Yau Tsim Mong District

Yau Tsim Mong
油尖旺區
District
Yau Tsim Mong District

Day view of Tsim Sha Tsui in the Yau Tsim Mong District

Official emblem

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
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region  Hong Kong
Constituencies 16
Government
  District Council Chairman Chris Ip Ngo tung (DAB)
  District Officer Aron Laura Liang
Population (2011)
  Total 307,878[1]
  Density 44,045/km2 (114,080/sq mi)
Time zone Hong Kong Time (UTC+8)
Website Yau Tsim Mong District Council
Yau Tsim Mong District
Traditional Chinese 油尖旺區
Simplified Chinese 油尖旺区
Nathan Road, a major thoroughfare of Yau Tsim Mong District

Yau Tsim Mong District (Chinese: 油尖旺區; Cantonese Yale: Yàuhjīmwohng kēui) 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 third highest population density of all districts. The 2011 By-Census recorded the total population of Yau Tsim Mong District at 307,878.

Formerly two districts, the Yau Tsim District and Mong Kok District, it was combined in 1994 as an acronym of three of its major areas: Yau Ma Tei, Tsim Sha Tsui, and Mong Kok.

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".[2]

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

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

Transportation

MTR

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

Major roads

Universities

See also

References

  1. "2011 Population Census - Fact Sheet for Yau Tsim Mong District Council District" (PDF). Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong SAR. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  2. "Rename for Yau Ma Tei". South China Morning Post. 19 March 1988. p. 3.
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