Pa Tau Kwu () is an area of

Tsing Chau Tsai Peninsula Tsing Chau Tsai Peninsula () is the peninsula located at the northeast of Lantau Island, New Territories, Hong Kong, including Yam O, To Kau Wan, Tai Tsing Chau, Tsing Chau Tsai and Penny's Bay. Administration Tsing Chau Tsai Peninsula admin ...

, on

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and the site of a former village. Administratively, it is part of

Tsuen Wan District Tsuen Wan District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in the New Territories and is served by the Tsuen Wan line of the MTR metro system. Its area is 60,7 km². Its residents, who mostly live in Tsuen Wan Town, en ...

Administration

Pa Tau Kwu is a recognized village under 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 ...

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 ...

Geography

Pa Tau Kwu is located in the northeastern part of Lantau Island, northeast of

Penny's Bay Penny's Bay or Chok Ko Wan () was a bay in north-eastern Lantau Island, and had been a port since the Ming dynasty. The bay has since been reclaimed and is the site of the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, which consists of the Hong Kong Disneyland t ...

. The area includes two bays: Pa Tau Kwu Pak Wan () and Pa Tau Kwu Nam Wan (), separated by a small peninsula.

Archaeology

Pa Tau Kwu has been listed as a Site of Archaeological Interest and archaeological excavations have been conducted in the area. The site is a headland site with coast on three sides that included the possible remains of up to twenty houses.

References

External links

Delineation of area of existing village Chok Ko Wan and Pa Tau Kwu (Ma Wan) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
Lantau Island Tsuen Wan District Bays of Hong Kong {{HongKong-geo-stub