Sha Tin District
| 沙田 區 Sha Tin District
Sha Tin |
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 Location of Sha Tin within Hong Kong |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Special Administrative Region | Hong Kong |
| surface | 68.7 km² |
| Residents | 659,794 (2016) |
| density | 9603 inhabitants per km² |
| founding | 1981 |
| ISO 3166-2 | HK |
| Website | Sha Tin District Council (en, zh) |
| politics | |
| Chairman | HO, Hau-cheung 何 厚 祥 (as of 2019) |
| Political party | NPP ( 新民 黨 ) |
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Coordinates: 22 ° 22 ′ 30 ″ N , 114 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ E
Sha Tin District ( Chinese 沙田 區 / 沙田 区 , Pinyin Shātián Qū , Jyutping Saa 1 tin 4 Keoi 1 ) is a district of Hong Kong and is located in the New Territories north of Kowloon. Sha Tin is home to the satellite cities of Sha Tin New Town and Ma On Shan New Town , which were built on the Shing Mun River from the 1970s .
The area of the district is 69.27 km². The population is 630,000, of which 295,000 are men and 335,000 are women, which is 8.9% of the total population of Hong Kong. Sha Tin is the most populous district in Hong Kong, with almost all residents living in one of the two New Towns. The satellite cities are designed for up to 735,000 inhabitants on a city area of 35.91 km².
The Sha Tin District is home to the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong's second racecourse , Sha Tin Racecourse , next to the older racetrack at Happy Valley on Hong Kong Island .
traffic
Several highways traverse or end in Sha Tin: Route 1 , Route 2 , Route 8, and Route 9 . The East Rail Line of the Mass Transit Railway stops at several stations. At Tai Wai Station , you can change from the East Rail Line to the Ma On Shan Line , which runs from Sha Tin to Ma On Shan.
Web links
- Sha Tin District Information - District Highlights - HK District Councils (Chinese / English)
- Sha Tin - Hong Kong Fun in 18 Districts - HK Home Affairs Department (Chinese / English)
- Hong Kong Electoral Affairs Commission:
Official Card - Sha Tin - Wahlkreis- u. District boundaries (PDF; 3.0 MB, Chinese / English) - Discover Hong Kong - Sha Tin (Chinese / German)
- Official Community Website - Sha Tin Ma'on Shan Community (Chinese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Citypopulation: [1] on citypopulation.de, accessed on August 25, 2017 - online
- ↑ Census and Statistics Department: 2016 Population Census - Key Statistics (PDF file; 396KB) at statistics.gov.hk, accessed on October 25, 2017 - Online
- ↑ Politiker-Info 01 (Chinese): [2] , on neodemocrats.hk, accessed on June 1, 2018 - online
- ↑ Politiker-Info 02 (Chinese): [3] , on npp.org.hk, accessed on June 1, 2018 - 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
- ^ Census and Statistics Department: 2011 Population Census - Fact Sheet for Sha Tin Council District , at census2011.gov.hk, accessed April 21, 2013 - Online
- ↑ Civil Engineering and Development Department: Sha Tin New Town ( Memento of the original from November 12, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , at cedd.gov.hk, accessed April 21, 2013 - Online
