Fo Pang () is an area located in a valley of
Kowloon
Kowloon () is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. With a population of 2,019,533 and a population density of in 2006, it is the most populous area in Hong Kong, compared with Hong Kong Island and t ...
,
Hong Kong
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 Delt ...
. It is at the northeast of
Danger Flag Hill and south of
Ho Man Tin
Ho Man Tin is a mostly residential area in Kowloon, Hong Kong, part of the Kowloon City District.
History
Section of lists of villages in the book ' (literally ''The History of Xin'an County'') published in twenty fourth year of Jiaqing era ...
proper. It is about present-day
Wylie Road and east of
Wah Yan College, Kowloon
Wah Yan College, Kowloon (WYK; ; demonym: ''Wahyanite'', pl.: ''Wahyanites'') is a Catholic secondary school for boys run by the Chinese Province of the Society of Jesus. It is located in Kowloon, Hong Kong and is a grant-in-aid secondary sch ...
.
History
At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Fo Pang was 180. The number of males was 126.
Before the construction of the college, the No. 1
Kowloon Cemetery for Europeans was located in the area and closed on 15December 1933.
Transportation
The
Kowloon-Canton Railway passes through the area.
References
Yau Ma Tei
Ho Man Tin
Wah Yan
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