New Territories
The New Territories of Hong Kong 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Chong Fat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Pleclown, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Municipality with 3,690,000 residents
- Description: region in Hong Kong
- Also known as: “New Territory Hong Kong”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shek Kong and Kam Tin Tree House.
Shek Kong
Aerodrome
The Shek Kong Airfield is the sole airbase of the People's Liberation Army Air Force in the Hong Kong SAR, falling under the Southern Theater Command Air Force, and is located in Shek Kong, New Territories.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yuen Long and Yeung Uk Tsuen.
Yuen Long
Town
Photo: WiNG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yuen Long is a town in the western New Territories, Hong Kong. To its west lie Hung Shui Kiu, Tin Shui Wai, Lau Fau Shan and Ha Tsuen, to the south Shap Pat Heung and Tai Tong, to the east Au Tau and Kam Tin, and to the north Nam Sang Wai.
Yeung Uk Tsuen
Hamlet
Photo: Geoffreyrabbit, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yeung Uk Tsuen is a village in Shap Pat Heung, Yuen Long District, Hong Kong.
Tung Tau Tsuen
Hamlet
Photo: Chong Fat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tung Tau Tsuen is a village in the Yuen Long Kau Hui area of Yuen Long District, Hong Kong.
New Territories
Latitude
22.43007° or 22° 25′ 48″ northLongitude
114.07242° or 114° 4′ 21″ eastPopulation
3,690,000Elevation
231 metres (758 feet)Open location code
7PJPC3JC+2XOpenStreetMap ID
node 6986153744OpenStreetMap feature
place=municipalityGeoNames ID
12747063Wikidata ID
Q596660
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Satellite Map
Discover New Territories from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“New Territories” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “New Territories, Hongkong”
- Arabic: “الأراضي الجديدة”
- Arabic: “الأقاليم الجديدة”
- Arabic: “المناطق الجديدة”
- Azerbaijani: “Yeni ərazilər”
- Basque: “Lurralde Berriak”
- Belarusian: “Новыя Тэрыторыі”
- Bengali: “নতুন অঞ্চল”
- Catalan: “Nous Territoris”
- Chinese: “Sin-kài”
- Chinese: “新界”
- Croatian: “Novi Teritoriji”
- Czech: “New Territories”
- Czech: “Nová teritoria”
- Danish: “Nye territorier”
- Dutch: “New Territories”
- Esperanto: “Nova Teritorio”
- Esperanto: “Novaj Teritorioj”
- Estonian: “Uued Territooriumid”
- Finnish: “Uudet territoriot”
- French: “Nouveaux Territoires”
- Georgian: “ახალი ტერიტორიები”
- German: “New Territories”
- Greek: “Νέα Εδάφη”
- Hakka Chinese: “Sîn-kie”
- Hebrew: “הטריטוריות החדשות”
- Hindi: “नए क्षेत्र”
- Hungarian: “Új területek”
- Indonesian: “Wilayah Baru”
- Italian: “Nuovi Territori”
- Japanese: “新界”
- Korean: “신계”
- Korean: “신제”
- Literary Chinese: “新界”
- Macedonian: “Нови територии (Хонгконг)”
- Macedonian: “Нови територии”
- Malay: “Wilayah Baharu”
- Malay: “Wilayah Baru”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sin-kài”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “De nye territoriene (Hongkong)”
- Norwegian: “De nye territoriene”
- Polish: “Nowe Terytoria”
- Portuguese: “New Territories”
- Portuguese: “Novos Territórios”
- Romanian: “Noile Teritorii”
- Russian: “Новые Территории”
- Slovenian: “New Territories”
- Slovenian: “Nova ozemlja”
- Slovenian: “Novi teritoriji”
- Spanish: “Nuevos Territorios”
- Swedish: “Nya territorierna”
- Tamil: “புதிய கட்டுப்பாட்டகம்”
- Tatar: “Яңа Территорияләр”
- Turkish: “Yeni Bölgeler”
- Ukrainian: “Нові Території”
- Urdu: “نئے علاقہ جات”
- Venetian: “Novi Teritori”
- Vietnamese: “Tân Giới”
- Waray (Philippines): “New Territories”
- Wu Chinese: “新界”
- Yue Chinese: “新界”
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