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Tsim Bei Tsui () is an area of
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 ...
in the northwestern part of the
New Territories The New Territories (N.T., Traditional Chinese characters, Chinese: ) is one of the three areas of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of H ...
in
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 ...
, facing Deep Bay.


Geography

The area is the estuary of the , Shan Pui and
Kam Tin Kam Tin, or Kam Tin Heung, is an area in the New Territories, Hong Kong. It lies on a flat alluvial plain north of Tai Mo Shan mountain and east of Yuen Long town. It was formerly known as Sham Tin (岑田). Administratively, it is par ...
rivers. Kwai Shan () is a 71 m high hill located in Tsim Bei Tsui and named after its shape.


Conservation

Two parts of Tsim Bei Tsui were designated as
Sites of Special Scientific Interest A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain, or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland, is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle ...
in 1985 and 1989 respectively. The first one features
mangrove A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows mainly in coastal saline water, saline or brackish water. Mangroves grow in an equatorial climate, typically along coastlines and tidal rivers. They have particular adaptations to take in extra oxygen a ...
. It has an area of 2.5 ha and is located along the seafront. The second one, referred to as the 'Tsim Bei Tsui Egretry', has an area of 4.8 ha and features two
feng shui Feng shui ( or ), sometimes called Chinese geomancy, is a traditional form of geomancy that originated in ancient China and claims to use energy forces to harmonize individuals with their surrounding environment. The term ''feng shui'' mean ...
groves. It is located south of Tsim Bei Tsui and east of
Mong Tseng Wai Mong Tseng Wai () is a Walled villages of Hong Kong, walled village in Yuen Long District, New Territories, Hong Kong. Administration Mong Tseng Wai is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. For electoral purposes, M ...
.


See also

* ''
Gascoignella aprica ''Gascoignella aprica'' is a species of sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusk. It was first described in 1985 by Kathe Jensen from Tsim Bei Tsui, Hong Kong.
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References

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