun Tong District Kwun Tong is one of the districts of Hong Kong, 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in Kowloon, and is the easternmost and southernmost district in Kowloon. It had a population of 666,500 in 2023. The district has the second highest pop ...

North District

Sai Kung District Sai Kung District is one of the districts of Hong Kong, 18 districts of Hong Kong. The district comprises the southern half of the Sai Kung Peninsula, the Clear Water Bay Peninsula in the New Territories and a strip of land to the east of Ko ...

Sha Tin District Sha Tin District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. As one of the 9 districts located in the New Territories, it covers the areas of Sha Tin, Tai Wai, Ma On Shan, Fo Tan, Siu Lek Yuen, and Ma Liu Shui. The district is the most ...

Sham Shui Po District Sham Shui Po District is one of 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is the second poorest district by income in Hong Kong, with a predominantly working-class population of 405,869 in 2016 and the lowest median household income of all districts. Sham ...

Southern District

Tai Po District Tai Po District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. The suburban district covers the areas of Tai Po New Town (including areas such as Tai Po Market, , Tai Po Industrial Estate, Tai Wo Estate), Tai Po Tau, Tai Po Kau, Hong Lok Yue ...

Tsuen Wan District Tsuen Wan District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in the New Territories and is served by the Tsuen Wan line of the MTR metro system. Its area is 60.7 km2. Its residents, who mostly live in Tsuen Wan Town, enjo ...

Tuen Mun District The Tuen Mun District () is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong, administrative districts of Hong Kong. As of 2021, the population was 506,879, of which 64,000 were under the age of 18. Part of the district is the Tuen Mun New Town (or sim ...

Wan Chai District Wan Chai District is one of the districts of Hong Kong, 18 districts of Hong Kong. Of the four on Hong Kong Island, it is north-central, and had 166,695 residents in 2021, an increase from 152,608 residents in 2011. The district has the sec ...

Wong Tai Sin District Wong Tai Sin District is one of the districts of Hong Kong, 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is the only landlocked district in Hong Kong. It is located in Kowloon, and is the northernmost district in Kowloon. It borders the districts of Kwun Ton ...

Yau Tsim Mong District Yau Tsim Mong District is one of 18 districts of Hong Kong, located on the western part of Kowloon Peninsula. It is the core urban area of Kowloon. The district has the second highest population density of all districts, at . The 2016 B ...

Yuen Long District Yuen Long District (Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation, formerly Un Long) is one of the districts of Hong Kong, districts of Hong Kong. Located in the northwest of the New Territories, it had a population of 662,000 in 2021. Geogra ...

References

External links

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List by district

Eastern District

Islands District The Islands District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is part of the New Territories. It had a population of 185,282 in 2021. Hong Kong consists of a peninsula and 263 islands. The Islands District consists of some twenty large and ...

Kowloon City District Kowloon City District is one of the districts of Hong Kong, 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in the city of Kowloon and cut through by Boundary Street. It had a population of 381,352 in 2001, and increased to 418,732 in 2016. The di ...

Kwai Tsing District Kwai Tsing is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It consists of two parts - Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi Island. Kwai Tsing is part of the New Territories. It had a population of 520,572 in 2016. The district has the third least educated resi ...

Kwun Tong District Kwun Tong is one of the districts of Hong Kong, 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in Kowloon, and is the easternmost and southernmost district in Kowloon. It had a population of 666,500 in 2023. The district has the second highest pop ...

North District

Sai Kung District Sai Kung District is one of the districts of Hong Kong, 18 districts of Hong Kong. The district comprises the southern half of the Sai Kung Peninsula, the Clear Water Bay Peninsula in the New Territories and a strip of land to the east of Ko ...

Sha Tin District Sha Tin District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. As one of the 9 districts located in the New Territories, it covers the areas of Sha Tin, Tai Wai, Ma On Shan, Fo Tan, Siu Lek Yuen, and Ma Liu Shui. The district is the most ...

Sham Shui Po District Sham Shui Po District is one of 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is the second poorest district by income in Hong Kong, with a predominantly working-class population of 405,869 in 2016 and the lowest median household income of all districts. Sham ...

Southern District

Tai Po District Tai Po District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. The suburban district covers the areas of Tai Po New Town (including areas such as Tai Po Market, , Tai Po Industrial Estate, Tai Wo Estate), Tai Po Tau, Tai Po Kau, Hong Lok Yue ...

Tsuen Wan District Tsuen Wan District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in the New Territories and is served by the Tsuen Wan line of the MTR metro system. Its area is 60.7 km2. Its residents, who mostly live in Tsuen Wan Town, enjo ...

Tuen Mun District The Tuen Mun District () is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong, administrative districts of Hong Kong. As of 2021, the population was 506,879, of which 64,000 were under the age of 18. Part of the district is the Tuen Mun New Town (or sim ...

Wan Chai District Wan Chai District is one of the districts of Hong Kong, 18 districts of Hong Kong. Of the four on Hong Kong Island, it is north-central, and had 166,695 residents in 2021, an increase from 152,608 residents in 2011. The district has the sec ...

Wong Tai Sin District Wong Tai Sin District is one of the districts of Hong Kong, 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is the only landlocked district in Hong Kong. It is located in Kowloon, and is the northernmost district in Kowloon. It borders the districts of Kwun Ton ...

Yau Tsim Mong District Yau Tsim Mong District is one of 18 districts of Hong Kong, located on the western part of Kowloon Peninsula. It is the core urban area of Kowloon. The district has the second highest population density of all districts, at . The 2016 B ...

Yuen Long District Yuen Long District (Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation, formerly Un Long) is one of the districts of Hong Kong, districts of Hong Kong. Located in the northwest of the New Territories, it had a population of 662,000 in 2021. Geogra ...

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