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Wo Hop Shek Public Cemetery (), in
Wo Hop Shek Public Cemetery (), in Wo Hop Shek
Wo Hop Shek () is an area in the south of Fanling, Hong Kong. It consists of villages and recently developed housing estates. The area is famous for its large public cemetery, Wo Hop Shek Public Cemetery, on the nearby hillside. Every year, du ...
near Fanling in 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 Delta i ...
, is the largest public cemetery
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...
in Hong Kong. The cemetery opened in 1950 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 ...
as cemeteries began to reach capacity on Hong Kong Island. Wo Hop Shek covers 222.4 hectares with space for full and cremated remains. The cemetery is located in a hilly area ranging from 100 to over 300 metres.
Within the cemetery is Gallant Garden, a burial site for public servants killed on duty, opened in 1996 and is located to the northwest corner of the cemetery.
Wo Hop Shek Public Cemetery is a public cemetery managed by the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department.
Lam Tsuen Country Park
Lam Tsuen Country Park () is a 15.20 km2 country park in the northern New Territories, Hong Kong.
It opened in 1979 and spans parts of Tai Po, Fanling and Yuen Long. The park is divided into two parts by Fan Kam Road: Tai To Yan () and Kai ...
is located the southwest of Wo Hop Shek.
See also
*List of cemeteries in Hong Kong
The following is a list of cemeteries in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Island
* Aberdeen Chinese Permanent Cemetery ( BMCPC)
* Carmelite Cemetery
* Chiu Yuen Cemetery, Mount Davis – Private cemetery of Hotung clan
* Hong Kong Chinese Christian Churc ...
References
External links
* Cemeteries in Hong Kong Wo Hop Shek {{cemetery-stub