Sha Po

Sha Po (Chinese: 沙埔) is a village located in the area of Yung Shue Wan on the North side of Lamma Island, the third largest island in the territory of Hong Kong.

It comprises Sha Po Old Village (沙埔舊村) and Sha Po New Village (沙埔新村).

Archaeological interest[]

Sha Po Old Village is a place of archaeological interest. A complete hard geometric pot was unearthed in Sha Po Old Village by the Hong Kong Archaeological Society in 1970.^[1] In 1988, Bronze Age hard geometric was found by the same party in basel layers near water table, underlying 2m of kiln debris and clean sand.^[2]

References[]

Further reading[]

• Atha, Mick; Yip, Kennis (2016). Piecing Together Sha Po: Archaeological Investigations and Landscape Reconstruction. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 978-988-8208-98-2.

External links[]

• Delineation of area of existing village Sha Po (Lamma North) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)

Coordinates: 22°13′28″N 114°06′44″E / 22.224338°N 114.112171°E / 22.224338; 114.112171