Yau Tsim Mong | |
Official Name: | Yau Tsim Mong District |
Native Name Lang: | zh-Hant-HK |
Type: | District |
Blank Emblem Type: | Official emblem |
Blank Emblem Size: | 60px |
Image Map1: | Hong Kong Yau Tsim Mong District.svg |
Map Caption1: | Location of Yau Tsim Mong within Hong Kong |
Coordinates: | 22.3214°N 114.1726°W |
Subdivision Type2: | Country |
Subdivision Name2: | China |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Hong Kong (special administrative region) |
Subdivision Type: | Statutorily-defined area |
Subdivision Name: | Kowloon |
Leader Title: | District Council Chairman |
Leader Name: | Lam Kin Man |
Leader Party: | Independent |
Leader Title2: | District Council Vice-Chairman |
Leader Name2: | Chu Tsz-Lok |
Leader Title3: | District Officer |
Leader Name3: | Aron Laura Liang |
Parts Type: | Constituencies |
Parts Style: | para |
P1: | 16 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 310,647 |
Population Density Km2: | 44,045 |
Timezone: | Hong Kong Time |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Website: | Yau Tsim Mong District Council |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Largest neighbourhood by population |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Tai Kok Tsui (49,668 – 2016 est) |
Blank1 Name Sec2: | Location of district office and district council |
Blank1 Info Sec2: | 30 Luen Wan Street, Mong Kok |
Order: | ts |
Showflag: | y |
T: | 油尖旺區 |
S: | 油尖旺区 |
Y: | Yàuhdzīmwohng kēui |
J: | Jau4zim1wong6 keoi1 |
P: | Yóujiānwàng Qū |
Yau Tsim Mong District is one of 18 districts of Hong Kong, located on the western part of Kowloon Peninsula. It is the core urban area of Kowloon. The district has the second highest population density of all districts, at .[1] The 2016 By-Census recorded the total population of Yau Tsim Mong District at 342,970.
Yau Tsim Mong District contains the urban areas of Yau Ma Tei, Tsim Sha Tsui, and Mong Kok, as well as Ferry Point, King's Park, Kwun Chung, Tai Kok Tsui, Tsim Sha Tsui East, the Union Square and Kowloon Point.[2] Formerly two districts, the Yau Tsim District and Mong Kok District, it was combined in 1994. Its name is an acronym of the three aforementioned major areas.
The district was once called Yau Ma Tei District. It was renamed Yau Tsim District from 1 April 1988 to "remove any misconception that Tsim Sha Tsui was an administrative district separate from Yau Ma Tei".[3]
Yau Tsim District and Mong Kok District were merged in 1994 to form the new Yau Tsim Mong District.
Tai Kok Tsui | Prince Edward | ||
MTR Olympic station | Mong Kok | ||
Mong Kok West | Yau Ma Tei | ||
MTR Kowloon station | Jordan Kwun Chung | King's Park | |
Sea | Tsim Sha Tsui | Tsim Sha Tsui East |
Six MTR lines serve this district: the Tsuen Wan line, Kwun Tong line, Tung Chung line, East Rail line, Tuen Ma line and the Airport Express.
See also: List of schools in Yau Tsim Mong District. Schools in Yau Tsim Mong District include: