Wan Chai
Wan Chai District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. Of the four on Hong Kong Island, it is north-central, and had 166,695 residents in 2021, an increase from 152,608 residents in 2011.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: districts of Hong Kong with 155,000 residents
- Description: district of Hong Kong
- Also known as: “Wan Chai District”, “Wan Chai, Hong Kong”, “Wan Chai, Hong Kong Island”, “Wanchai”, “Wanchai, Hong Kong”, and “WC”
- Neighbors: Eastern District and Southern District
Places of Interest
Highlights include Victoria Peak and Hong Kong Space Museum.
Victoria Peak
Peak
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Victoria Peak is a hill on the western half of Hong Kong Island. 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 Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Space Museum
Museum
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The Hong Kong Space Museum is a public astronomy and space science museum located in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. Opened on 8 October 1980, it is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong Government.
Hong Kong Park
Park
Photo: HK Arun, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hong Kong Park is a public park next to Cotton Tree Drive in Central, Hong Kong. Built at a cost of HK$398 million and opened on 23 May 1991, it covers an area of 80,000 square metres and is an example of modern design and facilities blending with natural landscape.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Central Hong Kong and Kowloon.
Central Hong Kong
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Central and Western is a district of Hong Kong Island. It is the political, administrative and financial hub and home to some fantastic skyscrapers and Victoria Peak.
Kowloon
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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.
Southern District
Photo: Southgeist, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Southern District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in the southern part of Hong Kong Island and the largest part of the island. It had a population of 274,994 in 2016.
Wan Chai
- Location: Hong Kong, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Wan Chai” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقاطعة وان تشاي”
- Basque: “Wan Chai barrutia”
- Catalan: “Wan Chai”
- Cebuano: “Wan Chai”
- Chinese: “Oan-á-khu”
- Chinese: “湾仔区”
- Chinese: “灣仔區”
- Dutch: “Wan Chai”
- French: “district de Wan Chai”
- French: “District de Wan Chai”
- French: “Wan Chai”
- German: “Wan Chai District”
- German: “Wan Chai”
- Hakka Chinese: “Vân-chái-khî”
- Hebrew: “ואן צ’אי”
- Hungarian: “Váncaj”
- Hungarian: “Wan Chai”
- Indonesian: “Distrik Wan Chai”
- Italian: “distretto di Wan Chai”
- Italian: “Distretto di Wan Chai”
- Japanese: “湾仔区”
- Korean: “완자이구”
- Korean: “완쯔 구”
- Literary Chinese: “灣仔區”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Oan-chai-khu”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wan Chai-distriktet”
- Norwegian: “Wan Chai-distriktet”
- Persian: “وان چای”
- Persian: “ون چای”
- Polish: “Wan Chai”
- Russian: “Ваньчай”
- Slovenian: “Wan Chai”
- Spanish: “Wan Chai”
- Swedish: “Wan Chai”
- Turkish: “Wan Chai”
- Ukrainian: “Ванцай”
- Ukrainian: “Ваньчай”
- Urdu: “وان چائی ضلع”
- Vietnamese: “Loan Tể”
- Vietnamese: “Loan Tử”
- Yue Chinese: “灣仔區”
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Notable Places Nearby
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