Sham Shui Po District
Sham Shui Po District is one of 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is the second poorest district by income in Hong Kong, with a predominantly working-class population of 405,869 in 2016 and the lowest median household income of all districts.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Chris Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: districts of Hong Kong with 366,000 residents
- Description: district of Hong Kong
- Also known as: “SSP”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mong Kok Stadium and Yau Ma Tei Theatre.
Mong Kok Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Ngchikit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mong Kok Stadium is a stadium in Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong. With a capacity of 6,664, it hosts Hong Kong Premier League football matches, with Kitchee currently using the venue.
Yau Ma Tei Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Chong Fat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yau Ma Tei Theatre, once the largest theatre in Kowloon, is located at the junction of Waterloo Road and Reclamation Street, in Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong. It is classified as "Grade II Historic Building" It is the only remaining pre-World War II theatre in Kowloon.
Cheung Sha Wan station
Railway station
Cheung Sha Wan is an MTR station on the Tsuen Wan line. It is located underneath Cheung Sha Wan Road in Sham Shui Po District. It was opened on 17 May 1982.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kowloon and Central Hong Kong.
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.
Central Hong Kong
Photo: seeminglee, CC BY 2.0.
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.
Sham Shui Po
Suburb
Photo: WiNG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sham Shui Po is an area of Kowloon, Hong Kong, situated in the northwestern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, north of Tai Kok Tsui, east of Cheung Sha Wan and south of Shek Kip Mei.
Sham Shui Po District
- Location: Hong Kong, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Sham Shui Po District from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Sham Shui Po District” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقاطعة شام شوي بو”
- Basque: “Sham Shui Po barrutia”
- Cebuano: “Sham Shui Po”
- Chinese: “Chhim-chúi-po͘-khu”
- Chinese: “深水埗”
- Chinese: “深水埗区”
- Chinese: “深水埗區”
- Dutch: “Sham Shui Po District”
- French: “Sham Shui Po”
- German: “Distrikt Sham Shui Po”
- German: “Sham Shui Po District”
- Hakka Chinese: “Chhṳ̂m-súi-phu-khî”
- Hebrew: “שם שו פו”
- Hungarian: “Sham Shui Po”
- Hungarian: “Szamszöüpou”
- Indonesian: “Distrik Sham Shui Po”
- Italian: “distretto di Sham Shui Po”
- Italian: “Distretto di Sham Shui Po”
- Japanese: “深水ホ区”
- Japanese: “深水埗区”
- Korean: “삼서이보구”
- Korean: “선수이부 구”
- Korean: “선수이부구”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Chhim-chúi-po͘-khu”
- Persian: “منطقه شام شوی پو”
- Polish: “Sham Shui Po”
- Portuguese: “Sham Shui Po”
- Russian: “Самсёйпоу”
- Spanish: “Sham Shui Po”
- Swedish: “Sham Shui Po”
- Tamil: “சம் சுயி போ மாவட்டம்”
- Turkish: “Sham Shui Po”
- Urdu: “شام شوئی پو ضلع”
- Vietnamese: “Thâm Thủy Bộ”
- Yue Chinese: “深水埗區”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Shek Kip Mei Estate and Metro Harbour.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sham Shui Po station and Sham Shui Po Barracks.
Hong Kong: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Kowloon, Hong Kong International Airport, Outlying Islands, and Central Hong Kong.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. 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 “Sham Shui Po District”. Photo: Chris Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.