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Encyclopedia > D'Aguilar Street

D'Aguilar Street (德己立街, formerly 德忌笠街) is a street in Central of Hong Kong. It is an L-shaped street starting from Queen's Road Central, at Entertainment Building. It runs uphill and meets various featured streets Stanley Street, Wellington Street, Wo On Lan and Lan Kwai Fong in the area. It turns after meeting Lan Kwai Fong and ends at the junction with Wyndham Street, Glenealy and Lower Albert Road near Fringe Club. The night view of the Central as viewed from Tsim Sha Tsui on the opposite side of the Victoria Harbour Central (Chinese: 中環; Jyutping: zung1 waan4; Cantonese IPA: ; Pinyin: Zhōnghuán) is an area located in Central and Western District, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. ... Queens Road Central (皇后大道中), Queens Road East (皇后大道東) and Queens Road West (皇后大道西) are three roads on the northern shore of the Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. ... Wellington Street (威靈頓街) is a street in Hong Kong and Sheung Wan on the Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. ... Lan Kwai Fong in the daytime. ... Wyndham Street (雲咸街) is a one-way street in Central, Hong Kong. ... Glenealy (己連拿利 or 鐵崗) is one of few roads or streets without suffix in Hong Kong. ...


Higher section of D'Aguilar Street with Lan Kwai Fong is famous site for night life in Hong Kong. Foreign restaurants and bars can be found in the area. Nightlife is the collective term for any entertainment that is available and more popular from the late evening into the early hours of the morning. ...


D'Aguilar Street is named after George Charles D'Aguilar, Major General and Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong, at the very beginning of colonial Hong Kong. Major-General George Charles DAguilar (德忌笠 or 德己立) (1784 - 1855) was Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong. ...



 
 

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