Tsuen Wan District
For the old town of Hong Kong, see Tsuen Wan.
For the new town in Hong Kong, see Tsuen Wan New Town.
Tsuen Wan District () is one of the
18 districts of the
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of
China. It is located in the
New Territories and is served by the
Tsuen Wan Line of the
MTR metro system. Population (
as of 2000): 290,500.
Tsuen Wan of the district is part of the
Tsuen Wan New Town.
The district was set up in 1982 covering the present-day Tsuen Wan District and
Kwai Tsing District. Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi District was split in the mid-1980s, and subsequently renamed as Kwai Tsing District.
The
Sam Tung Uk Museum is a cultural and agricultural museum and was set up in a former
Hakka walled village. Behind Tsuen Wan is Shin Mun reservoir, a valley that was once home to 10 villages that grew mostly pineaples. The dam that stops the reservoir is called
Po Lo Pa, lit.
pineaple dam. There were once disputes and fights among the Shing Mun valley dwellers and Tsuen Wan residents during the 18th century, over the levying of taxes for pineaple sales. The reservoir valley also has a disused lead mine, where some of the residents of Tsuen Wan used to work. Behind this is the tallest hill in the territory of Hong Kong, called
Tai Mo Shan.
The following
islands of Hong Kong are administratively part of the district:
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Cheung Sok (長索)
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Ma Wan (馬灣)
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Ngam Hau Shek (岩口石)
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Pun Shan Shek (半山石)
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Tang Lung Chau (燈籠洲)
There are two railways serving the town:
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Tsuen Wan Line of the
MTR metro system.
Tsuen Wan is the terminus of the line.
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KCR West Rail also has a station at the coastal area, named
Tsuen Wan West.
Park Island Transport Co., Ltd. operates bus services between
Park Island on Ma Wan Island and
Tsing Yi MTR station, Ma Wan and
Kwai Fong, and a
ferry service between Ma Wan and
Central and between Ma Wan and Tsuen Wan West (next to the KCRC station).
There are also tens of bus routes serving
Tsuen Wan, mostly operated by
Kowloon Motor Bus.
Citybus also operated a few.
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List of buildings, sites and areas in Hong Kong*
Tsuen Wan District Council*
Electoral Boundary Map*
Tsuen Wan & Kwai Tsing Transport Website (in Traditional Chinese)*
Tsuen Wan New Town*
An unofficial site about Tsuen Wan new town (in Traditional Chinese)*
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