Kat Hing Wai
Kat Hing Wai is a Punti walled village in the Yuen Long District of Hong Kong. The village is popularly known as Kam Tin, from the name of the local area.Photo: Chong Fat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: Punti walled village of Hong Kong
- Also known as: “Jiqingwei” and “吉慶圍 Kat Hing Wai”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kam Tin Red Brick House and Kam Tin Shing Mun San Tsuen Sitting-out Area.
Kam Tin Red Brick House
Marketplace
Photo: Chong Fat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kam Tin Red Brick House is a marketplace.
Kam Tin Shing Mun San Tsuen Sitting-out Area
Park
Photo: Tombus20032000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kam Tin Shing Mun San Tsuen Sitting-out Area is a park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kam Tin and Tai Hong Wai.
Kam Tin
Suburb
Photo: Chong Fat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kam Tin, or Kam Tin Heung, is an area in the New Territories, Hong Kong. It lies on a flat alluvial plain north of Tai Mo Shan mountain and east of Yuen Long town.
Tai Hong Wai
Hamlet
Photo: Chong Fat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tai Hong Wai is a walled village located in the Kam Tin area of Yuen Long District, in Hong Kong. Three other walled villages, Kat Hing Wai, Wing Lung Wai, and Kam Hing Wai are located nearby and were built around the same time.
Kam Tin Shi
Village
Photo: 姒姓賢寧, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kam Tin Shi is a village in Kam Tin, in the Yuen Long District of the New Territories of Hong Kong.
Kat Hing Wai
- Categories: walled villages of Hong Kong and locality
- Location: Yuen Long District, Hong Kong, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
22.43962° or 22° 26′ 23″ northLongitude
114.064° or 114° 3′ 50″ eastElevation
5 metres (16 feet)Open location code
7PJPC3Q7+RHOpenStreetMap ID
node 4467947510OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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Satellite Map
Discover Kat Hing Wai from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Kat Hing Wai” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “吉庆围”
- Chinese: “吉慶圍”
- Dutch: “Kat Hing Wai”
- French: “Kat Hing Wai”
- Japanese: “吉慶囲”
- Yue Chinese: “Kat Hing Wai”
- Yue Chinese: “吉慶圍”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kam Tin Town Centre and Nam Wai Tsuen.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kat Hing Wai Garden and Kat Hing Wai Playground.
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