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Kwai Tsing District

Kwai Tsing is one of the 18 districts of . It consists of two parts - and . Kwai Tsing is part of the .
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  • Type: districts of Hong Kong with 523,000 residents
  • Description: district of Hong Kong
  • Also known as: “KT” and “Kwai Tsing”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tsing Ma Bridge and Tsuen Wan Town Hall.

Bridge
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is a bridge in that connects and islands. It is the world's 17th-longest span suspension bridge, and was the second longest at the time of its completion.

Community center
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is a in , , . Originally it was intended to be located near Tsuen Wan station of the MTR, but it was re-located near the former and Tsuen Wan Magistracy, between Tai Ho Road and Yuen Tun Circuit in late 1970s.

Theater building
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is a major performance venue in , , . It is located in Kwai Fong, near MTR station. It was built by the Regional Council and opened on 18 November 1999 to provide a medium-size venue for performances.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Territories and Kowloon.

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The of were leased by China to the British in 1898. Largely rural and often ignored by travellers who have little time to spare, they offer a diverse landscape that takes time to get to know.

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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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is the smallest of the populated islands within the of . The population of the island is only a few thousand, and so the lifestyle is considered sedate by Hong Kong standards.

Kwai Tsing District

Latitude
22.3529° or 22° 21′ 10″ north
Longitude
114.1° or 114° 6′ 0″ east
Population
523,000
Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)
Open location code
7PJP9432+52
Geo­Names ID
7533615
Wiki­data ID
Q877132
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Kwai Tsing District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة كواي تسينغ”
  • Basque: “Kwai Tsing barrutia”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Kwai Tsing”
  • Cebuano: “Kwai Tsing”
  • Chinese: “Kûi-chheng-khu”
  • Chinese: “葵涌及青衣區”
  • Chinese: “葵青”
  • Chinese: “葵青区”
  • Chinese: “葵青區”
  • Dutch: “Kwai Tsing”
  • French: “Kwai Tsing”
  • German: “Kwai Tsing District”
  • German: “Kwai Tsing”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Khwûi-tshiâng-khî”
  • Hebrew: “קוואי צינג”
  • Hungarian: “Kvajcheng”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Kwai Tsing”
  • Italian: “distretto di Kwai Tsing”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Kwai Tsing”
  • Japanese: “コイチン”
  • Japanese: “コイチン区”
  • Japanese: “葵青”
  • Japanese: “葵青区”
  • Korean: “콰이칭구”
  • Korean: “쿠이칭 구”
  • Korean: “쿠이칭구”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Khoê-chheng-khu”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Khôe-chheng-khu”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Khôe-chhiⁿ-khu”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “مقاطعة كواي تسينڭ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kwai Tsing-distriktet”
  • Norwegian: “Kwai Tsing-distriktet”
  • Persian: “منطقه کوای تسینگ”
  • Polish: “Kwai Tsing”
  • Portuguese: “Kuiqing”
  • Portuguese: “Kwai Tsing distrito”
  • Portuguese: “Kwai Tsing”
  • Russian: “Квай-Цинг”
  • Russian: “Кхуайчхин”
  • Spanish: “Kwai Tsing District”
  • Spanish: “Kwai Tsing”
  • Swedish: “Kwai Tsing”
  • Tamil: “குவாய் சிங் மாவட்டம்”
  • Turkish: “Kwai Tsing”
  • Urdu: “ضلع کھوئی چھنگ”
  • Urdu: “کھوئی چھنگ”
  • Vietnamese: “Quỳ Thanh”
  • Yue Chinese: “葵涌及青衣區”
  • Yue Chinese: “葵青”
  • Yue Chinese: “葵青區”

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