East Asia
Hong Kong
Eastern District

Chai Wan

Chai Wan, formerly known as Sai Wan, lies at the east end of the urban area of next to . The area is administratively part of the , and is a mosaic of industrial and residential areas.
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Photo: Wing1990hk, CC BY 3.0.
  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: populated area in Hong Kong
  • Also known as: “Chaiwan”, “Sai Wan”, and “大柴灣”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chai Wan station and Law Uk Folk Museum.

Railway station
Photo: Wing1990hk, CC BY 3.0.
Chai Wan is the eastern terminus of the MTR Island line on , Hong Kong. It is the only station on the Island line that is elevated. The station is located at the junction of Chai Wan Road and Island Eastern Corridor, and serves Siu Sai Wan and Chai Wan, a primarily residential and industrial town.

Museum
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Law Uk is a former Hakka village house in Chai Wan, Hong Kong. Named after the surname of the family who lived in the house, it was built in the mid-18th century during the Qing Dynasty, about 90 years before the British took possession of .

Community center
Photo: WiNG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, formerly known as Hong Kong Centre for Youth Development is a youth activities complex in Hong Kong. It is located at 238 Chai Wan Road, Chai Wan on .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Siu Sai Wan and A Kung Ngam.

Suburb
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is a residential area in the northeastern part of in Hong Kong. It is located in the eastern part of Chai Wan, and is administratively under the . The population was 59,729 in June 2011.

Village
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is a village.

Suburb
Photo: Minghong, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Big Wave Bay or is a bay in the of Hong Kong. It is located on the eastern coast of , south of and north of . This bay should not be confused with the bay with the same name in Sai Kung.

Chai Wan

Latitude
22.26561° or 22° 15′ 56″ north
Longitude
114.23796° or 114° 14′ 17″ east
Elevation
41 metres (135 feet)
Open location code
7PJP768Q+65
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316735889
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1820002
Wiki­data ID
Q3267888
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Yue Chinese—“Chai Wan” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Չհայվան”
  • Catalan: “Chai Wan”
  • Cebuano: “Chai Wan”
  • Chinese: “柴湾”
  • Chinese: “柴灣”
  • Chinese: “柴灣區”
  • Chinese: “翠灣”
  • Dutch: “Chai Wan”
  • German: “Chai Wan”
  • Indonesian: “Chai Wan”
  • Japanese: “柴湾”
  • Korean: “츠완”
  • Russian: “Чхайвань”
  • Swedish: “Chai Wan”
  • Tamil: “சய் வான்”
  • Vietnamese: “Trại Loan”
  • Vietnamese: “Vịnh Sài”
  • Yue Chinese: “柴灣”

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Localities in the Area

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Chai Wan”. Photo: Wing1990hk, CC BY 3.0.