Back مقاطعة ياو تسيم مونغ Arabic Yau Tsim Mong Azerbaijani Yau Tsim Mong CEB Yau Tsim Mong District German Yau Tsim Mong Spanish Yau Tsim Mong barrutia Basque منطقه یائو تسیم مونگ Persian Yau Tsim Mong French Yù-tsiâm-vong-khî HAK יאו צים מונג HE
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Yau Tsim Mong
油尖旺區 | |
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| Yau Tsim Mong District | |
    Left-right from top: Tsim Sha Tsui Skyline, Hong Kong Space Museum, Hong Kong Science Museum, Hong Kong Coliseum, Mong Kok Langham Place | |
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 Location of Yau Tsim Mong within Hong Kong | |
| Coordinates: 22°19′17″N 114°10′21″E / 22.32138°N 114.17260°E | |
| Statutorily-defined area | Kowloon |
| Region | Hong Kong (special administrative region) |
| Country | China |
| Constituencies | 16[needs update] |
| Government | |
| • District Council Chairman | Lam Kin Man[needs update] (Independent) |
| • District Council Vice-Chairman | Chu Tsz-Lok |
| • District Officer | Aron Laura Liang |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 310,647
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| • Density | 44,045/km2 (114,080/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (Hong Kong Time) |
| Largest neighbourhood by population | Tai Kok Tsui (49,668 – 2016 est)[2] |
| Location of district office and district council | 30 Luen Wan Street, Mong Kok |
| Website | Yau Tsim Mong District Council |
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| Traditional Chinese | 油尖旺區 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 油尖旺区 | ||||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | Yàuhdzīmwohng kēui | ||||||||||||||
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Yau Tsim Mong District is one of 18 districts of Hong Kong, located on the western part of Kowloon Peninsula. It is the core urban area of Kowloon. The district has the second highest population density of all districts, at 49,115 km2 (18,963 sq mi).[3] The 2016 By-Census recorded the total population of Yau Tsim Mong District at 342,970.[3]
Yau Tsim Mong District contains the urban areas of Yau Ma Tei, Tsim Sha Tsui, and Mong Kok, as well as Ferry Point, King's Park, Kwun Chung, Tai Kok Tsui, Tsim Sha Tsui East, the Union Square and Kowloon Point.[4] Formerly two districts, the Yau Tsim District and Mong Kok District, it was combined in 1994. Its name is an acronym of the three aforementioned major areas.
- ^ "2011 Population Census - Fact Sheet for Yau Tsim Mong District Council District" (PDF). Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong SAR. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ^ District Profiles, Hong Kong Government, 8 December 2017, retrieved 15 April 2020
- ^ a b "Yau Tsim Mong (District Council, Hong Kong) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". City Population. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ "Yau Tsim Mong". Hong Kong Tourism Board. Retrieved 30 October 2018.