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Yau Tsim Mong
油尖旺區
District
Yau Tsim Mong District
Day view of Tsim Sha Tsui in the Yau Tsim Mong District
Day view of Tsim Sha Tsui in the Yau Tsim Mong District
Official logo of Yau Tsim Mong
Official emblem
Location of Yau Tsim Mong within Hong Kong
Location of Yau Tsim Mong within Hong Kong
CountryHong Kong
Hong Kong Special Administrative RegionTemplate:Hong Kong
Constituencies16
Government
 • District Council ChairmanChris Ip Ngo tung (DAB)
 • District OfficerAron Laura Liang
Population
 (2011)
 • Total307,878[1]
 • Density44,045/km2 (114,080/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (Hong Kong Time)
WebsiteYau Tsim Mong District Council
Yau Tsim Mong District
Traditional Chinese油尖旺區
Simplified Chinese油尖旺区

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Nathan Road, a major thoroughfare of Yau Tsim Mong District
Tsim Sha Tsui East

Yau Tsim Mong District (Chinese: 油尖旺區) 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 third highest population density of all districts. The 2011 By-Census recorded the total population of Yau Tsim Mong District at 307,878.

Formerly two districts, the Yau Tsim District and Mong Kok District, it was combined in 1994 as an acronym of three of its major areas: Yau Ma Tei, Tsim Sha Tsui, and Mong Kok.

Areas within the district include

Kowloon Peninsula (West)
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

Transportation

MTR

Six MTR lines serve this district: the Tsuen Wan Line, Kwun Tong Line, Tung Chung Line, East Rail Line, West Rail Line and the Airport Express.

  • Tsuen Wan Line and Kwun Tong Line converge from the north at Prince Edward Station, then Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei where Kwun Tong Line terminates. Tsuen Wan Line continued to Jordan and Tsim Sha Tsui stations before crossing the harbour to Hong Kong Island.
  • Tung Chung Line has two stations along the west coast: Kowloon near Jordan and Olympic near Tai Kok Tsui. The former station is also served by the Airport Express.
  • East Rail Line has a station in Mong Kok East, while Hung Hom is on the boundary between Yau Tsim Mong and Kowloon City districts.
  • As for the West Rail Line, an extension has been opened to East Tsim Sha Tsui station, with a sub-surface passenger walkway to Tsim Sha Tsui Station on the Tsuen Wan Line. All three MTR stations in this district sees (and will see) some trains terminating. East Tsim Sha Tsui used to be served by the East Rail Line until it was transferred to the West Rail Line in 2009. Now the West Rail Line and East Rail Line interchange at Hung Hom.

Major roads

Universities

See also

References

  1. ^ "2011 Population Census - Fact Sheet for Yau Tsim Mong District Council District" (PDF). Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong SAR. Retrieved 26 June 2015.

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