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 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 ...

. 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 Shenzhen (; ; ; ), also historically known as Sham Chun, is a major sub-provincial city and one of the special economic zones of China. The city is located on the east bank of the Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern province ...

city with the

Sham Chun River The Sham Chun River, Shum Chum River, or Shenzhen River () serves as the natural border between Hong Kong and Mainland China, together with the Sha Tau Kok River, Mirs Bay and Deep Bay. It formed part of the limit of the lease of the N ...

. Most major access points to

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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 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 ...

and

Ta Kwu Ling Ta Kwu Ling is an area in the North District, New Territories, Hong Kong, located northeast of Sheung Shui, close to the border with mainland China. Ta Kwu Ling is one of three new development areas currently being planned for North Distri ...

) account for most residents in the district.

Islands of the district

A Chau A Chau () is a small uninhabited island in the inner most of Starling Inlet (Sha Tau Kok Hoi), off Nam Chung, in the north-eastern New Territories of Hong Kong. It is under the administration of North District, and falls within the Closed A ...

() * Ap Chau Mei Pak Tun Pai () * Ap Chau Pak Tun Pai () *

Ap Chau Ap Chau (), also known as Robinson Island, with a size of 0.04 km² is an island in the Crooked Harbour, in the north-eastern New Territories of Hong Kong. It is located in Ap Chau Bay (; Ap Chau Hoi). Islets located close by include A ...

(, Robinson Island) *

Ap Lo Chun Ap Lo Chun () is a small island in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It is located in Ap Chau Bay () between Ap Chau () in the east and Sai Ap Chau in the west, with the islet of Ap Tan Pai Ap Tan Pai () is a reef in the New Territories of H ...

() * Ap Tan Pai () *

Ap Tau Pai Ap Tau Pai () is a small island between Yan Chau Tong and Crooked Harbour in the north-eastern New Territories of Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic ...

() * Chap Mo Chau () * Cheung Shek Tsui () *

Fu Wong Chau Fu or FU may refer to: In arts and entertainment *Fool Us, Penn & Teller's magic-competition television show *Fǔ, a type of ancient Chinese Chinese ritual bronzes, vessel *Fu (poetry) (赋), a Chinese genre of rhymed prose *''FU: Friendship Unli ...

() *

Fun Chau Fun is defined by the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' as "Light-hearted pleasure, enjoyment, or amusement; boisterous joviality or merrymaking; entertainment". Etymology and usage The word ''fun'' is associated with sports, entertaining medi ...

() * Hung Pai () *

Kat O Chau Kat O () also named Crooked Island, is an island in Northeast Hong Kong. Administration Administratively, Kat O is part of North District. It is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. Geography Kat O is located in ...

(, Crooked Island) *

Ko Pai A KO is a knockout in various sports, such as boxing and martial arts. K.O., Ko or Kō may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * KO (musician), Canadian musician who plays a fusion of hip hop and folk music * ''K.O.'' (album), a 2021 ...

() * Kok Tai Pai () *

Lan Shuen Pei Lan or LAN may also refer to: Science and technology * Local asymptotic normality, a fundamental property of regular models in statistics * Longitude of the ascending node, one of the orbital elements used to specify the orbit of an object in spa ...

() * Lo Chi Pai () *

Ngo Mei Chau Crescent Island or Ngo Mei Chau () is an island of Hong Kong, located southeast of Crooked Island (Kat O) and northeast of Double Island (Wong Wan Chau). Administratively, it is part of North District. Conservation Crescent Island has been part ...

(, Crescent Island) *

Pak Ka Chau Pak Ka Chau () is an islet of the North District of Hong Kong. It is located within Double Haven, south of Kat O. Conservation Pak Ka Chau is part of the Double Haven Special Area () that covers 0.8 hectare and was designated in 2011. The Special ...

() * Pak Sha Chau (, Round Island) * Pat Ka Chau () *

Sai Ap Chau Sai Ap Chau () is a small island in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It is under the administration of North District. Location Sai Ap Chau is located in Ap Chau Bay (; Ap Chau Hoi) of Crooked Harbour, west of Ap Chau Ap Chau (), also kno ...

() * Sha Pai () * Shau Kei Pai () * Sheung Pai () *

Shui Cham Tsui Pai Shui Cham Tsui Pai () is an uninhabited island in North District, Hong Kong. It is located in Starling Inlet, within the Frontier Closed Area The Frontier Closed Area (), established by the Frontier Closed Area Order, 1951, and 1984 is a re ...

() * Siu Nim Chau () * Ta Ho Pai () * Tai Nim Chau () * Tsing Chau (, Table Island) *

Wong Nai Chau Wong Nai Chau ( is the name of three islands in Hong Kong: * Wong Nai Chau, within Yan Chau Tong Marine Park, in North District * Wong Nai Chau, off Yeung Chau, in North District * Wong Nai Chau in Sai Kung District Sai Kung District i ...

() *

() * Wong Wan Chau (, Double Island) * Wu Chau () * Wu Pai () *

Wu Yeung Chau Pai Wu may refer to: States and regions on modern China's territory *Wu (state) (; och, *, italic=yes, links=no), a kingdom during the Spring and Autumn Period 771–476 BCE ** Suzhou or Wu (), its eponymous capital ** Wu County (), a former county i ...

() *

Yan Chau Yan Chau () is an islet in the North District in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It is located within Double Haven. Conservation Yan Chau is part of the Double Haven Special Area () that covers and was designated in 2011. The special area incl ...

() * Yeung Chau ()

Education

Miscellaneous

The northern end of the

Wilson Trail The Wilson Trail () is a long-distance footpath in Hong Kong, 63 km of which runs through Hong Kong country parks.Nam Chung Nam Chung () is an area in the north eastern New Territories of Hong Kong, west of Luk Keng and to the southwest of the Starling Inlet (Sha Tau Kok Hoi), opposite Sha Tau Kok. Administration Nam Chung is a recognized village under the New Terr ...

Transport

North District is served by the

East Rail line The East Rail line () is one of ten lines of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system in Hong Kong. It used to be one of the three lines of the Kowloon–Canton Railway (KCR) network. It was known as the KCR British Section () from 1910 to 199 ...

Fanling Highway Fanling Highway () is a part of Route 9 in Hong Kong. It connects the new town of Tai Po and San Tin Highway, passing through Sheung Shui and Fanling on its way. The three lane expressway was constructed between 1983 and 1987. Alignment The ro ...

San Tin Highway San Tin Highway () is a northeast-southwest expressway at San Tin in north-western New Territories of Hong Kong. San Tin Highway connects Fanling Highway at its northeastern end at San Tin Interchange to a fork at the Tsing Long Highway and Yue ...

and

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 ...

MTR Stations

* Fanling station *

Sheung Shui station Sheung Shui (; : , literally "Above-water") is the penultimate northbound station on the in Hong Kong. This station serves as the terminus of northbound trains after the Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau boundary crossings have closed for the day. It is ...

Lo Wu station Lo Wu is the northern terminus of the (Kowloon-Canton Railway) of Hong Kong, located in Lo Wu within the Closed Area on Hong Kong's northern frontier. The station serves as a primary checkpoint for rail passengers between Hong Kong and ma ...

(terminus of

)

Border crossings

(road) *

Man Kam To Man Kam To or Mankamto (; Hong Kong Hakka: Vun2 Gim3 Tu4) is an area in the North District, New Territories, Hong Kong near the border with Shenzhen in mainland China. Administration For electoral purposes, Man Kam To is part of the Sha Ta cons ...

(road) *

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 th ...

(train)

External links

North District District Council

List and map of electoral constituencies 1 (large PDF file)

List and map of electoral constituencies 2 (large PDF file)

Satellite image of the new town of Fanling-Sheung Shui and its vicinity by Google Maps
{{Districts of Hong Kong

Demographics

Islands of the district

Education

Miscellaneous

Transport

MTR Stations

Border crossings

See also

External links