Wong Tai Sin

Wong Tai Sin is an area in , , Hong Kong. The area was named after the . The area was previously known as or Chuk Un, prior to the intake of two Wong Tai Sin Estates.
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  • Type: Suburb with 425,000 residents
  • Description: area in Wong Tai Sin District, New Kowloon, Hong Kong
  • Also known as: “Chuk Yuen”, “Huangdaxian”, “Wong Tai Sin, Hong Kong”, “竹園 Chuk Yuen”, and “黃大仙 Wong Tai Sin”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lion Rock and Wong Tai Sin Temple.

Peak
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, or less formally Hill, is a mountain in . It is located in , between of and of the , and is 495 metres high.

Place of worship
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is a well known shrine and tourist attraction in . It is dedicated to Wong Tai Sin, or the Great Immortal Wong. The 18,000 m2 Taoist temple is famed for the many prayers answered: "What you request is what you get" via a practice called kau chim.

Buddhist temple
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is a large Buddhist temple complex located in , , . It was founded in 1934 as a retreat for Buddhist nuns and was rebuilt in the 1998 following the traditional Tang dynasty architecture.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kowloon and Kowloon City.

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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.

Suburb
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is an in , . It is part of . Compared with the council area of , the area is vaguely bounded in the south by Prince Edward Road West and Prince Edward Road East, north with , east with Kai Tak Nullah and west with Kowloon Tsai.

Suburb
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is an area of , , situated in the northwestern part of the , north of , east of and south of Shek Kip Mei. is situated 3½ km west of Wong Tai Sin.

Wong Tai Sin

Latitude
22.3421° or 22° 20′ 31″ north
Longitude
114.1944° or 114° 11′ 40″ east
Population
425,000
Elevation
253 metres (830 feet)
Named after
黃大仙上邨 Upper Wong Tai Sin Estate;黃大仙下邨 Lower Wong Tai Sin Estate
United Nations Location Code
HK 9WT
Open location code
7PJP85RV+RQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2089480454
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1818304
Wiki­data ID
Q8032027
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Wong Tai Sin” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “黃大仙”
  • Chinese: “黄大仙”
  • Japanese: “黄大仙”
  • Korean: “웡다이신”
  • Korean: “황다셴”
  • Russian: “Вонг Таи Син”
  • Russian: “Вонтайсинь”
  • Yue Chinese: “Wong Tai Sin”
  • Yue Chinese: “黃大仙”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wong Tai Sin Square and Wong Tai Sin Station.

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