Fortress Hill

Fortress Hill or Pau Toi Shan is a hill and an on the north shore of , Hong Kong. Fortress Hill includes the western part of lying west of Oil Street, and the eastern part of .
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  • Type: Quarter with 15,500 residents
  • Description: hill in Hong Kong
  • Also known as: “炮台山 Fortress Hill”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Clementi Secondary School and Fortress Hill station.

School
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is a secondary institution in Fortress Hill, North Point, Hong Kong. Founded by the 17th British governor of Hong Kong, Sir Cecil Clementi, the school was the first to use Chinese as the primary medium of instruction in Hong Kong.

Metro station
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Fortress Hill is a station on the Island line of the Hong Kong MTR system. The station is located in the Fortress Hill section of Hong Kong on the .

Library
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tin Hau and North Point.

Quarter
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is an area in , on the north side of , in . is not a formalised district. The name arose from , so named due to its proximity to the Causeway Bay ; and as the use of the name Causeway Bay shifts eastwards due to and later .

Suburb
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is a mixed-use urban area in the of Hong Kong. Located in the northeastern part of , the area is named after a cape between and Tsat Tsz Mui that projects towards Kowloon Bay.

Suburb
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is an area and a bay on , Hong Kong, straddling the border of the and the districts. It is a major shopping, leisure and cultural centre in Hong Kong, with a number of major shopping centres.

Fortress Hill

Latitude
22.28739° or 22° 17′ 15″ north
Longitude
114.19454° or 114° 11′ 40″ east
Population
15,500
Elevation
52 metres (171 feet)
Open location code
7PJP75PV+XR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 255829197
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
7778986
Wiki­data ID
Q5472724
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Fortress Hill” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “Pàotái shān”
  • Chinese: “炮台山”
  • Chinese: “炮臺山”
  • Chinese: “砲台山”
  • Dutch: “Fortress Hill”
  • Japanese: “フォートレスヒル”
  • Japanese: “炮台山”
  • Vietnamese: “Đồi Pháo đài”
  • Yue Chinese: “炮台山”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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