Yau Tsim Mong District

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Yau Tsim Mong

District emblem
Location within the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Click here for satellite image)
District Council Chairman	Chan Man-yu
Constituencies	16
Area   –Land   –Water	6.55 km² km² km²
Population   –Total (2001)   –Density	282,020 41,171/km²
Latitude Longitude
Official website: Yau Tsim Mong District Council

Yau Tsim Mong District (Traditional Chinese: 油尖旺區) is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in the west of Kowloon. Population (2000): 295,700. Its name is the acronym of three of its areas: Yau Ma Tei, Tsim Sha Tsui, and Mong Kok. It is a very busy area that covers a large part of the Kowloon peninsula.

Yau Tsim Mong District was formally two districts: Yau Tsim District and Mong Kok District.

Contents 1 Areas within the district include 2 Transportation 2.1 Major Roads 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Areas within the district include

Kowloon Peninsula (West)

Tai Kok Tsui		Prince Edward
MTR Olympic Station	Mong Kok
Mong Kok West	Yau Ma Tei
MTR Kowloon Station	Jordan Kwun Chung	King's Park
Sea	Tsim Sha Tsui	Tsim Sha Tsui East

[edit] Transportation

Five rail lines serve this dictrict.

The area is served by the Tsuen Wan Line, Kwun Tong Line, Tung Chung Line and the Airport Express of the MTR metro system, as well as by the KCR East Rail.

• Tsuen Wan Line and Kwun Tong Line converge from the north at Prince Edward Station, then Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei where Kwun Tong Line terminates. 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.
• The KCRC has a station in Mong Kok, while its current terminus Hung Hom is on the boundary between Yau Tsim Mong and Kowloon City districts. An extension has been opened to East Tsim Sha Tsui station, with a sub-surface passenger walkway to MTR Tsim Sha Tsui Station. All three KCRC stations in this district sees (and will see) some trains terminating.

[edit] Major Roads

• Nathan Road
• West Kowloon Highway
• Western Harbour Crossing
• Salisbury Road

[edit] See also

• List of buildings, sites and areas in Hong Kong

[edit] External links

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

Districts of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Island: Central and Western | Eastern | Southern | Wan Chai
Kowloon (including New Kowloon): Kowloon City | Kwun Tong | Sham Shui Po | Wong Tai Sin | Yau Tsim Mong
New Territories: Islands | Kwai Tsing | North | Sai Kung | Sha Tin | Tai Po | Tsuen Wan | Tuen Mun | Yuen Long