Hung Hom
Hung Hom is an area in the southeast of Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong. Including the areas of Whampoa, Tai Wan, Hok Yuen, Lo Lung Hang and No. 12 Hill are administratively part of the Kowloon City District, with a portion west of Hung Hom Bay in the Yau Tsim Mong District.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 13,800 residents
- Description: area of Kowloon, in Hong Kong
- Also known as: “Hongkan”, “Hung-k’an”, and “Hunghom”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hung Hom Public Library and Kwun Yam Temple.
Kwun Yam Temple
Buddhist temple
Photo: Chong Fat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kwun Yam Temple is a Buddhist temple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hok Yuen and Tai Wan.
Hok Yuen
Quarter
Photo: Ceeseven, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hok Yuen or formerly Hok Un is a place in at the southeastern coast of Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong. It is at the north of Hung Hom, south of Quarry Hill and east of Lo Lung Hang.
Tai Wan
Neighborhood
Tai Wan was a bay on the eastern Hung Hom, Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong. The southern end of the bay joined with the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock. The name also refers to an area, which neighbours To Kwa Wan and the Whampoa Garden in Hung Hom.
Kowloon
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Hung Hom
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Kowloon City, Hong Kong, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
22.3069° or 22° 18′ 25″ northLongitude
114.18632° or 114° 11′ 11″ eastPopulation
13,800Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)United Nations Location Code
HK GOMOpen location code
7PJP854P+QGOpenStreetMap ID
node 358321428OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Hung Hom” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “紅碪”
- Chinese: “紅磡”
- Chinese: “紅磡區”
- Chinese: “红磡”
- Dutch: “Hung Hom”
- French: “Hung Hom”
- German: “Hung Hom”
- Hebrew: “הונג הום”
- Indonesian: “Hung Hom”
- Japanese: “ホンハム”
- Japanese: “紅カン”
- Japanese: “紅磡”
- Korean: “훙함”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hung Hom”
- Norwegian: “Hung Hom”
- Pinyin: “Hóngkàn”
- Slovenian: “Hung Hom”
- Tamil: “ஹொங் ஹாம்”
- Vietnamese: “Hồng Khám”
- Yue Chinese: “Hung Ham”
- Yue Chinese: “Hung Hom”
- Yue Chinese: “Hunghom”
- Yue Chinese: “紅磡”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lux Theatre and Hung Hom Municipal Services Building Sports Centre.
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