Sha Tau Kok River
The Sha Tau Kok River, is a river between Hong Kong and Shenzhen serving as a part of the land border between Hong Kong SAR and Mainland China. Along with Sham Chun River and Chung Ying Street, the river serves as the natural boundary between the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong and the Special Economic Zone of Shenzhen.- Type: Locality
- Description: river on the border between Hong Kong and mainland China
- Also known as: “Sha Tau Kok River/Shatoujiao River”, “Sha-t’ou”, “Sha-t’ou-chiao”, “Shatoujiao”, and “Shatoujiao River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shatoujiao Port and Shan Tsui Hip Tin Temple.
Shatoujiao Port
Border checkpoint
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Shatoujiao Port is a border checkpoint.
Shan Tsui Hip Tin Temple
Place of worship
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Shan Tsui Hip Tin Temple is a place of worship.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shatoujiao and Shan Tsui.
Shatoujiao
Suburb
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Shatoujiao is a subdistrict of Yantian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, located on the border of Shenzhen and Hong Kong, China. The population is mainly composed of migrant workers from all parts of China along with a small number of Russians.
Shan Tsui
Hamlet
Photo: Chong Fat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shan Tsui is a village in the Sha Tau Kok area of North District of Hong Kong.
Sha Tau Kok River
- Category: river
- Location: Guangdong, South China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Yue Chinese—“Sha Tau Kok River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Sha Tau Kok”
- Chinese: “沙头角”
- Chinese: “沙头角河”
- Chinese: “沙頭角河”
- Dutch: “Sha Tau Kok River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Sha Tau Kok”
- Italian: “Fiume Sha Tau Kok”
- Italian: “Sha Tau Kok”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Sa Đầu Giác”
- Welsh: “Afon Sha Tau Kok”
- Yue Chinese: “Sha Tau Kok River”
- Yue Chinese: “沙頭角河”
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