List of villages in Hong Kong explained
The following is a list of villages in Hong Kong.
Non-indigenous villages are italicised. Composite villages are bolded.
Each village has one resident representative and at least one indigenous inhabitant representative. Villages with more than one indigenous inhabitant representatives are marked.
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
The following villages are located in Frontier Closed Area and can only be visited with a Frontier Closed Area Permit:
- Lo Wu (Chinese: 羅湖)(including Yuen Leng Chai (Chinese: 圓嶺仔))
- Sha Tau Kok Market (East) (沙頭角墟(東))
- Sha Tau Kok Market (West Lower) (Chinese: 沙頭角墟(西下))
- Sha Tau Kok Market (West Upper) (Chinese: 沙頭角墟(西上)
- San Kwai Tin / King To (Chinese: 新桂田/逕肚)
- Lin Ma Hang (Chinese: 蓮麻坑)(if visiting via Lin Ma Hang Road)
- Parts of Shan Tsui (Chinese: 山嘴)
- Kong Ha (Chinese: 崗下)
- Yuen Tun Shan (Chinese: 圓墩山)
- Choi Yuen Kok (Chinese: 菜園角)
Visiting the following villages through Starling Inlet requires a Frontier Closed Area Permit:
Visiting the following villages through Sha Tau Kok Pier requires a Frontier Closed Area Permit:
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] http://www.taiporural.com
Sha Tin Rural Committee
沙田鄉事委員會. About 29,000 people live in 48 indigenous villages.[2] [3]
坑口鄉事委員會
西貢鄉事委員會
流浮山鄉事委員會
廈村鄉事委員會[4]
Kam Tin Rural Committee
錦田鄉事委員會[4]
八鄉鄉事委員會[4]
屏山鄉事委員會[4]
San Tin Rural Committee
新田鄉事委員會[4]
十八鄉鄉事委員會[4]
屯門鄉事委員會
Ma Wan Rural Committee
馬灣鄉事委員會
Chinese: 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 (Chinese: 涌尾老屋村). Tsing Yi residents prefer to call this village Chung Mei Tsuen.
- Tai Wong Ha New Village (Chinese: 大王下新村) or Tai Wong Ha Tsuen (Chinese: 大王下村) (5,1)
- Sun Uk New Village (Chinese: 新屋新村) or San Uk Tsuen (Chinese: 新屋村) (1,1)
- Yim Tin Kok New Village (Chinese: 鹽田角新村) or Yim Tin Kok Tsuen (Chinese: 鹽田角村) (1,1)
- Lam Tin New Village (Chinese: 藍田新村) or Lam Tin Tsuen (Chinese: 藍田村) (2,1)
Note: The above four villages were relocated together and are usually referred as Sai Tsuen (Chinese: 四村), lit. four villages.
- Fung Shue Wo New Village (Chinese: 楓樹窩新村) or Fung Shu Wo Tsuen (Chinese: 楓樹窩村) (1,0)
Note: In Fung Shue Wo, there are two villages namely Tsing Yu New Village (Chinese: 青裕新村), and Tsing Yi Hui (Chinese: 青衣墟), lit. Tsing Yi Market.
荃灣鄉事委員會
長洲鄉事委員會
南丫島北段鄉事委員會
南丫島南段鄉事委員會
Mui Wo Rural Committee
梅窩鄉事委員會
Ha Tsuen Long
坪洲鄉事委員會
- Nim Shu Wan (Chinese: 稔樹灣)
- Tai Pak (Chinese: 大白) (not an existing village)
大嶼山南區鄉事委員會
Tai O Rural Committee
大澳鄉事委員會
東涌鄉事委員會
Others
Former villages are italicised.
- Cha Kwo Ling Village (Chinese: 茶果嶺村)
- Fung Wong San Chuen (Chinese: 鳳王新村)
- Grand View Village (Chinese: 大觀村)
- Hau Wong Temple New Village (Chinese: 候王廟新村)
- Ling Nam San Tsuen (Chinese: 嶺南新村)
- Ma Chai Hang Tsuen (Chinese: 馬仔坑村)
- Man Kuk New Tsuen (Chinese: 文谷新村)
- Nga Tsin Wai Tsuen (Chinese: 衙前圍村)
- Ngau Chi Wan Tsuen (Chinese: 牛池灣村)
- Ping Ting Tsuen (Chinese: 平頂村)
- Po Kong Tsuen (Chinese: 蒲崗村)
- Pok Oi Tsuen (Chinese: 博愛村)
- Pui Man Tsuen (Chinese: 培民村)
- Sam Ka Tsuen (Chinese: 三家村)
- Shanghai Tsuen (Chinese: 上海村)
- Sze Hai Tsuen (Chinese: 四喜村)
- Tai Hom Village (Chinese: 大磡村)
- Ha Yuen Leng and Sheung Yuen Leng (formerly Kowloon Yuen Leng) (Chinese: 下元嶺, 上元嶺, 九龍元嶺)
- Tai Hom Woi Tsuen (Chinese: 大磡窩村)
- Tai Koon Yuen (Chinese: 大觀園)
- Tong Ning New San Tsuen (Chinese: 唐寧新村)
- Tung Shan Tsuen (Chinese: 東山村)
- Tung Wo Tsuen (Chinese: 東和村)
- Yan Oi San Tsuen (Chinese: 仁愛新村)
- Yan Yee San Tsuen (Chinese: 仁義新村)
Former villages are italicised.
- A Kung Ngam Village (Chinese: 阿公岩村)
- Aldrich Village (Chinese: 愛秩序村)
- Big Wave Bay Village (Chinese: 大浪灣村)
- Ching Man Village (Chinese: 正民村)
- Fu Tau Wat Village (Chinese: 富斗窟村)
- Healthy Village (Chinese: 健康村)
- Hing Wah Village (Chinese: 興華村)
- Hok Tsui Village
- Holy Cross Path Village (Chinese: 聖十字徑村)
- Kau Man Village (Chinese: 教民村)
- Ma Shan Village (Chinese: 馬山村)
- Nan On Fong Village (Chinese: 南安坊村)
- O Pui Lung Shan Teng Village (Chinese: 澳貝龍山頂村)
- O Pui Lung Village (Chinese: 澳貝龍村)
- Pok Fu Lam Tsuen (Chinese: 薄扶林村)
- Shek O Village (Chinese: 石澳村)
- Shek O New Village (Chinese: 石澳新村)
- Tai Ping Village (Chinese: 太平村)
- Tsin Shui Ma Tau Village (Chinese: 淺水碼頭村)
- Wang Hang Tsai Village (Chinese: 橫坑仔村)
- Wang Hang Tung Village (Chinese: 橫坑東村)
- Wesley Village (Chinese: 衛斯理村)
- Tsim Sha Tsui Village (Chinese: 尖沙嘴村)
- Ma Tau Wai (馬頭圍, formerly 古瑾圍)
See also
Further reading
External links
List of villages
List of rural committees
Other information
Notes and References
- http://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/tp_d/pdf/TaiPo%20Book%20(Eng%20Ver)/TaiPo%20Book%20(Eng%20Ver)%2008%20Chap%2001.pdf List of villages of Tai Po
- Web site: District Councils: Special Features of Sha Tin . 2011-08-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110807061333/http://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/st_d/english/dchighlights.htm . 2011-08-07 . dead .
- Web site: Sha Tin Rural Committee . 2011-08-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927135105/http://www.had.gov.hk/vre/chi/images/elections_hyk/st_st_rc.pdf . 2011-09-27 . dead .
- http://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/english/business_job/business_opp/files/figure_4_0_pdf.pdf General Location of Villages - Yuen Long District
