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Kwun Tong District

Kwun Tong is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in , and is the easternmost and southernmost district in Kowloon. It had a population of 666,500 in 2023.
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  • Type: districts of Hong Kong with 587,000 residents
  • Description: district of Hong Kong
  • Also known as: “KT”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yau Tong station and Hong Kong Museum of the War of Resistance and Coastal Defence.

Railway station
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Yau Tong is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong line and the Tseung Kwan O line. It is the only station of the Tseung Kwan O line located in Kowloon.

Park
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The is a public in , located in a former coastal defence fort overlooking the channel, near on .

Museum
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The is a public film archive collects, preserves, and screens Hong Kong films and other related materials. The archive was founded in 1993, when its Planning Office was opened by the Urban Council.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kowloon and Eastern District.

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is an urban peninsula on the mainland part of , directly across from the Hong Kong Island . With over 2 million people living in an area of less than 47 km², is one of the most densely populated places on the planet, and has a matching array of places to shop, eat and sleep.

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The in Island is not as full of attractions as neighbouring , although Wan Chai is known for its nightlife and Causeway Bay for an unforgettable shopping experience.

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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.

Kwun Tong District

Latitude
22.3133° or 22° 18′ 48″ north
Longitude
114.2258° or 114° 13′ 33″ east
Population
587,000
Elevation
22 metres (72 feet)
Open location code
7PJP867G+88
Geo­Names ID
7533614
Wiki­data ID
Q875773
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Kwun Tong District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة كوون تونغ”
  • Basque: “Kwun Tong barrutia”
  • Cebuano: “Kwon Tong”
  • Chinese: “Koan-tông-khu”
  • Chinese: “观塘区”
  • Chinese: “觀塘”
  • Chinese: “觀塘區”
  • Dutch: “Kwun Tong District”
  • Finnish: “Kwun Tong (piiri)”
  • Finnish: “Kwun Tong”
  • French: “Kwun Tong”
  • German: “Kwun Tong District”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Kôn-thòng-khî”
  • Hebrew: “קוון טונג”
  • Hungarian: “Kúnthóng”
  • Hungarian: “Kwun Tong”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Kwun Tong”
  • Italian: “distretto di Kwun Tong”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Kwun Tong”
  • Japanese: “観塘区”
  • Korean: “관탕 구”
  • Korean: “군통구”
  • Literary Chinese: “觀塘區”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Koan-tông-khu”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “مقاطعة كوون تونڭ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kwun Tong-distriktet”
  • Norwegian: “Kwun Tong-distriktet”
  • Persian: “منطقه کئون تونگ”
  • Polish: “Kwun Tong”
  • Portuguese: “Kwun Tong distrito”
  • Portuguese: “Kwun Tong”
  • Russian: “Квун-Тонг”
  • Russian: “Куньтон”
  • Russian: “Куньтхон”
  • Spanish: “Kwun Tong District”
  • Spanish: “Kwun Tong”
  • Swedish: “Kwun Tong”
  • Tamil: “குவுன் டொங் மாவட்டம்”
  • Turkish: “Kwun Tong”
  • Urdu: “کوون تونگ ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Quan Đường”
  • Yue Chinese: “觀塘區”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Kwun Tong and Sai Tso Wan.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kwun Tong station and Ngau Tau Kok station.

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