Tsim Sha Tsui
Tsim Sha Tsui, often abbreviated as TST, is an area in southern Kowloon, Hong Kong. The area is administratively part of the Yau Tsim Mong District. Tsim Sha Tsui East is a piece of land reclaimed from the Hung Hom Bay now east of Tsim Sha Tsui.Photo: Wpcpey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Quarter with 24,600 residents
- Description: tourist and commercial area in Hong Kong
- Also known as: “Heung Lo Tau”, “Tsimshatsui”, and “TST”
- Address: 尖沙咀 Tsim Sha Tsui
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kowloon Masjid and Islamic Centre and iSQUARE.
Kowloon Masjid and Islamic Centre
Photo: Stewart, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Kowloon Masjid and Islamic Centre, also known as the Kowloon Mosque, is a mosque located in Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. Located in the Tsim Sha Tsui area at the intersection of Nathan Road and Haiphong Road, beside Kowloon Park, the mosque is the largest in Hong Kong and holds five prayers daily and is capable of accommodating up to 3,500 people.
iSQUARE
Shopping center
Photo: WiNG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
iSQUARE is a 31-storey shopping centre located at 63 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, on the site of the former Hyatt Regency Hotel. It was developed by, and is now owned by, Associated International Hotels zh:凱聯國際.
Health Education Exhibition and Resource Centre
Museum
Photo: Chong Fat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Health Education Exhibition and Resources Centre opened on 17 May 1997 in Kowloon Park, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. It is under the management of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department of the Government of Hong Kong.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yung Shue Tau and Kings Park.
Yung Shue Tau
Locality
Photo: Kamdooriepang, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yung Shue Tau is the public square in front of the Tin Hau Temple in Yau Ma Tei of Kowloon in Hong Kong. The name in Cantonese means banyan tree head, and many banyan trees are still there.
Kowloon
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Kowloon is an urban peninsula on the mainland part of Hong Kong, directly across from the Hong Kong Island central business district. With over 2 million people living in an area of less than 47 km², Kowloon is one of the most densely populated places on the planet, and has a matching array of places to shop, eat and sleep.
Tsim Sha Tsui
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Kowloon City, Hong Kong, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
22.29856° or 22° 17′ 55″ northLongitude
114.1736° or 114° 10′ 25″ eastPopulation
24,600United Nations Location Code
HK TSTOpen location code
7PJP75XF+CCOpenStreetMap ID
node 12965899037OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
1818501Wikidata ID
Q15022
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Tsim Sha Tsui” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تسيم شا تسوي”
- Central Bikol: “Tsim Sha Tsui”
- Chinese: “尖沙咀”
- Chinese: “尖沙嘴”
- Dutch: “Tsim Sha Tsui”
- Esperanto: “Cimŝacuj”
- Estonian: “Tsim Sha Tsui”
- Finnish: “Tsim Sha Tsui”
- French: “Tsim Sha Tsui”
- German: “Tsim Sha Tsui”
- Greek: “Τσιμ Σα Τσούι”
- Hebrew: “צים שא צוי”
- Indonesian: “Tsim Sha Tsui”
- Italian: “Distretto di Tsim Sha Tsui”
- Italian: “Tsim Sha Tsui”
- Japanese: “チムサーチョイ”
- Japanese: “チムサチョイ”
- Japanese: “チムシャチョイ”
- Japanese: “尖沙咀”
- Korean: “짐사저이”
- Literary Chinese: “尖沙咀”
- Persian: “تسیم شا تسوی”
- Portuguese: “Tsim Sha Tsui”
- Romanian: “Tsim Sha Tsui”
- Russian: “Чимсачёй”
- Spanish: “Tsim Sha Tsui”
- Tamil: “சிம் சா சுயி”
- Thai: “จิมซาจุ่ย”
- Thai: “จิ๊มซ้าโจ๋ย”
- Turkish: “Tsim Sha Tsui”
- Vietnamese: “Tiêm Sa Chủy”
- Vietnamese: “TST”
- Yue Chinese: “尖沙咀”
- Yue Chinese: “尖沙嘴”
- Yue Chinese: “香埗頭”
- Yue Chinese: “香埠頭”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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