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Tak Yuet Lau
Tak Yuet Lau () is a village in the Lo Wu Lo Wu or Lowu is an area in North District, New Territories, Hong Kong. It lies on the border between Hong Kong and mainland China, specifically the Luohu District of Shenzhen in mainland China. The area is most notable as the location of the ... area of North District, Hong Kong. External links Delineation of area of existing village Tak Yuet Lau (Ta Kwu Ling) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022) Villages in North District, Hong Kong {{HongKong-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HK 上水 Sheung Shui 梧桐河 Ng Tung River Near 得月樓警崗 Tak Yuet Lau Police Post November 2020 SS2 28
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta in South China. With 7.5 million residents of various nationalities in a territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world. Hong Kong is also a major global financial centre and one of the most developed cities in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing Empire ceded Hong Kong Island from Xin'an County at the end of the First Opium War in 1841 then again in 1842.. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War and was further extended when Britain obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898... British Hong Kong was occupied by Imperial Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II; British administration resumed after the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lo Wu
Lo Wu or Lowu is an area in North District, New Territories, Hong Kong. It lies on the border between Hong Kong and mainland China, specifically the Luohu District of Shenzhen in mainland China. The area is most notable as the location of the most heavily used immigration control point for passengers travelling to and from mainland China. It is where the Lo Wu station is located. History Lo Wu () was known as 螺湖 (Lo Wu, lit. shell lake) in Cantonese language. 羅 (lo) and 螺 (lo) are two characters with same consonant and vowel but of different tones. Lo Wu was mentioned in the list of withdrawn villages during Qing era against remaining resistance of former Ming. At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Lo Wu was 8. Location Lo Wu is located at junction of Sheung Yue River and Sham Chun River. East of Lo Wu is a hill named Sandy Ridge, known as Sha Ling to locals, which is one of the major cemeteries located in Hong Kong. The entire Lo Wu area was divided ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North District, Hong Kong
North District () is the northernmost district of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in the northeastern part of the New Territories. The new town of Fanling–Sheung Shui is within this district. It had a population of 298,657 in 2001. The district has the second lowest population density in Hong Kong. It borders with Shenzhen city with the Sham Chun River. Most major access points to Mainland China from Hong Kong lie in this district. The North District is about in area. Demographics According to statistics, 70% of the district population lives in the public estates in the Fanling–Sheung Shui New Town. 40,000 villagers living around the two town centres and the main rural towns (Sha Tau Kok and Ta Kwu Ling) account for most residents in the district. Islands of the district * A Chau () * Ap Chau Mei Pak Tun Pai () * Ap Chau Pak Tun Pai () * Ap Chau (, Robinson Island) * Ap Lo Chun () * Ap Tan Pai () * Ap Tau Pai () * Chap Mo Chau () * Cheung Shek Tsu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
