Tai Po District
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大埔 區 Tai Po District
District Tai Po |
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 Location of Tai Po District within Hong Kong |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Special Administrative Region | Hong Kong |
| surface | 148.2 km² |
| Residents | 303,926 (2016) |
| density | 2051 inhabitants per km² |
| founding | September 1981 |
| ISO 3166-2 | HK |
| Website | Tai Po District Council (English, Chinese) |
| politics | |
| Chairman | KWAN, Wing-yip 關 永 業 (as of May 2020) |
| Political party |
Neo Democrats ( 新 民主 同盟 ) |
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Coordinates: 22 ° 27 ' N , 114 ° 10' E
Tai Po ( Chinese 大埔 區 / 大埔 区 , Pinyin Dàbù Qū , Jyutping Daai 6 bou 3 Keoi 1 - "Tai Po district") is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong . It is located in the east of the New Territories and with about 14,800 hectares (148 km²) is the second largest district in Hong Kong - after Islands District . In terms of population, it ranks second to last among the districts with just over 300,000 inhabitants. For a long time, Tai Po was a rural and traditional area. Similar to Yuen Long , the eponymous settlement Tai Po was traditionally a "city with a market" ( 市鎮 / 市镇 - "market town") for the villagers and agricultural producers in the area. It was not until the last decades of the 20th century that partial urbanization began with the construction of planned cities , so-called “ New Towns ”, by the Hong Kong government. The majority of the population of the Tai Po district now live in the typical high-rise housing estates of Hong Kong in the new downtown area of Tai Po, the Tai Po New Town ( 大埔 新市鎮 / 大埔 新市镇 ). The rest of the population lives in the 133 traditional villages in the area, some of which are historically very old and are inhabited by the local indigenous people ( 原 居民 ) of Hong Kong.
Origin of name
The name Tai Po 大埔 , Dàbù , Jyutping Daai 6 bou 3 is derived from the original name 大步 , Dàbù , Jyutping Daai 6 bou 6 - "Big Step", which is said to have originated because visitors came to the dense forests surrounding the place traversed with a quick step.
geography
The Tai Po district consists of two unrelated parts: the Tai Po region in the narrower sense and the northern part of the Sai Kung peninsula . Both parts are separated from each other by the Sha Tin district and an arm of the sea , the Tolo Channel ( 吐露 海峽 / 吐露 海峡 , English Tolo Channel , also Chek Mun Hoi Hap 赤 門 海峽 / 赤 门 海峡 ). At the end of this inlet is the Tolo Harbor ( 吐露港 - "Tolo Harbor"). The two regions were historically closely related. Fishermen and farmers from northern Sai Kung traditionally brought their produce to the Tai Po market.
The urban center of the district is dominated by high-rise buildings "Town of Tai Po" ( Tai Po New Town ) at the mouth of the "Lam Tsuen River" ( 林村河 , English Lam Tsuen River ). To the east of the “New Town” there is the “Tai Po Industrial Park” ( 大埔 工業 園 / 大埔 工业 园 , English Tai Po Industrial Estate ). But there are also many small village settlements with a rural character.
In the eastern section there is the Plover Cove Reservoir (' Regenpfeiferbucht -Stausee', 船 灣 淡水湖 / 船 湾 „ -" literally Ship Bay Reservoir "), a freshwater reservoir that was created by closing off an inlet with a dam. The dam is m³ with 24 hectares and 230 million storage volume, the largest surface and volume second largest freshwater reservoir in Hong Kong. It is located in the middle of the "Plover Cove Landscape Park" ( English Plover Cove Country Park , 船 灣 郊野 公園 / 船 湾 郊野 公园 - literally " Ship Bay Nature Park").
Sights (selection)
The Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark is partially located within the Tai Po district. Other attractions include the Built around 1907 old District Office (North) - English District Office (North) , the first administrative center of the New Territories served, which was built in 1892 Daoist "Man Mo Temple" - high Chinese "Wenwu Temple" ( 文武 廟 / 文武 庙 ) - and the “Fan-Sin Temple” ( 樊 仙宮 / 樊 仙宫 , also 樊 仙 廟 / 樊 仙 庙 ), which was probably built during the reign of Qianlong in the 18th century .
Trivia
- Tai Po FC
The local soccer team Tai Po FC is the first of 19 Hong Kong districts third division clubs to be promoted to Hong Kong's First Division . Tai Po FC wrote Hong Kong football history for the 2006-2007 season. The team immediately made it to the top Hong Kong league, the Hong Kong Premier League , which was founded in 2014-15 . After a brief relegation in 2016-17 to the Hong Kong Second Division ( Hong Kong First Division ), the team has been back in the top division ( HKPL ) since 2016-17 .
Web links
- Tai Po District Information - District Highlights - HK District Councils (Chinese, English)
- Tai Po - Hong Kong Fun in 18 Districts - HK Home Affairs Department (Chinese, English)
- Discover Hong Kong - Info Tai Po (Chinese, German)
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Hong Kong Electoral Affairs Commission :
Official card - Tai Po District Council Electoral Boundaries 01 (Chinese, English, PDF file; 2.8 kB - constituency boundaries, part 1)
Official card - Tai Po District Council Electoral Boundaries 02 (Chinese, English, PDF -File; 1.6 kB - constituency boundaries part 2)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Welcome message. Tai Po District Council website, accessed June 27, 2019 (Chinese, English).
- ^ Area by District Council (Base on 2017 District Council). Suvery and Mapping Office / Lands Department, accessed December 4, 2018 (Chinese, English).
- ↑ a b District Highlights. Tai Po District Council, accessed December 6, 2018 (Chinese, English).
- ^ District Profiles. Hong Kong Population By-census 2016, accessed November 2, 2018 (Chinese, English).
- ↑ Plover Cove. Agriculture, Conservation and Fisheries Department, accessed December 6, 2018 (Chinese, English).
- ↑ Declared Monuments in Hong Kong: New Territories. Antiquities and Monuments Office, accessed December 5, 2018 (Chinese, English).
