List of villages in Hong Kong

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The following is a list of villages in Hong Kong .

Villages in the New Territories

Non-indigenous villages are italicised. Composite villages are bolded.

Contents

Each village has one resident representative and at least one indigenous inhabitant representative. Villages with more than one indigenous inhabitant representatives are marked.

North District

Fanling District Rural Committee

粉嶺區鄉事委員會

Sha Tau Kok District Rural Committee

沙頭角區鄉事委員會

Sheung Shui District Rural Committee

上水區鄉事委員會

Ta Kwu Ling District Rural Committee

打鼓嶺區鄉事委員會

Villages within the Frontier Closed Area

The following villages are located in Frontier Closed Area and can only be visited with a Frontier Closed Area Permit:

Tai Po District

Sai Kung North Rural Committee

西貢北約鄉事委員會 [1]

Tai Po Rural Committee

[大埔鄉事委員會] [1]

Sha Tin District

Sha Tin Rural Committee

沙田鄉事委員會. About 29,000 people live in 48 indigenous villages. [2] [3]

Sai Kung District

Hang Hau Rural Committee

坑口鄉事委員會

Sai Kung Rural Committee

西貢鄉事委員會


Yuen Long District

Lau Fau Shan Rural Committee

流浮山鄉事委員會 [4]

Ha Tsuen Rural Committee

廈村鄉事委員會 [4]

Kam Tin Rural Committee

錦田鄉事委員會 [4]

Pat Heung Rural Committee

八鄉鄉事委員會 [4]

Ping Shan Rural Committee

屏山鄉事委員會 [4]

San Tin Rural Committee

新田鄉事委員會 [4]

Shap Pat Heung Rural Committee

十八鄉鄉事委員會 [4]

Tuen Mun District

Tuen Mun Rural Committee

屯門鄉事委員會

Tsuen Wan and Kwai Tsing District

Ma Wan Rural Committee

馬灣鄉事委員會

Tsing Yi Rural Committee

青衣鄉事委員會

Note: The brackets are, (No. of Indigenous Inhabitant Representatives [原居民代表], No. of Resident Representatives [居民代表]) in the Tsing Yi Rural Committee. The villages with no bracketed numbers have no representatives in the committee.

Note: Chung Mei Tsuen and Lo Uk Tsuen are combined into one village called Chung Mei Lo Uk Tsuen (涌尾老屋村). Tsing Yi residents prefer to call this village Chung Mei Tsuen.

Note: The above four villages were relocated together and are usually referred as Sai Tsuen (四村), lit. four villages.

Note: In Fung Shue Wo, there are two villages namely Tsing Yu New Village (青裕新村), and Tsing Yi Hui (青衣墟), lit. Tsing Yi Market.

Tsuen Wan Rural Committee

荃灣鄉事委員會

Islands District

Cheung Chau Rural Committee

長洲鄉事委員會

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Lamma Island (North) Rural Committee

南丫島北段鄉事委員會

Lamma Island (South) Rural Committee

南丫島南段鄉事委員會

Mui Wo Rural Committee

梅窩鄉事委員會

Ha Tsuen Long

Peng Chau Rural Committee

坪洲鄉事委員會

South Lantao Rural Committee

大嶼山南區鄉事委員會

Tai O Rural Committee

大澳鄉事委員會

Tung Chung Rural Committee

東涌鄉事委員會

Others

Former villages are italicised.

New Kowloon

Villages and former villages on Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon

Former villages are italicised.

Hong Kong Island

Kowloon

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References

  1. 1 2 List of villages of Tai Po
  2. ↑ "District Councils: Special Features of Sha Tin". Archived from the original on 2011-08-07. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
  3. ↑ "Sha Tin Rural Committee" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 General Location of Villages - Yuen Long District

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