Eastern District (Hong Kong)
| 東區 Eastern District
Eastern |
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 Location of Eastern within Hong Kong |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Special Administrative Region | Hong Kong |
| surface | 18.6 km² |
| Residents | 555,034 (2016) |
| density | 29,905 inhabitants per km² |
| founding | 1981 |
| ISO 3166-2 | HK |
| Website | Eastern District Council (en, zh) |
| politics | |
| Chairman | WONG, Kin-pan (as of 2019) 黃建彬 |
| Political party | DAB ( 民建聯 ) |
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Coordinates: 22 ° 17 ′ 3 ″ N , 114 ° 13 ′ 27 ″ E
Eastern District ( Chinese 東區 / 东区 , Pinyin Dōng Qū , Jyutping Dung 1 Keoi 1 ) is an administrative area of Hong Kong in the northeast of Hong Kong Island . It stretches from Victoria Park on Causeway Bay to Cape Collinson in Siu Sai Wan . Eastern is the district with the second largest population after Sha Tin . 588,000 people live in an area of 18.73 km².
The urban development took place along the coast from west to east. The newest residential area is therefore in Siu Sai Wan at the east end, the construction of which began with land reclamation in 1985. In addition to some densely populated areas, the Eastern District also includes uninhabited, hilly areas inland. These include Mount Parker , the second highest mountain on Hong Kong Island, as well as Mount Butler and Pottinger Peak .
At Shau Kei Wan is Lei Yue Mun , the narrowest strait in Victoria Harbor . In Quarry Bay , the skyscraper is One East Iceland .
places
traffic
The King's Road and its continuations Shau Kei Wan Road and Chai Wan Road run as the main road through Eastern. The Hong Kong tramway also runs on this street to Shau Kei Wan . The Route 4 motorway runs largely parallel to this on the coast. In Quarry Bay there is a junction with Route 2 , which leads in the Eastern Harbor Crossing tunnel under Victoria Harbor to Kwun Tong .
The Mass Transit Railway operates the Island Line subway line , which runs from the Wan Chai District to Chai Wan . At the North Point and Quarry Bay stations there are transfer options to the Tseung Kwan O Line , which also runs through the Eastern Harbor Crossing.
North Point has ferry services to Kowloon.
Web links
- Eastern District Information - District Highlights - HK District Councils (Chinese / English)
- Eastern District - Hong Kong Fun in 18 Districts - HK Home Affairs Department (Chinese, English)
- Hong Kong Electoral Affairs Commission:
Official Map - Eastern District - Constituency u. District boundaries (PDF; 2.3 MB, Chinese / English) - Discover Hong Kong - Eastern District (Chinese / German)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Citypopulation: [1] on citypopulation.de, accessed on August 25, 2017 - online
- ↑ Politiker-Info 01 (Chinese): [2] , on neodemocrats.hk, accessed on June 1, 2018 - online
- ↑ Politiker-Info 02 (Chinese): [3] , on wongkinpan.org, accessed on June 1, 2018 - online
- ↑ Politiker-Info 03 (Chinese): [4] , on symedialab.org.hk, accessed on June 1, 2018 - online
- ↑ Politiker-Info 04 (Chinese / English): [5] , on dab.org.hk, accessed on June 1, 2018 - online
- ^ Census and Statistics Department: 2011 Population Census - Fact Sheet for Eastern District Council District , at census2011.gov.hk, accessed April 21, 2013 - Online
- ^ The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region - Lands Department: Area by District Council , October 2012, at landsd.gov.hk, accessed April 21, 2013 - Online
- ^ Eastern District Council: District Highlights , on districtcouncils.gov.hk, accessed October 16, 2016 - Online
