Southern District (Hong Kong)

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南 區
Southern District
Southern
Location of the Southern District in Hong Kong
Location of the Southern District in Hong Kong
Basic data
Country People's Republic of China
Special Administrative Region Hong Kong
surface 38.9 km²
Residents 274,994 (2016)
density 7078 inhabitants per km²
founding 1981
ISO 3166-2 HK
Website Southern District Council (en, zh)
politics
Chairman CHU, Ching-hong (as of 2019)
朱慶虹
Political party independent
Southern Districts Downtown on Aberdeen Harbor, 2016
Southern Districts Downtown on Aberdeen Harbor , 2016

Coordinates: 22 ° 14 '50 "  N , 114 ° 9' 32"  E

Four lane Ap Lei Chau Bridge over Aberdeen Harbor, 2015
Beach at Repulse Bay , 2015
Pavilion near Repulse Bay Beach, 2014

Southern District ( Chinese  南 區  /  南 区 , Pinyin Nán Qū , Jyutping Naam 4 Keoi 1 ) is a district in Hong Kong in the southern part of Hong Kong Island . Of the four districts on Hong Kong Island, Southern has the largest area and lowest population density with 39.40 km². The 2011 census determined a population of 278,655.

Some nearby islands are also part of the Southern District. The largest, Ap Lei Chau , is connected to Hong Kong Island via the four-lane Ap Lei Chau Bridge , an originally two-lane car bridge from the 1980s. More distant offshore islands in the south of Hong Kong Island belong to the Islands District .

In the west and southwest of the Southern District there are larger residential areas with Pok Fu Lam , Aberdeen and Ap Lei Chau . Ocean Park amusement park is located near Aberdeen. The east of the Southern District is less urban. In addition to village structures and nature reserves , facilities and institutes of the University of Hong Kong are also located here . The fishing village of Shek O in the southeast of the island, east of Stanley , for example, is a protected landscape area and popular local recreation area. Southern has beautiful beaches and hiking trails, such as Deep Water Bay , Repulse Bay, and Stanley Bay . Most of the 50 km long popular Hong Kong Trail ( 港島 徑  /  港岛 径 ), a hiking trail from Victoria Peak to Big Wave Bay , as well as the Cape D'Aguilar lighthouse, the oldest lighthouse in Hong Kong, are located in Southern.

traffic

The Route 1 performs the Aberdeen tunnel for Wan Chai District and connects the Southern District with the expressway network of Hong Kong. The eastern section of the South Island Line of the Mass Transit Railways in the Southern District has been open since December 28, 2016 and connects the offshore southern island of Ap Lei Chau via Wong Chuk Hang, Ocean Park with the busy district of Admiralty in the north of Hong Kong Island, while the west section of the South Island Line is still in the planning phase and the construction phase is expected to begin in 2021 and will need another five years to complete in 2026. Most places in the district are accessible via bus lines or lines of the so-called " minibuses " ( 公共 小型 巴士 , English Public Light Bus  - " shared taxis ", coll. 小巴 ).

places

On Hong Kong Island:

Islands:

See also

Web links

Commons : Southern District, Hong Kong  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Citypopulation: [1] on citypopulation.de, accessed on August 25, 2017 - online
  2. ↑ Census and Statistics Department: 2016 Population Census - Key Statistics (PDF file; 396KB) at statistics.gov.hk, accessed on October 25, 2017 - Online
  3. ↑ Politiker-Info 01 (Chinese): [2] , on neodemocrats.hk, accessed on June 1, 2018 - online
  4. ↑ Politiker-Info 02 (Chinese, English): [3] , on ses.org.hk, accessed on June 1, 2018 - online
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ Census and Statistics Department: 2011 Population Census - Fact Sheet for Southern District Council District , at census2011.gov.hk, accessed April 21, 2013 - Online