D'Aguilar Street (, formerly 德忌笠街 and
) is a street in
Central,
Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
.
It is named after
George Charles d'Aguilar (1784–1855), Major General and
Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong
The Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong held the second-highest position during the British colonial rule in British Hong Kong, Hong Kong from 1843 to 1902.
History
Although Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong was the second-highest position in Ho ...
from 1843 to 1848.
Location
D'Aguilar Street is an L-shaped street starting from
Queen's Road Central
Queen's Road is a collection of roads along the northern coast of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong, within the limit of Victoria, Hong Kong, Victoria City. It was the first road in Hong Kong, constructed History of Hong Kong (1800s–1930s), by ...
, west of
Entertainment Building facing straight to Theatre Lane. It runs uphill and meets
Stanley Street,
Wellington Street,
Wo On Lane and
Lan Kwai Fong
Lan Kwai Fong (Traditional Chinese characters, Chinese: 蘭桂坊), often abbreviated as LKF, is a small square of streets in Central, Hong Kong, Central, Hong Kong. The area was dedicated to Hawkers in Hong Kong, hawkers before the Secon ...
(twice). It turns after meeting Lan Kwai Fong and ends at the junction with
Wyndham Street
Wyndham Street is a one-way street in Central, Hong Kong, Central, Hong Kong. It is one of the earliest colonial streets, once known as Pedder Hill.
Location
It starts at the junction with Hollywood Road and Arbuthnot Road, near the Central ...
,
Glenealy and
Lower Albert Road
Lower Albert Road ( Chinese: 下亞厘畢道) is a road on the Government Hill in the Central area of Hong Kong.
The road was named after Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the consort of Queen Victoria.
Features
The south major entranc ...
near the
Fringe Club
Founded by Benny Chia in 1984, the Fringe Club is a not-for-profit arts organisation. Its mission is to help emergent artists, promote Hong Kong artists abroad through cultural exchange and overseas touring, and conserve and develop Hong Kong ...
.
History
D'Aguilar Street was the location of the clinic of Filipino national hero
José Rizal
José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (, ; June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is popularly considered a na ...
who lived in Hong Kong from the December 1891 to June 1892.
Features
The higher section of D'Aguilar Street, together with Lan Kwai Fong, is a famous site for
night life
Nightlife is a collective term for entertainment that is available and generally more popular from the late evening into the early hours of the morning. It includes pubs, Bar (establishment), bars, nightclubs, party, parties, live music, conc ...
in Hong Kong. The area is collectively called
Lan Kwai Fong
Lan Kwai Fong (Traditional Chinese characters, Chinese: 蘭桂坊), often abbreviated as LKF, is a small square of streets in Central, Hong Kong, Central, Hong Kong. The area was dedicated to Hawkers in Hong Kong, hawkers before the Secon ...
, after the name of one of its streets. Foreign restaurants and bars can be found in the area.
See also
*
List of streets and roads in Hong Kong
The following are incomplete lists of Controlled-access highway, expressways, tunnels, bridges, roads, Avenue (landscape), avenues, streets, crescents, Town square, squares and bazaars in Hong Kong.
Many roads on the Hong Kong Island conform to ...
References
Central, Hong Kong
Roads on Hong Kong Island
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