Cheung Chau
Cheung Chau is one of the most populous of the Outlying Islands of Hong Kong with a population of 23,000. The island is also referred to as "dumbbell island" in Cantonese due to its shape.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in New Territories, Hong Kong
- Also known as: “Chang”, “Chang Chau”, “Cheung Chan”, “Cheung Chan Island”, “Cheung Chau Island”, “Dumbbell Island”, “啞鈴島”, and “長洲（香港）”
Places of Interest
Highlights: St. John Hospital and Cheung Chau Public Library.
St. John Hospital
Hospital
Cheung Chau
- Category: landform
- Location: Outlying Islands, Hong Kong, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
22.2096° or 22° 12′ 35″ north
Longitude
114.0292° or 114° 1′ 45″ east
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
7PJP625H+VM
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GeoNames ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Cheung Chau” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تشيونغ تشاو”
- Basque: “Cheung Chau”
- Catalan: “Cheung Chau”
- Cebuano: “Cheung Chau”
- Chinese: “長洲”
- Chinese: “长洲”
- Dutch: “Cheung Chau”
- French: “île de Cheung Chau”
- French: “Île de Cheung Chau”
- German: “Cheung Chau”
- Greek: “Τσενγκ Τσάου”
- Hebrew: “צ’אונג צ’או”
- Italian: “Cheung Chau”
- Japanese: “長洲島”
- Korean: “청차우섬”
- Literary Chinese: “長洲”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cheung Chau”
- Norwegian: “Cheung Chau”
- Polish: “Cheung Chau”
- Spanish: “Cheung Chau”
- Swedish: “Cheung Chau”
- Thai: “เฉิ่งเจ๊า”
- Vietnamese: “Trường Châu, Hồng Kông”
- Yue Chinese: “長洲”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Cheung Chau and Nam She Tong.
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