Islands District

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Islands
離島區
Islands District
A bird's eye view of Hong Kong International Airport.JPG
Islands District
Hong Kong Islands District.svg
Location of Islands District within Hong Kong[ clarify ]
Coordinates: 22°15′40″N113°56′46″E / 22.26114°N 113.94608°E / 22.26114; 113.94608
Country People's Republic of China
SAR Hong Kong
Constituencies 10[ needs update ]
Government
  District Officer Yu Hong Kwan
   District Council Vice-Chairman Wong Man Hon [ needs update ]
Area
  Total175.03 km2 (67.58 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
  Total185,282
  • 78.1% Chinese
  • 5.9% White
  • 5.3% Filipino [1]
Time zone UTC+8 (Hong Kong Time)
Largest neighbourhood by population Tung Chung (86,403 – 2016 est) [2] [ needs update ]
Location of district office and district councilHarbour Building, 38 Pier Road (in Central and Western District)
Website Islands District Council
  1. 1 2 "2018年按區議會分區劃分的人口及住戶統計資料" (PDF) (in Chinese). Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  2. District Profiles, Hong Kong Government, 8 December 2017, retrieved 15 April 2020
Islands District
Traditional Chinese 離島區
Simplified Chinese 离岛区
Cantonese Yale Lèihdóu kēui
Literal meaningdistant island district
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Lí dǎo Qū
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization Lèihdóu kēui
Jyutping Lei4dou2 keoi1
IPA [lej˩.tɔw˧˥ kʰɵɥ˥]