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The following is a list of cities, towns, new towns/cities, satellite towns and settlements in Hong Kong.

The Hong Kong Government is unitary and does not define cities and towns as subsidiary administrative units[citation needed]. The limits of the City of Victoria, Kowloon and New Kowloon are stated in law, but none of these three areas has the legal status of a city or a town. Districts of Hong Kong are drawn according to mountains, coastlines and roads, and do not coincide with the natural extents of any urbanized areas. The following listing is organized by geography.

Early developed cities

Cities Location
Victoria City part of Central and Western, part of Wan Chai and part of Eastern  
Kowloon
  including New Kowloon     		Yau Tsim Mong, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon City,
Wong Tai Sin and Kwun Tong  

New towns/cities

Cities Location Year started developing
Tsuen Wan
  (Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi) 		Tsuen Wan and Kwai Tsing   1970s
Shatin
Sha Tin and Tai Wai
  		1970s
 
Castle Peak Tuen Mun 1970s

Satellite towns

See also: New town § Hong Kong
New towns Location Year started developing Satellite of Original Settlement
Tai Po Tai Po early 1980s Shatin Tai Po Market Town
Yuen Long Yuen Long early 1980s Castle Peak Un Long Market Town
Fanling-Sheung Shui North mid-1980s N/A Luen Wo Hui Market Town and Lung Yeuk Tau Walled Villages
Ma On Shan Ma On Shan mid-1980s Shatin Ma On Shan Village
Junk Bay Sai Kung late 1980s Kowloon
  including New Kowloon     		Tseung Kwan O Village
Tin Shui Wai Yuen Long early 1990s Castle Peak N/A
North Lantau
  (Tung Chung, Tai Ho and Discovery Bay) 		Islands
  		1997
  		Tsuen Wan Tung Sai Chung Village

Tung Sai Chung,

Towns

Towns Location
Aberdeen Southern
Cheung Chau Islands
Kennedy Town Central and Western
Discovery Bay Islands
Jardine's Lookout Wan Chai
Kennedy Town Central and Western
Kwun Tong Kwun Tong
Lei Yue Mun Kwun Tong
Ma Wan Islands
Mui Wo (Silvermine Bay) Islands
Peng Chau Islands
Sai Kung Sai Kung
Sha Tau Kok North
Shek O Southern
Sok Kwu Wan Islands
Stanley Southern
Tai O Islands
Yuen Long Town Yuen Long
Yung Shue Wan Islands

Largest urban agglomerations

  1. Kowloon - 2,019,500
  2. Northern Hong Kong Island - 992,900
  3. Tsuen Wan New Town - 801,800
  4. Sha Tin New Town - 630,000
  5. Tuen Mun New Town - 470,900
  6. Tseung Kwan O New Town - 344,500
  7. Aberdeen - 275,100
  8. Tai Po New Town - 274,000
  9. Tin Shui Wai New Town - 268,800
  10. Fanling-Sheung Shui New Town - 244,700
  11. Yuen Long New Town - 141,900
  12. North Lantau New Town - 71,900

See also

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