Wong Tai Sin District

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Wong Tai Sin
黃大仙區
District
Wong Tai Sin District
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Day view of San Po Kong in the Wong Tai Sin District
Wong Tai Sin District
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Location of Wong Tai Sin within Hong Kong
Coordinates: 22°20′01″N114°11′49″E / 22.33353°N 114.19686°E / 22.33353; 114.19686
Statutorily-defined area New Kowloon [lower-greek 1]
Country Hong Kong (special administrative region)
Sovereign state People's Republic of China
Constituencies 25
Government
 •  District Council Chairmanvacant
 •  District Council Vice-Chairmanvacant
 • District OfficerWilliam Shiu
Area
[1]
 • Total9.36 km2 (3.61 sq mi)
Population
 (2011 [2] )
 • Total420,183
 • Density45,000/km2 (120,000/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+8 (Hong Kong Time)
Largest neighbourhood by population Tsz Wan Shan (80,935 – 2016 est) [3]
Location of district office and district council138 Lung Cheung Road, Wong Tai Sin
Website Wong Tai Sin District Council
  1. ↑ New Kowloon is colloquially considered part of Kowloon, while de jure it is defined as its own area and concurrently also part of the New Territories.

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References

  1. ↑ Eunice Mei Feng Seng (2020). Resistant City: Histories, Maps and the Architecture of Development. doi:10.1142/11394. ISBN   9789811211706. OCLC   1195954303.
  2. ↑ "2011 Population Census: Summary Results" (in English and Chinese). Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong Government. 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2012.[ needs update ]
  3. ↑ Summary of Provisional Recommendations for Wong Tai Sin District (PDF), Hong Kong Government, July 2019, retrieved 15 April 2020
Wong Tai Sin District
Traditional Chinese 黃大仙區
Simplified Chinese 黄大仙区
Cantonese Yale Wòhng daaih sīn kēui
Literal meaningbig yellow immortal district
Places adjacent to Wong Tai Sin District
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