North District

The North District is the northernmost district of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in the northeastern part of the . The new town of Fanling–Sheung Shui is within this district.
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  • Type: districts of Hong Kong with 281,000 residents
  • Description: district in New Territories, Hong Kong
  • Also known as: “Ciudad Piscis”, “Norra Hong Kong”, “North barrutia”, “North District (Hongkong)”, “North District, Hong Kong”, “Северный”, “צפון”, “上粉沙打”, “北区 (香港)”, “新界北”, “雙魚市”, “香港北区”, and “香港北區”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Fung Ying Sin Koon and New Territories Magistracy.

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Fung Ying Seen Koon was founded in 1929 as an affiliate of the Quanzhen Longmen Lineage of Taoism.

Public building
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The Former Fanling Magistracy is located at No.

Shopping center
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is an office tower-and- complex in , Hong Kong.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fanling and Tai Po.

Town
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is a town in of Hong Kong.

Town
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is an area in the of Hong Kong. is situated 6 km southeast of North District.

Town
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is an area in , .

North District

Latitude
22.4947° or 22° 29′ 41″ north
Longitude
114.1381° or 114° 8′ 17″ east
Population
281,000
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
Open location code
7PJPF4VQ+V6
Geo­Names ID
7533617
Wiki­data ID
Q868032
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“North District” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ሰሜን”
  • Arabic: “المقاطعة الشمالية، هونغ كونغ”
  • Arabic: “المقاطعة الشمالية”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şimal”
  • Basque: “Iparraldeko barrutia”
  • Bengali: “উত্তর”
  • Catalan: “Districte Nord (Hong Kong)”
  • Catalan: “Districte Nord”
  • Cebuano: “North (distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “North”
  • Chinese: “北区”
  • Chinese: “北區”
  • Dutch: “North District”
  • Esperanto: “Norda Distrikto”
  • French: “Nord”
  • French: “North District”
  • German: “Nord”
  • German: “North District”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Pet-khî”
  • Hausa: “Arewa”
  • Hebrew: “צפון הונג קונג”
  • Hungarian: “Északi kerület”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Utara”
  • Italian: “Distretto Nord”
  • Japanese: “北区”
  • Japanese: “北部”
  • Javanese: “Lor”
  • Kazakh: “Түндік”
  • Kirghiz: “Түндүк”
  • Korean: “박구”
  • Korean: “베이 구”
  • Korean: “베이구”
  • Macedonian: “Северен Округ (Хонгконг)”
  • Macedonian: “Северен Округ”
  • Malay: “Utara”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pak-khu”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “لمقاطعة الشمالية، هونڭ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Norddistriktet”
  • Norwegian: “Norddistriktet”
  • Oromo: “Kaaba”
  • Panjabi: “ਉੱਤਰੀ”
  • Persian: “شمالی”
  • Persian: “منطقه شمال، هنگ کنگ”
  • Persian: “منطقه شمال”
  • Polish: “North”
  • Portuguese: “Distrito do Norte”
  • Portuguese: “Norte”
  • Pushto: “شمالي”
  • Russian: “Северный округ Гонконга”
  • Russian: “Северный округ”
  • Somali: “Woqooyi”
  • Spanish: “Distrito Norte”
  • Spanish: “Norte”
  • Swahili: “Kaskazini”
  • Swedish: “Norra Hongkong”
  • Tajik: “Шимолӣ”
  • Tamil: “ஹொங்கொங் வட மாவட்டம்”
  • Tatar: “Төньяк”
  • Tumbuka: “North, Hong Kong”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Semti”
  • Urdu: “شمالی ضلع”
  • Uzbek: “Shimoliy”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Bắc”
  • Yue Chinese: “北區”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Fan Leng Lau and Tin Sam.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Fan Leng Station and Fanling station.

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