Au Ha () is a

Hakka The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka Han, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas are a Han Chinese subgroup whose ancestral homes are chiefly in the Hakka-speaking provincial areas of Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Zhej ...

village in northern

New Territories The New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of Hong Kong. Historically, it ...

in Hong Kong. Au Ha is located on the south side of

Sha Tau Kok Road Sha Tau Kok Road () is a road connecting Sha Tau Kok and Fanling in the New Territories, Hong Kong. History Sha Tau Kok Road is the only road access to Sha Tau Kok from Hong Kong since its construction in 1927. The road replaced Sha Tau Kok Rai ...

(Wo Hang Section) between

Fanling Fanling ( zh, t=粉嶺; also spelled Fan Ling or Fan Leng) is a town in the New Territories East of Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the North District. Fanling Town is the main settlement of the Fanling area. The name Fanling i ...

and

Sha Tau Kok Sha Tau Kok is a closed city, closed town in Hong Kong. The last remaining major settlement in the Frontier Closed Area, it is Hong Kong's northernmost town. Geography The small rural village of Sha Tau Kok is located on the northern sh ...

, north of

Sheung Wo Hang Sheung Wo HangAntiquities and Monuments OfficeLeaflet about the Kang Yung Study Hall/ref> is a Hakka village in Wo Hang, Sha Tau Kok, in the North District of Hong Kong. It is occupied by members of Hakka Li (李) Clan. Until the 18th centu ...

and west of

Ha Wo Hang Ha Wo Hang (, with Wo Hang meaning "valley of rice")Antiquities and Monuments OfficeLeaflet about the Kang Yung Study Hall/ref> is a village in Wo Hang, Sha Tau Kok, in the North District of Hong Kong. Part of the village is a walled village. Ad ...

. Its name means "below the mountain pass" in

Cantonese Cantonese ( zh, t=廣東話, s=广东话, first=t, cy=Gwóngdūng wá) is a language within the Chinese (Sinitic) branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding are ...

Administration

Au Ha is a recognized village under the

Small House Policy The Small House Policy (SHP, ) was introduced in 1972 in Hong Kong. The objective was to improve the then prevailing low standard of housing in the rural areas of the New Territories. The Policy allows an indigenous male villager who is 18 ye ...

. It is one of the villages represented within the Sha Tau Kok District Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Au Ha is part of the Sha Ta constituency, which is currently represented by Ko Wai-kei.

History

The villages of

Ma Tseuk Leng Ma Tseuk Leng (), sometimes transliterated as Ma Tseuk Ling, is an area in Sha Tau Kok, North District, Hong Kong. The area contains the villages of Ma Tseuk Leng Sheung () and Ma Tseuk Leng Ha (). Ma Tseuk Leng San Uk Ha (), part of Ma Tseuk ...

(upper and lower),

Yim Tso Ha Yim Tso Ha () is an area and a village in Sha Tau Kok, North District, Hong Kong. Administration Yim Tso Ha is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. It is one of the villages represented within the Sha Tau Kok Dist ...

Wu Shek Kok Wu Shek Kok () is a village in Sha Tau Kok, North District, Hong Kong. Administration Wu Shek Kok is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. It is one of the villages represented within the Sha Tau Kok District Rural ...

and Au Ha formed a ''yeuk'' (, a form of oath-sworn, inter-village, mutual-aid alliance.

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Delineation of area of existing village Au Ha (Sha Tau Kok) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
Villages in North District, Hong Kong Sha Tau Kok {{HongKong-geo-stub

Administration

History

See also

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