Hong Kong Districts

Districts of Hong Kong

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I found the latest census results for Hong Kong on the Web site of Hong Kong's Census and Statistics Department .

Country overview:

Short name	HONG KONG
ISO code	HK
FIPS code	HK
Language	Chinese (zh), English (en)
Time zone	+8
Capital	Victoria

In 1900, Hong Kong proper (the island and Kowloon) was a British crown colony, and the British also had a 99-year lease on the New Territories. The Japanese occupied the territory during World War II. On 1984-12-19, the British and Chinese governments agreed that Hong Kong would become a Special Administrative Region of China on 1997-07-01, and so it did.

Other names of country:

Chinese: Xianggang
French: Hong Kong
Italian: Hong Kong
Spanish: Hong Kong
Swedish: Hongkong

Origin of name:

Chinese xiang: perfume, gang: port (i.e. the port of perfumes)

Primary subdivisions:

Hong Kong is divided into eighteen districts. The districts in Hong Kong Island and Kowloon are urban districts; the others are rural.

District	HASC	Sec	Population	Area(km.²)	Area(mi.²)	Capital
Central and Western	`HK.CW`	HKI	261,884	12	5	Central (Victoria)
Eastern	`HK.EA`	HKI	616,199	19	7	Sai Wan Ho
Islands	`HK.IS`	NT	86,667	174	67	Mui Wo, Cheung Chau
Kowloon City	`HK.KC`	Kow	381,352	10	4	Hung Hom
Kwai Tsing	`HK.KI`	NT	477,092	23	9	Kwai Chung
Kwun Tong	`HK.KU`	Kow	562,427	11	4	Kwun Tong
North	`HK.NO`	NT	298,657	134	52	Fanling
Sai Kung	`HK.SK`	NT	327,689	135	52	Tseung Kwan O
Sham Shui Po	`HK.SS`	Kow	353,550	9	3	Sham Shui Po
Sha Tin	`HK.ST`	NT	628,634	69	26	Shatin Station
Southern	`HK.SO`	HKI	290,240	40	15	Aberdeen
Tai Po	`HK.TP`	NT	310,879	148	57	Tai Po
Tsuen Wan	`HK.TW`	NT	275,527	62	24	Tsuen Wan
Tuen Mun	`HK.TM`	NT	488,831	85	33	Tuen Mun
Wan Chai	`HK.WC`	HKI	167,146	10	4	Wan Chai
Wong Tai Sin	`HK.WT`	Kow	444,630	9	4	San Po Kong
Yau Tsim Mong	`HK.YT`	Kow	282,020	7	3	Mongkok
Yuen Long	`HK.YL`	NT	449,070	138	53	Yuen Long
18 districts			6,708,389	1,095	422
HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. Sec: section of the territory (HKI = Hong Kong Island, Kow = Kowloon, NT = New Territories) Population: 2001-03-14 census. Total includes 5,895 "marine" residents. Capital: Location of the district board office.

Further subdivisions:

In Hong Kong's local government structure, municipal councils are under the district boards.

Territorial extent:

The sections of Kowloon Area and New Territories are attached to the Chinese mainland.
Islands includes Lantau, Lamma, Tsing Yi, Kau Sai Chau, Tung Lung, Po Toi, and other islands.

Origins of names:

Kowloon: Chinese for nine dragons.

Change history:

1974-04: Sha Tin and Tuen Mun districts created. These were the divisions of Hong Kong at this time.

Departments	Units	Districts
Home Affairs Department	Hong Kong	Central
		Eastern
		Wan Chai
		Western
	Kowloon	Kowloon City
		Kwun Tong
		Mong Kok
		Sham Shui Po
		Wong Tai Sin
		Yau Ma Tei
New Territories Administration		Islands
		Sai Kung
		Sha Tin
		Tai Po
		Tsuen Wan
		Tuen Mun
		Yuen Long

1982: The district boards were established.
~1983: Kwai Chung/Tsing Yi district (later called Kwai Tsing) split from Tsuen Wan.
~1991: Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei districts merged to form Yau Tsim Mong.

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