Yau Tsim Mong District

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Yau Tsim Mong 油尖旺區
District
Yau Tsim Mong District
Left-right from top: Tsim Sha Tsui Skyline, Hong Kong Space Museum, Hong Kong Science Museum, Hong Kong Coliseum, Mong Kok Panorama
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Location of Yau Tsim Mong within Hong Kong
Coordinates: 22°19′17″N 114°10′21″E / 22.32138°N 114.17260°E / 22.32138; 114.17260Coordinates: 22°19′17″N 114°10′21″E / 22.32138°N 114.17260°E / 22.32138; 114.17260
Country	Hong Kong
Region	Kowloon
Constituencies	16
Government
• District Council Chairman	(Independent)
• District Council Vice-Chairman
• District Officer
Population  (2011)
• Total	107,366[1]
• Density	44,045/km2 (114,080/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (Hong Kong Time)
Largest neighbourhood by population	Tai Kok Tsui (49,668 – 2016 est)[2]
Website	Yau Tsim Mong District Council

Nathan Road, a major thoroughfare of Yau Tsim Mong District

Tsim Sha Tsui East

Yau Tsim Mong District is one of 18 districts of Hong Kong, located on the western part of Kowloon Peninsula. It is the core urban area of Kowloon. The district has the second highest population density of all districts, at 49,115/km².^[3] The 2016 By-Census recorded the total population of Yau Tsim Mong District at 342,970.^[3]

Yau Tsim Mong District contains the urban areas of Yau Ma Tei, Tsim Sha Tsui, and Mong Kok.^[4] Formerly two districts, the Yau Tsim District and Mong Kok District, it was combined in 1994. Its name is an acronym of the three aforementioned major areas.

History[]

The district was once called Yau Ma Tei District. It was renamed Yau Tsim District from 1 April 1988 to "remove any misconception that Tsim Sha Tsui was an administrative district separate from Yau Ma Tei".^[5]

Yau Tsim District and Mong Kok District were merged in 1994 to form the new Yau Tsim Mong District.

Areas within the district include[]

Transportation[]

MTR[]

Six MTR lines serve this district: the Tsuen Wan line, Kwun Tong line, Tung Chung line, East Rail line, Tuen Ma line and the Airport Express.

• Tsuen Wan line and Kwun Tong line converge from the north at Prince Edward station, then Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei the line's last station in the district and continue its journey to Whampoa. Tsuen Wan line continued to Jordan and Tsim Sha Tsui stations before crossing the harbour to Hong Kong Island.
• Tung Chung line has two stations along the west coast: Kowloon near Jordan and Olympic near Tai Kok Tsui. The former station is also served by the Airport Express.
• East Rail line has a station in Mong Kok East, while Hung Hom is on the boundary between Yau Tsim Mong and Kowloon City districts.
• Tuen Ma line and converge from the north at Austin station, then East Tsim Sha Tsui station and Hung Hom the line's last station in the district and continue its journey to Ma On Shan.

Major roads[]

• Nathan Road
• Shanghai Street
• Austin Road
• Canton Road
• Cross-Harbour Tunnel
• West Kowloon Highway
• Western Harbour Crossing
• Salisbury Road

Universities[]

• Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Education[]

Schools in Yau Tsim Mong district include:

• Mount Kelly Hong Kong

See also[]

• List of areas of Hong Kong
• Kowloon peninsula

References[]

External links[]

• Yau Tsim Mong District Council
• List and map of electoral constituencies (large PDF file)

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