Yau Tsim Mong District

Yau Tsim Mong
油尖旺區
District
Yau Tsim Mong District
Day view of Tsim Sha Tsui in the Yau Tsim Mong District

Location of Yau Tsim Mong within Hong Kong
Coordinates: 22°19′17″N 114°10′21″E / 22.32138°N 114.17260°E / 22.32138; 114.17260Coordinates: 22°19′17″N 114°10′21″E / 22.32138°N 114.17260°E / 22.32138; 114.17260
Country Hong Kong
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region  Hong Kong
Constituencies 16
Government
 • District Council Chairman Chris Ip Ngo tung (DAB)
 • District Officer Aron Laura Liang
Population (2011)
 • Total 307,878[1]
 • Density 44,045/km2 (114,080/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+8 (Hong Kong Time)
Website Yau Tsim Mong District Council
Yau Tsim Mong District
Traditional Chinese 油尖旺區
Simplified Chinese 油尖旺区
Nathan Road, a major thoroughfare of Yau Tsim Mong District
Tsim Sha Tsui East

Yau Tsim Mong District (Chinese: 油尖旺區; Cantonese Yale: Yàuhjīmwohng kēui) 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.

History

The district was once called Yau Ma Tei District. It was renamed Yau Tsim District from 1 April 1988 to "remove any misconception that Tsim Sha Tsui was an administrative district separate from Yau Ma Tei".[2]

Yau Tsim District and Mong Kok District were merged in 1994 to form the new Yau Tsim Mong District.

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 the line's last station in the district and continue its journey to Whampoa. 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.
  2. ↑ "Rename for Yau Ma Tei". South China Morning Post. 19 March 1988. p. 3.
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