East Asia
Hong Kong
Yau Tsim Mong District

Yau Ma Tei

Yau Ma Tei is an area in the in the south of the in Hong Kong.
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  • Type: Suburb with 29,600 residents
  • Description: area in the Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong
  • Also known as: “Yaumatei”, “Yaumati”, and “Youmadi”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Henry G. Leong Yau Ma Tei Community Centre and Yau Ma Tei Public Library.

Community center
Photo: Exploringlife, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a community center.

Library
Photo: Chong Fat, Public domain.

Movie theater
Photo: Hingpingcka, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a in Yau Ma Tei, , run by Broadway Circuit. Located in Prosperous Garden, a public housing estate, the cinema screens a wider spectrum of films including independent and art films than other cinemas in Hong Kong.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yung Shue Tau and Kings Park.

Locality
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is the public square in front of in Yau Ma Tei of in . The name in Cantonese means banyan tree head, and many banyan trees are still there.

Suburb
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King's Park is an area in in , .

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an urban peninsula on the mainland part of , directly across from the Hong Kong Island . With over 2 million people living in an area of less than 47 km², is one of the most densely populated places on the planet, and has a matching array of places to shop, eat and sleep.

Yau Ma Tei

Latitude
22.31015° or 22° 18′ 37″ north
Longitude
114.16999° or 114° 10′ 12″ east
Population
29,600
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
United Nations Location Code
HK 9YM
Open location code
7PJP8569+3X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2514371513
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1818268
Wiki­data ID
Q4542478
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Yau Ma Tei” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “油蔴地”
  • Chinese: “油麻地”
  • Chinese: “麻地”
  • German: “Yau Ma Tei”
  • Japanese: “油麻地”
  • Korean: “야우마데이”
  • Korean: “유마디”
  • Vietnamese: “Du Ma Địa”
  • Yue Chinese: “Yau Ma Tei”
  • Yue Chinese: “Yau Ma Ti”
  • Yue Chinese: “Yaumatei”
  • Yue Chinese: “Yaumati”
  • Yue Chinese: “YMT”
  • Yue Chinese: “大石剌”
  • Yue Chinese: “油蔴地”
  • Yue Chinese: “油麻地”

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