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Encyclopedia > List of villages in Hong Kong

The following is a list of villages in Hong Kong. A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ...

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Villages in the New Territories

Non-indigenious villages are italicised. Composite villages are bolded. A major road, Kwong Fuk Road in Tai Po, a town in the New Territories. ...


Each village has 1 resident representative and at least 1 indigenious inhabitant representative. Villages with more than 1 indigenious inhabitant representatives are marked.

North District

North District (北區) is the northernmost district of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. ...

Fanling District Rural Committee

粉嶺區鄉事委員會 Fanling is an area of Hong Kong. ...

  • Fan Leng Lau (粉嶺樓) (2)

Sha Tau Kok District Rural Committee

沙頭角區鄉事委員會 Sha Tau Kok (traditional Chinese: 沙頭角) is a town in the northeastern corner of Hong Kong. ...

  • A Ma Wat (亞媽笏)
  • Ap Chau (鴨洲)
  • Au Ha (凹下)
  • Fung Hang (鳳坑)
  • Ha Wo Hang (下禾坑)
  • Kai Kuk Shue Ha and Ham Hang Mei (雞谷樹下及鹹坑尾)
  • Kap Tong (蛤塘)
  • Kat O (吉澳)
  • Kau Tam Tso (九担租)
  • Kong Ha (崗下)
  • Kuk Po (谷埔) (2)
  • Lai Chi Wo (荔枝窩)
  • Lai Tau Shek (犂頭石)
  • Lin Ma Hang (蓮麻坑)
  • Loi Tung (萊洞)
  • Luk Keng Chan Uk (鹿頸陳屋)
  • Luk Keng Wong Uk (鹿頸黃屋)
  • Ma Tseuk Leng Ha (麻雀嶺下)
  • Ma Tseuk Leng Sheung (麻雀嶺上)
  • Man Uk Pin (萬屋邊)
  • Miu Tin (苗田)
  • Mui Tsz Lam (梅子林)
  • Muk Min Tau and Tsiu Hang (木棉頭及蕉坑)
  • Nam Chung (南涌)
  • Ngau Shi Wu (牛屎湖)
  • Sai Lau Kong (西流江)
  • Sam A (三椏)
  • San Tsuen (新村)
  • Sha Tau Kok Market (East) (沙頭角墟(東))
  • Sha Tau Kok Market (West Lower) (沙頭角墟(西下))
  • Sha Tau Kok Market (West Upper) (沙頭角墟(西上))
  • Shan Tsui (山嘴)
  • Shek Chung Au (石涌凹)
  • Shek Kiu Tau (石橋頭)
  • Sheung Wo Hang (上禾坑)
  • So Lo Pun (鎖羅盆)
  • Tai Long (大朗)
  • Tai Tong Wu (大塘湖)
  • Tam Shui Hang (担水坑)
  • Tong To (塘肚)
  • Tsat Muk Kiu (七木橋)
  • Wang Shan Keuk (橫山脚)
  • Wu Kau Tang (鳥蛟騰)
  • Wu Shek Kok (鳥石角)
  • Yim Tso Ha and Pok Tau Ha (鹽杜下及膊頭下)
  • Yung Shue Au (榕樹凹)

Ap Chau (鴨洲) or Robinson Island is an island in the Crooked Harbour, in the north-eastern New Territories of Hong Kong. ... Fung Hang (hanzi: 鳳杭 / 凤杭, pinyin: feng hang) is situated in the north eastern New Territories of Hong Kong, to the south west of the Shataukok Hoi or Stirling Inlet, opposite the town of Shataukok. ... Kat O Chau or Crooked Island (吉澳洲) is an island of Hong Kong located in the north-east of the territory. ... Kuk Po (hanzi: 谷埔, pinyin : gÅ­ bù) is situated in the north eastern New Territories of Hong Kong, to the south of the Shataukok Hoi or Stirling Inlet, opposite the town of Shataukok. ... Luk Keng Chan Uk (鹿頸陳屋) is situated to the south west of Sha Tau Kok, in the northeastern part of Hong Kong. ... Nam Chung (hanzi : 南涌, pinyin : nán chong) is situated in the north eastern New Territories of Hong Kong, to the west of the Shataukok Hoi or Stirling Inlet, opposite the town of Shataukok. ... Sam A village (三椏村) in the northeastern New Territories of Hong Kong is named after the idyllic bay of Sam A Wan (三椏灣). In its heyday in the 1950s and 1960s, there were more than 200 residents here, but at the end of the 1960’s most of the men left the... San Tsuen (Chinese: 新村) is situated in the north eastern New Territories of Hong Kong, to the west the town of Shataukok. ... So Lo Pun is the village which was once lived in by the generations of the Wong family. ...

Sheung Shui District Rural Committee

上水區鄉事委員會 Public estates in Sheung Shui. ...

  • Cheung Lek (長瀝)
  • Hang Tau (坑頭) (2)
  • Ho Sheung Heung (河水鄉)
  • Kai Leung (雞嶺)
  • Kam Tsin (金錢) (2)
  • Kwu Tung (North) (古洞(北))
  • Kwu Tung (South) (古洞(南))
  • Lin Tong Mei (蓮塘尾)
  • Liu Pok (料壆)
  • Ma Tso Lung (North) (馬草壠(北))
  • Ma Tso Lung (South) (馬草壠(南))
  • Ng Uk Tsuen (吳屋村)
  • Ping Kong (丙崗)
  • Sheung Shui Heung (上水鄉) (3)
  • Tai Tau Leng (大頭嶺) (2)
  • Tong Kung Leung (唐公嶺)
  • Tsiu Keng (蕉徑)
  • Tsung Pak Long (松柏朗)
  • Wa Shan Tsuen (華山村)
  • Yin Kong (燕崗)
  • Ying Pun (營盤)

Ta Kwu Ling District Rural Committee

打鼓嶺區鄉事委員會

  • Chow Tin Tsuen (週田村) (2)
  • Chuk Yuen (竹園)
  • Fung Wong Wu (鳳凰湖)
  • Ha Shan Kai Wat (下山雞乙)
  • Heung Yuen Wai (香園圍)
  • Kan Tau Wai (簡頭圍)
  • Lei Uk (李屋)
  • Lo Wu (羅湖)
  • Muk Wu (木湖)
  • Nga Yiu (瓦窰)
  • Nga Yiu Ha (瓦窰下)
  • Ping Che (坪輋)
  • Ping Yeung (坪洋) (4)
  • San Uk Ling (新屋嶺)
  • Sheung Shan Kai Wut (上山雞乙)
  • Tai Po Tin (大埔田)
  • Tak Yuet Lau (得月樓)
  • Tong Fong (塘坊)
  • Tsung Yuen Ha (松園下)
  • Wo Keng Shan (禾徑山)

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Tai Po District

Junction of Kwong Fuk Road and Kwong Fuk Street, Tai Po For the district in Hong Kong, see Tai Po District. ...

Sai Kung North Rural Committee

西貢北約鄉事委員會 The position of Sai Kung District within the Hong Kong S.A.R. Sai Kung (西貢; pinyin: Xi1gong4; Cantonese: sai1 gung3) is the second-largest of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. ...

  • Che Ha (輋下)

Tai Po Rural Committee

大埔鄉事委員會 Junction of Kwong Fuk Road and Kwong Fuk Street, Tai Po For the district in Hong Kong, see Tai Po District. ...

  • A Shan (鴉山)

Sha Tin District

Sha Tin, or Shatin (Chinese: 沙田; Cantonese IPA: , Jyutping: saa1 tin4; Mandarin Pinyin: Shātián) (literally fields of sand), is an area in the core of the Sha Tin District, in the New Territories, Hong Kong. ...

Sha Tin Rural Committee

沙田鄉事委員會 Sha Tin, or Shatin (Chinese: 沙田; Cantonese IPA: , Jyutping: saa1 tin4; Mandarin Pinyin: Shātián) (literally fields of sand), is an area in the core of the Sha Tin District, in the New Territories, Hong Kong. ...

  • Ah Kung Kok Fishermen Village (亞公角漁民村)
  • Au Pui Wan (坳背灣)

Sai Kung District

The position of Sai Kung District within the Hong Kong S.A.R. Sai Kung (西貢; pinyin: Xi1gong4; Cantonese: sai1 gung3) is the second-largest of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. ...

Hang Hau Rural Committee

坑口鄉事委員會 Hang Hau is a residential area in Hong Kong. ...

  • Fu Tau Chau (斧頭洲)

Sai Kung Rural Committee

西貢鄉事委員會 The position of Sai Kung District within the Hong Kong S.A.R. Sai Kung (西貢; pinyin: Xi1gong4; Cantonese: sai1 gung3) is the second-largest of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. ...

  • Che Keng Tuk (輋徑篤)

Yuen Long District

Yuen Long (元朗, Jyutping: jyun4 long5, pinyin: Yuánlǎng) (used to be known as Un Long), one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong, located in the North-West of the New Territories, is a post-war new town set in the centre of Hong Kongs largest alluvial plain. ...

Ha Tsuen Rural Committee

廈村鄉事委員會

  • Ha Pak Nai Tsuen (下白泥村)
  • Ha Tsuen Shi (廈村市)

Kam Tin Rural Committee

錦田鄉事委員會 Kam Tin (錦田) is an area in the New Territories, Hong Kong. ...

  •  

Pat Heung Rural Committee

八鄉鄉事委員會 Pat Heung is the EMU depot for KCR West Rail. ...

  • Cheung Kok Tsuen (長江村)

Ping Shan Rural Committee

屏山鄉事委員會 Ping Shan (屏山) is an area of Hong Kong, part of Yuen Long District, in the New Territories. ...

  • Chung Sam Wai (忠心圍)

San Tin Rural Committee

新田鄉事委員會

  • Chau Tau (洲頭) (2)

Shap Pat Heung Rural Committee

十八鄉鄉事委員會

  • Choi Uk Tsuen (蔡屋村)
  • Wong Nai Tau

Tuen Mun District

Tuen Mun (屯門) is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. ...

Tuen Mun Rural Committee

屯門鄉事委員會 Tuen Mun (屯門) is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. ...

  • Chung Uk Tsuen (鍾屋村) (2)

Tsuen Wan and Kwai Tsing District

Tsuen Wan (荃灣區) is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. ... Kwai Tsing (葵青) is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. ...

Ma Wan Rural Committee

馬灣鄉事委員會 Ma Wan (馬灣) is an island of Hong Kong, located between Lantau Island and Tsing Yi Island. ...

  • Chok Ko Wan and Pa Tau Kwu (竹篙灣及扒頭鼓)
  • Luk Keng (鹿頸)

Pennys Bay is a bay in north-eastern Lantau Island, and is the site of the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, which consists of the Hong Kong Disneyland theme park, Disneyland Hotel and Disneys Hollywood Hotel. ...

Tsing Yi Rural Committee

青衣鄉事委員會 Tsing Yi Rural Committee (青衣鄉事委員會) is a rural committee dealing with matters of the villages on the Tsing Yi Island. ...


Note: The brackets are, (No. of Indigenous Inhabitant Representative[原居民代表], No. of Resident Representative[居民代表]) in the Tsing Yi Rural Committee. The villages with no bracketed numbers have no representatives in the committee. Tsing Yi Rural Committee (青衣鄉事委員會) is a rural committee dealing with matters of the villages on the Tsing Yi Island. ...

  • Chung Mei Tsuen (涌美村) (3,1)
  • Lo Uk Tsuen (老屋村) (1,1)

Note: Chung Mei Tsuen and Lo Uk Tsuen are mixed into one village, named Chung Mei Lo Uk Tsuen (涌尾老屋村). Tsing Yi residents prefer to call this village simply Chung Mei Tsuen.

  • Tai Wong Ha Resite Village (大王下村) or Tai Wong Ha Tsuen (5,1)
  • Sun Uk Resite Village (新屋村) or San Uk Tsuen (1,1)
  • Yim Tin Kok Resite Village (鹽田角村) or Yim Tin Kok Tsuen (1,1)
  • Lam Tin Resite Village (藍田村) or Lam Tin Tsuen (2,1)

Note: The about four resite villages are relocated together and are usually referred as Sai Tsuen (四村), lit. four villages.

  • Fung Shue Wo Resite Village (楓樹窩新村) or Fung Shu Wo Tsuen (楓樹窩村) (1,0)

Note: In Fung Shue Wo, there are two villages namely Tsing Yu New Village (青裕新村), and Tsing Yi Hui (青衣墟), lit. Tsing Yi Market.

  • Fishermen's Village and St. Paul's Village (漁民村及聖保祿村) (0,1)
  • Tsing Yi Lutherian Village (信義新村)
  • Liu To Village (寮肚村)
  • Ko Tan Village (高灘村)
  • Sai Shan Village (細山村)(Still exists?)

Tsing Yi Lutherian Village (信義新村) is a village on Tsing Yi Island. ...

Tsuen Wan Rural Committee

荃灣鄉事委員會 Tsuen Wan Rural Committee (荃灣鄉事委員會) is an rural committee representing the interest of villages in Tsuen Wan and Kwai Chung, Hong Kong. ...

  • Chuen Lung (川龍) (3)
  • Chung Kwai Chung (中葵涌) (3)

Islands District

The Islands District (離島區) is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. ...

Cheung Chau Rural Committee

長洲鄉事委員會 Cheung Chau (é•·æ´²; lit. ...

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Lamma Island (North) Rural Committee

南丫島北段鄉事委員會 Lamma Island Power Station and Hung Shing Ye beach Lamma Island (南丫島; pinyin: nán yā dÇŽo; Jyutping: Nam4 Nga1 Dou2), also known as Pok Liu Chau (博寮洲) or simply Pok Liu (博寮), is the third largest island in Hong Kong and part of the Islands District, Hong Kong. ...

The village of Yung Shue Wan from the ferry terminal. ...

Lamma Island (South) Rural Committee

南丫島南段鄉事委員會 Lamma Island Power Station and Hung Shing Ye beach Lamma Island (南丫島; pinyin: nán yā dÇŽo; Jyutping: Nam4 Nga1 Dou2), also known as Pok Liu Chau (博寮洲) or simply Pok Liu (博寮), is the third largest island in Hong Kong and part of the Islands District, Hong Kong. ...

Yung Shue Ha from the Tung O Wan ferry pier. ... Yung Shue Ha from the Tung O Wan ferry pier. ...

Mui Wo Rural Committee

梅窩鄉事委員會 Mui Wo (梅窩, lit. ...

  • Chung Hau (North) (涌口(北))

Peng Chau Rural Committee

坪洲鄉事委員會 Peng Chau (坪洲 in pinyin: Píngzhōu; in Jyutping: ping4 zau1; literal meaning: Flat Islet) is a small island located off the north-eastern coast of Lantau Island. ...

  • Nim Shu Wan (稔樹灣)
  • Tai Pak (大白) (not an existing village)

South Lantao Rural Committee

大嶼山南區鄉事委員會 Lantau Island (based on its old name 爛頭島 lan tau do, lit. ...

  • Cheung Sha Lower Village (長沙下村)
  • Cheung Sha Upper Village (長沙上村)

Tai O Rural Committee

大澳鄉事委員會 Tai O (大澳) is a fishing town, partly located on an island of the same name, on the western side of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. ...

  • Fan Lau (汾流)

Tung Chung Rural Committee

東涌鄉事委員會 Location of Tung Chung in relation to the rest of Lantau Island Tung Chung (Chinese: 東涌, Hanyu pinyin: Dong Yong; Jyutping: dung1 cung1; Cantonese IPA:) is the first new town on an outlying island of Hong Kong. ...

Chek Lap Kok (Chinese: 赤鱲角; Jyutping: cek3 laap6 gok3; Cantonese IPA: ; Pinyin: Chìliè Jiǎo; Red Perch Cape) is an island in the western waters of Hong Kong. ...

Others

Former villages are italitised.


New Kowloon

  • Cha Kwo Ling Village (茶果嶺村)
  • Fung Wong San Chuen (鳳王新村)
  • Grand View Village (大觀村)
  • Hau Wong Temple New Village (候王廟新村)
  • Ling Nam San Tsuen (嶺南新村)
  • Ma Chai Hang Tsuen (馬仔坑村)
  • Man Kuk New Tsuen (文谷新村)
  • Nga Tsin Wai Tsuen (衙前圍村)
  • Ngau Chi Wan Tsuen (牛池灣村)
  • Ping Ting Tsuen (平頂村)
  • Po Kong Tsuen (蒲崗村)
  • Pok Oi Tsuen (博愛村)
  • Pui Man Tsuen (培民村)
  • Sam Ka Tsuen (三家村)
  • Shanghai Tsuen (上海村)
  • Sze Hai Tsuen (四喜村)
  • Tai Hom Village (大磡村)
    • Ha Yuen Leng and Sheung Yuen Leng (formerly Kowloon Yuen Leng) (下元嶺, 上元嶺, 九龍元嶺)
  • Tai Hom Woi Tsuen (大磡窩村)
  • Tai Koon Yuen (大觀園)
  • Tong Ning New San Tsuen (唐寧新村)
  • Tung Shan Tsuen (東山村)
  • Tung Wo Tsuen (東和村)
  • Yan Oi San Tsuen (仁愛新村)
  • Yan Yee San Tsuen (仁義新村)

New Kowloon (Chinese: 新九龍; Cantonese IPA: , Jyutping: san1 gau2 lung4, Mandarin Pinyin: Xīn Jiǔlóng) is an area in Kowloon, Hong Kong, bounded in the south by Boundary Street, and in the north by the ranges of the Lion Rock, Beacon Hill, Tates Cairn and Kowloon Peak. ...

Villages and former villages on Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon

Former villages are italitised. The night view of the Island side as seen from the Kowloon side - the opposite side of the Victoria Harbour Hong Kong Island (Traditional Chinese: 香港島; Simplified Chinese: 香港岛; Cantonese Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2 dou2; Mandarin Pinyin: Xiānggǎngdǎo) is the island where the colonial settlement of the Hong Kong territory... Location within China In modern day Hong Kong, Kowloon (九龍; Cantonese IPA:; Jyutping: gau2 lung4; Mandarin Pinyin: Jiǔlóng; lit. ...


Hong Kong Island

  • A Kung Ngam Village (阿公岩村)
  • Aldrich Village (愛秩序村)
  • Ching Man Tsuen (正民村)
  • Fu Tau Wat Village (富斗窟村)
  • Healthy Village (健康村)
  • Hing Wah Village (興華村)
  • Holy Cross Path Village (聖十字徑村)
  • Kau Man Village (教民村)
  • Ma Shan Village (馬山村)
  • Nan On Fong Village (南安坊村)
  • O Pui Lung Shan Teng Village (澳貝龍山頂村)
  • O Pui Lung Village (澳貝龍村)
  • Pok Fu Lam Tsuen (薄扶林村)
  • Shek O Village (石澳村)
  • Shek O New Village (石澳新村)
  • Tai Ping Village (太平村)
  • Tsin Shui Ma Tau Village (淺水碼頭村)
  • Wang Hang Tsai Village (橫坑仔村)
  • Wang Hang Tung Village (橫坑東村)
  • Wesley Village (衛斯理村)

The night view of the Island side as seen from the Kowloon side - the opposite side of the Victoria Harbour Hong Kong Island (Traditional Chinese: 香港島; Simplified Chinese: 香港岛; Cantonese Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2 dou2; Mandarin Pinyin: XiānggÇŽngdÇŽo) is the island where the colonial settlement of the Hong Kong territory... Pok Fu Lam (薄扶林) is a residential area on Hong Kong Island, at the western end of the Southern District. ... Shek O (石澳) is a beachside village in the Southern District, Hong Kong, that includes Shek O Country Park, Shek O and Cape DAguillar (鶴咀). ... Shek O (石澳) is a beachside village in the Southern District, Hong Kong, that includes Shek O Country Park, Shek O and Cape DAguillar (鶴咀). ...

Kowloon

  • Tsim Sha Tsui Village (尖沙嘴村)
  • Ma Tau Wai (馬頭圍, formerly 古瑾圍)

Location within China In modern day Hong Kong, Kowloon (九龍; Cantonese IPA:; Jyutping: gau2 lung4; Mandarin Pinyin: Jiǔlóng; lit. ... Ma Tau Wai (馬頭圍; orginially 碼頭圍, historically 古瑾圍) is an area in Kowloon City District, Kowloon, Hong Kong. ...

See also

Most of the walled villages in Hong Kong are located in the New Territories. ... The following is a list of cities, towns and new towns in Hong Kong. ... This is a list of buildings and structures in Hong Kong. ... The Heung Yee Kuk (鄉議局, literally rural consultative agency) is a statutory advisory body in the New Territories, Hong Kong. ... Rural committee (鄉事委員會) is a body representing the welfare of indigenious residents in the New Territories of Hong Kong. ...

External links

List of villages

  • pdf format, html format by Google, English
  • pdf format, html format by Google, Chinese (Traditional)

List of rural committees

  • pdf format, html format by Google, English and Chinese (Traditional)

Other information

  • Villages in New Territories East
  • Villages in New Territories West
  • Villages in Lam Tsuen
  • Villages in Lung Yeuk Tau

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