Tsuen Wan District is one of the 18 districts of

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. It is located in 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 ...

and is served by the Tsuen Wan line of the

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metro system. Its area is 60,7 km². Its residents, who mostly live in Tsuen Wan Town, enjoy the highest income in the New Territories. Part of the Tsuen Wan New Town is located in the Tsuen Wan District. An

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of Tsuen Wan is also located on the northeastern part of

Lantau island Lantau Island (also Lantao Island, Lan Tao) is the largest island in Hong Kong, located West of Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula, and is part of the New Territories. Administratively, most of Lantau Island is part of the Islands ...

. The Hong Kong Disneyland Resort is within the boundary of Tsuen Wan District.

History

The district was set up in 1982 covering the present-day Tsuen Wan District and

Kwai Tsing District Kwai Tsing is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It consists of two parts - Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi Island. Kwai Tsing is part of the New Territories. It had a population of 520,572 in 2016. The district has the third least educated res ...

Kwai Chung Kwai Chung is an urban area within Tsuen Wan New Town in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Together with Tsing Yi Island, it is part of the Kwai Tsing District District of Hong Kong. It is also part of Tsuen Wan New Town. In 2000, it had a p ...

and the island of

Tsing Yi Tsing Yi, sometimes referred to as Tsing Yi Island, is an island in the urban area of Hong Kong, to the northwest of Hong Kong Island and south of Tsuen Wan. With an area of , the island has extended drastically by reclamation along almost al ...

were split from Tsuen Wan District in the mid-1980s, and subsequently formed a new district known as

Kwai Tsing Kwai Tsing is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It consists of two parts - Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi Island. Kwai Tsing is part of the New Territories. It had a population of 520,572 in 2016. The district has the third least educated resi ...

Sights

The Sam Tung Uk Museum is a cultural and agricultural museum and was set up in a former

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walled village. Behind Tsuen Wan is Shing Mun reservoir, a valley that was once home to 10 villages that grew mostly pineapples. The dam that stops the reservoir is called

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, lit. ''pineapple dam''. There were once disputes and fights among the

Shing Mun Valley Shing Mun Valley () is a valley in the Shing Mun area of Hong Kong. History Before the construction of Shing Mun Reservoir, there were several villages near the valley. Some of these villages were later relocated near the Tsuen Wan entrance of Shi ...

dwellers and Tsuen Wan residents during the 18th century, over the levying of taxes for pineapple sales. The reservoir valley also has a disused lead mine, where some of the residents of Tsuen Wan used to work. Behind this is Tai Mo Shan, the tallest hill in Hong Kong.

Islands

The following islands of Hong Kong are administratively part of the district: *

Cheung Sok Cheung Sok () is a small island to the north of Yam O Bay, Lantau Island, Hong Kong. It is part of the Tsuen Wan District. See also * List of islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong Hong Kong comprises the Kowloon Peninsula and 263 islands ove ...

* Ma Wan * Ngam Hau Shek () *

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() * Tang Lung Chau * Northeastern part of

Lantau Island Lantau Island (also Lantao Island, Lan Tao) is the largest island in Hong Kong, located West of Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula, and is part of the New Territories. Administratively, most of Lantau Island is part of the Islands ...

Education

Transportation

MTR

* Tsuen Wan line of the

metro system.

Tsuen Wan station Tsuen Wan () is the northern terminus of the MTR in Hong Kong. It is the only station on the Tsuen Wan line at ground level. It is located in the northern central part of Tsuen Wan New Town, New Territories West. The preceding station is . ...

is the terminus of the line. Tai Wo Hau station is also at Tsuen Wan District. *

Tuen Ma line The Tuen Ma line () is a rapid transit line that forms part of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system in Hong Kong. Coloured brown on the map, the Tuen Ma line is in length, making it the longest line of the MTR network. It has a total o ...

also has a station at the coastal area of Tsuen Wan Town, named

Tsuen Wan West station Tsuen Wan West is an underground MTR station in Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is located between and stations on the . There is an emergency platform on the southern side of the station. There is a large bus and minibus interc ...

. * Disneyland Resort line operates within the district, in the northern part of Lantau Island, consisting Sunny Bay station and Disneyland Resort station.

Bus

There are also tens of bus routes serving ''Tsuen Wan'', mostly operated by

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. Citybus also operates a few. Park Island Transport Co., Ltd. operates bus services between

Park Island Park Island is a private housing estate located at Ma Wan, an island in Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong. It was mainly developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties as part of the Ma Wan Development joint venture project and completed fro ...

on Ma Wan and Tsing Yi MTR station, Park Island and

Kwai Fong Kwai Fong is an area of Kwai Chung Town, Kwai Tsing District, Hong Kong. Location The mainly residential area extends to Kwai Hing () in the north, Lai King in the south, Tsing Yi Bridge to the west, and Tai Lin Pai Industrial Area to ...

Metroplaza Metroplaza () is a shopping centre and office building developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties, officially opened in January 1993. It is located in Kwai Fong, Hong Kong and is opposite to Kwai Fong station of MTR. The mall is a shopping hub of ad ...

, Park Island and

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; Park Island and

Tsuen Wan Tsuen Wan (formerly also spelled Tsun Wan) is a town built on a bay in the western New Territories of Hong Kong, opposite of Tsing Yi Island across Rambler Channel. The market town of Tsuen Wan emerged from the surrounding villages and fl ...

(close to the Tsuen Wan MTR station).

Ferry

Park Island Transport Co., Ltd. operates

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services between Park Island on Ma Wan and

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and between Park Island and

Tsuen Wan Pier Tsuen Wan Pier, Tsuen Wan Ferry or Tsuen Wan Ferry Pier is a public pier at the south of Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong, which is adjacent to the MTR Tsuen Wan West station. It provided ferry service to Central via Tsing Yi, but the serv ...

(next to the Tsuen Wan West MTR station).

History

Sights

Islands

Education

Transportation

MTR

Bus

Ferry

See also

Further reading

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