Shek Kip Mei Estate

Shek Kip Mei Estate is the first public housing estate in Hong Kong. It is located in and is under the management of the Hong Kong Housing Authority.
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  • Type: Suburb with 18,100 residents
  • Description: Public housing estate in Hong Kong
  • Also known as: “Shek Kip Mei”, “Shek Kip Mi Resettlement Area”, “Shek Kip Mi Village”, “Shep Kip Mei”, “石夾尾 Shek Kap Mei”, and “石硤尾 Shek Kip Mei”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shek Kip Mei Public Library and Wai Chi Street Rest Garden.

Library
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Park
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is a park.

Arts center
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The is a multi-disciplinary artist village and arts centre in Shek Kip Mei, Hong Kong, housed in a converted nine-storey factory estate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sham Shui Po and Kowloon Tong.

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.

Suburb
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is an affluent area of located in . The majority of the area is in the . Its exact location is south of the , north of Boundary Street, east of the East Rail line and west of Grampian Road.

Suburb
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is an area between and in , . It is mainly residential to the north and south, with an industrial area in between.

Shek Kip Mei Estate

Latitude
22.33365° or 22° 20′ 1″ north
Longitude
114.16741° or 114° 10′ 3″ east
Population
18,100
Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)
Open location code
7PJP85M8+FX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 857936808
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1818905
Wiki­data ID
Q762797
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Shek Kip Mei Estate” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “石硤尾”
  • Chinese: “石硤尾邨”
  • Dutch: “Shek Kip Mei Estate”
  • German: “Shek Kip Mei”
  • Japanese: “石硤尾村”
  • Polish: “Shek Kip Mei”
  • Vietnamese: “Thạch Giáp Vĩ”
  • Yue Chinese: “石硤尾邨”

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Notable Places Nearby

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