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Queen’s College

Queen's College is the first public secondary school founded by the British colonial government in . It was initially named The Government Central School in 1862 and later renamed Victoria College in 1890, and finally obtained the present name of Queen's College in 1894.
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  • Type: School
  • Description: secondary school in Hong Kong
  • Also known as: “QC”, “Queen’s College, Hong Kong”, and “The Government Central School”
  • Address: 120 Causeway Road

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hong Kong Central Library and Causeway Bay Sports Ground.

Library
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is the largest library in Hong Kong, flagship library of Hong Kong Public Libraries and used as Hong Kong Public Library headquarters, functioning as the territory's National Library. is situated 230 metres southwest of Queen’s College.

Recreation area
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is a recreation area, which is situated 120 metres southwest of Queen’s College.

Park
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is a public park in , , . The park is named after Queen Victoria, who has a statue in the park. It is around 190,000 square metres in size and contains sporting facilities for tennis, association football, basketball, handball, volleyball, swimming, jogging, fitness, roller skating, and bowling.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tin Hau and Tai Hang.

Quarter
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is an area in , on the north side of , in . is not a formalised district in Hong Kong, but rather proper.

Suburb
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is an area southeast of located in the mid-north of in Hong Kong. It is home to many luxurious private apartments. Residents are predominantly more affluent Hong Kong locals and expatriate professionals.

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.

Queen’s College

Latitude
22.28103° or 22° 16′ 52″ north
Longitude
114.19155° or 114° 11′ 30″ east
Open location code
7PJP75JR+CJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 545322995
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­school
Wiki­data ID
Q836362
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Queen’s College” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كلية كوينز”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kuins Kolleci”
  • Belarusian: “Кўінз Каледж”
  • Catalan: “Queen’s College”
  • Chinese: “Hông-jîn Su-īⁿ”
  • Chinese: “中央書院”
  • Chinese: “皇仁书院”
  • Chinese: “皇仁書院”
  • Chinese: “維多利亞書院”
  • Danish: “Queen’s College”
  • French: “College des Reines”
  • German: “Queen’s College”
  • Greek: “Κολλέγιο Κουίνς”
  • Hausa: “Queen’s college”
  • Hebrew: “קווינס קולג‘”
  • Indonesian: “Queen’s College, Hong Kong”
  • Japanese: “皇仁書院”
  • Literary Chinese: “皇仁書院”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hông-jîn Su-īⁿ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Queen’s College”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Queen’s College”
  • Portuguese: “Queen’s College”
  • Slovenian: “QC”
  • Slovenian: “Queen’s College”
  • Swedish: “Queen’s College”
  • Ukrainian: “Квінз коледж”
  • Wu Chinese: “皇仁书院”
  • Yue Chinese: “中央書院”
  • Yue Chinese: “國家大書院”
  • Yue Chinese: “域多利書院”
  • Yue Chinese: “大書院”
  • Yue Chinese: “皇仁”
  • Yue Chinese: “皇仁書院”
  • Yue Chinese: “皇后書院”
  • Yue Chinese: “維多利亞書院”
  • Yue Chinese: “香港國家大書院”

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