East Asia
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Tai Po District

Tai Po

Tai Po is an area in the of Hong Kong. It refers to the vicinity of the traditional market towns in the area presently known as Tai Po Old Market or Tai Po Kau Hui on the north of and the Tai Po Hui on Fu Shin Street on the south of the , near the old Tai Po Market railway station of the Kowloon-Canton Railway.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Town with 274,000 residents
  • Description: area in Hong Kong
  • Also known as: “Tai Po Market”, “Tai Po New Town”, “Tai Po Old Market”, “Tai Po Town”, “Tai-po-hui”, “Tai-wo-shi”, and “Taipo NT”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hong Kong Railway Museum and Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital.

Museum
Photo: Rudder57, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a railway museum in Tai Po, Hong Kong. It is now under the management of the Leisure and Cultural Service Department. Opened on 20 December 1985, it is located at the site where the old Tai Po Market railway station was built in 1913.

Hospital
Photo: Chong Fat, Public domain.
is an acute district general hospital managed under the New Territories East Cluster of the Hospital Authority in Hong Kong.

Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
The Old Tai Po Police Station is a former Hong Kong police station at the top of Tai Po . It is located at No. 11 Wan Tau Kok Lane, Tai Po, , Hong Kong, near the Old District Office North.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fanling and Lam Tsuen Valley.

Town
Photo: Wing1990hk, CC BY 3.0.
is a town in of Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the . Town is the main settlement of area. is situated 6 km northwest of Tai Po.

Suburb
is situated in the , , west of Tai Po New Town. and other villages are located in the valley. The and its branches collect water from nearby hills. is situated 3½ km west of Tai Po.

Quarter
Photo: Chong Fat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an area and a village located northwest of , in Tai Po, , Hong Kong.

Tai Po

Latitude
22.4494° or 22° 26′ 58″ north
Longitude
114.1711° or 114° 10′ 16″ east
Population
274,000
Elevation
22 metres (72 feet)
Open location code
7PJPC5XC+QF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2525372140
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1818673
Wiki­data ID
Q1758870
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Tai Po” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Tai Po”
  • Central Bikol: “Tai Po”
  • Chinese: “大埔”
  • Chinese: “大埔墟”
  • Chinese: “媚川都”
  • Chinese: “媚珠池”
  • Dutch: “Tai Po”
  • French: “Tai Po”
  • Hebrew: “טאי פו”
  • Japanese: “大埔”
  • Korean: “다이보”
  • Korean: “다푸”
  • Portuguese: “Tai Po”
  • Serbian: “Тај По”
  • Vietnamese: “Đại Bộ”
  • Wu Chinese: “大埔”
  • Yue Chinese: “大埔”
  • “Tai Po”

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