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Aberdeen

Aberdeen is an area on southwest in Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the . While the name "Aberdeen" could be taken in a broad sense to encompass the areas of Aberdeen, , , , and Wah Fu Estate, it is more often used to refer to the town only.
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  • Type: Suburb with 157,000 residents
  • Description: area on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
  • Also known as: “Aberdeen, Hong Kong”, “Heung Kong Tsai”, “Hong Kong Tsai”, and “Shekpaiwan”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Victoria Peak and Madame Tussauds Hong Kong.

Peak
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hill on the western half of . It is also known as Mount Austin, and locally as The Peak only generally. With an elevation of 552 metres, it is the tallest hill on Hong Kong Island, and the 29th tallest in the territory of .

Museum
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is a situated in the Peak Tower on . It opened in 2000 and was the first branch of the museum to be established in Asia.

Islet
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Magazine Island, originally known as , is an island of Hong Kong, located off the southwest coast of , and off the northwestern tip of . For the purpose of local council, it is part of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central Hong Kong and Wan Chai.

Photo: seeminglee, CC BY 2.0.
Central and Western is a district of Island. It is the political, administrative and financial hub and home to some fantastic skyscrapers and Victoria Peak.

Suburb
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is located in the western part of on the northern shore of , . It is bounded by Canal Road to the east, Arsenal Street to the west, and Bowen Road to the south. is situated 3½ km northeast of Aberdeen.

Village
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or Pokfulam is a residential area on , at the western end of the . It is a valley between and , around .

Aberdeen

Latitude
22.2489° or 22° 14′ 56″ north
Longitude
114.1564° or 114° 9′ 23″ east
Population
157,000
Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)
United Nations Location Code
HK ABD
Open location code
7PJP65X4+HH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 253290581
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­yes
Geo­Names ID
1819757
Wiki­data ID
Q24437
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Aberdeen” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Aberdeen, Hongkong”
  • Afrikaans: “Aberdeen”
  • Arabic: “أبردين”
  • Bulgarian: “Абърдийн”
  • Catalan: “Aberdeen”
  • Chinese: “香港仔”
  • Dutch: “Aberdeen”
  • Estonian: “Aberdeen”
  • Estonian: “Xianggangzai”
  • French: “Aberdeen”
  • German: “Aberdeen”
  • Italian: “Aberdeen”
  • Japanese: “香港仔”
  • Korean: “애버딘 항”
  • Korean: “애버딘”
  • Korean: “헝공자이”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aberdeen Harbour”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aberdeen”
  • Norwegian: “Aberdeen Harbour”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Aberdeen”
  • Russian: “Абердин”
  • Russian: “Абердинская бухта”
  • Russian: “Бухта Абердин”
  • Spanish: “Aberdeen”
  • Ukrainian: “Абердін (Гонконг)”
  • Ukrainian: “Абердін”
  • Vietnamese: “Aberdeen, Hồng Kông”
  • Vietnamese: “Aberdeen”
  • Vietnamese: “Hương Cảng Tể”
  • Yue Chinese: “Aberdeen”
  • Yue Chinese: “Little Hong Kong”
  • Yue Chinese: “Little Hongkong”
  • Yue Chinese: “元香港”
  • Yue Chinese: “香港仔”
  • Yue Chinese: “香港仔市中心”
  • Yue Chinese: “鴨巴顛”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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