Tsuen Wan District

Tsuen Wan
荃灣區
Tsuen Wan District
Day view of Tsuen Wan District
Day view of Tsuen Wan District
Map
Location of Tsuen Wan District within Hong Kong
Location of Tsuen Wan District within Hong Kong
Coordinates: 22°21′46″N 114°07′45″E / 22.36281°N 114.12907°E / 22.36281; 114.12907
Statutorily-defined areaNew Territories
RegionHong Kong (special administrative region)
CountryChina
Constituencies17[needs update]
Government
 • District Council ChairmanSumly Chan Yuen Sum[needs update]
 • District Council Vice-ChairmanYau Kam Ping
Area
 • Total60.70 km2 (23.44 sq mi)
Population
 (2016[1])
 • Total318,916
 • Density5,300/km2 (14,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (Hong Kong Time)
Location of district office and district council174-208 Castle Peak Road – Tsuen Wan[[]], Tsuen Wan
WebsiteTsuen Wan District Council
Tsuen Wan District
Traditional Chinese荃灣區
Simplified Chinese荃湾区
Cantonese YaleTsyùhn Wāan Kēui
JyutpingCyun4 waan1 keoi1
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinQuánwānqū
Hakka
RomanizationCien2 van1
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationTsyùhn Wāan Kēui
JyutpingCyun4 waan1 keoi1
IPA[tsʰyn˩.wan˥ kʰɵɥ˥]
The buildings in Tsuen Wan Town

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.[2] Its residents, who mostly live in Tsuen Wan Town, enjoy the highest income in the New Territories.[citation needed]

Part of the Tsuen Wan New Town is located in the Tsuen Wan District. An exclave of the district is located on the island of Ma Wan and the northeastern part of Lantau island (including Tsing Chau Tsai Peninsula and Yam O).

The Hong Kong Disneyland Resort is within the boundary of Tsuen Wan District (and partially in the neighbouring Islands District).[3][4][5]

  1. ^ "2016 Population By-Census: Summary Result Table 201a Population by District". Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong Government. 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Hong Kong: Population, Area & Density by District Board District: 1999". Demographia. 2000. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
  3. ^ "1999 District council electoral boundaries index map" (PDF). www.eac.hk.
  4. ^ "EAC - Electoral Boundary Maps".
  5. ^ "2019 District Council Election - Constituency Boundary Maps".

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