Lai Chi Kok
Lai Chi Kok is a neighbourhood in Kowloon, Hong Kong, east of Kwai Chung and west of Cheung Sha Wan. Mei Foo Sun Chuen is the largest housing estate in the area and also the largest in Hong Kong with 99 blocks.- Type: Suburb
- Description: place in Sham Shui Po District
- Also known as: “荔枝角 Lai Chi Kok”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jao Tsung-I Academy and Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre.
Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre
Prison
Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre is a prison in Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is operated by the Correctional Services Department and is one of the largest prisons in the territory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Butterfly Valley and Piper’s Hill.
Butterfly Valley
Quarter
Butterfly Valley, or Wu Tip Kuk, is a valley in north of Lai Chi Kok in New Kowloon of Hong Kong, located between O Pui Shan and Piper's Hill.
Piper’s Hill
Neighborhood
Piper's Hill is a hill north of Cheung Sha Wan in Kowloon of Hong Kong. Administratively, it is on the border between Sham Shui Po District and Sha Tin District.
Cheung Sha Wan
Suburb
Cheung Sha Wan is an area between Lai Chi Kok and Sham Shui Po in New Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is mainly residential to the north and south, with an industrial area in between.
Lai Chi Kok
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Sham Shui Po District, Hong Kong, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
22.33705° or 22° 20′ 13″ north
Longitude
114.14207° or 114° 8′ 31″ east
Elevation
36 metres (118 feet)
United Nations Location Code
HK LCK
Open location code
7PJP84PR+RR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Lai Chi Kok” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “美孚”
- Chinese: “荔枝角”
- Dutch: “Lai Chi Kok”
- German: “Lai Chi Kok”
- Japanese: “茘枝角”
- Urdu: “لائی چی کوک”
- Yue Chinese: “Laichikok”
- Yue Chinese: “荔枝角”
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Localities in the Area
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