Government House

Government House, located on in , Hong Kong, is the official residence of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong. It was constructed in 1855 as a Colonial Renaissance-style building, but was significantly remodelled during the Japanese occupation, resulting in the current hybrid Japanese–neoclassical form.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: official residence of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong
  • Also known as: “Government House, Hong Kong”, “Toà nhà Chính quyền”, “前香港總督府”, “旧香港総督官邸”, “旧香港総督府”, “港督府”, “督憲府”, “香港督憲府”, “香港禮賓府 Government House”, and “香港總督府”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Justice Place and Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui.

Town hall
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Old Central Government Offices was home to many… is situated 150 metres northeast of Government House.

Church
The , also known as the Hong… is situated 210 metres northwest of Government House.

Park
Photo: HK Arun, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a public park next to Cotton Tree Drive in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Government Hill and Mid-Levels.

Neighborhood
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is a hill in …

Suburb
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is an affluent residential area on in .

Photo: seeminglee, CC BY 2.0.
Central and Western is a district of Island.

Government House

Latitude
22.27863° or 22° 16′ 43″ north
Longitude
114.15733° or 114° 9′ 26″ east
Elevation
63 metres (207 feet)
Established
1855
Open location code
7PJP75H4+FW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 42258038
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
1899661
Wiki­data ID
Q838415
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Government House” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “礼宾府”
  • Chinese: “禮賓府”
  • Chinese: “香港禮賓府”
  • French: “Government House”
  • Hebrew: “בית הממשלה”
  • Indonesian: “Gedung Pemerintahan, Hong Kong”
  • Japanese: “香港礼賓府”
  • Korean: “홍콩 예빈부”
  • Malay: “Rumah Kerajaan, Hong Kong”
  • Slovenian: “Government House”
  • Spanish: “Casa de Gobierno”
  • Vietnamese: “Tòa nhà Chính quyền”
  • Yue Chinese: “禮賓府”
  • Yue Chinese: “香港禮賓府”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: SoHo and Admiralty.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Government House and Boundary stone of the former Mountain Lodge.

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