List of cities and towns in Hong Kong
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The following is a list of cities, towns and new towns in Hong Kong.
Note that the Hong Kong Government is unitary, and have not set any legal status for cities and towns. The limits of the City of Victoria, Kowloon and New Kowloon are stated in law, but none of these three areas has the legal status of a city or a town. Districts of Hong Kong are drawn according to mountains, coastlines and roads, and do not co-incide with the natural extents of the cities or towns. The following listing is compiled by geography, and evidence from written documents that Victoria City (sometimes the sprawl along the northern shore of Hong Kong Island included) and Kowloon (New Kowloon included) are referred to as two cities, or as twin cities.
Cities
{|Citiesincluding New Kowloon
Wong Tai Sin and Kwun Tong
New towns
| New towns | Location | Year started developing |
| Tsuen Wan (Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi) | Tsuen Wan and Kwai Tsing | 1970s |
| Sha Tin (Sha Tin and Ma On Shan) | Sha Tin | 1970s |
| Tuen Mun | Tuen Mun | 1970s |
| Tai Po | Tai Po | early 1980s |
| Yuen Long | Yuen Long | early 1980s |
| Fanling-Sheung Shui | North | mid-1980s |
| Tseung Kwan O | Sai Kung | late 1980s |
| Tin Shui Wai | Yuen Long | early 1990s |
| North Lantau (Tung Chung and Tai Ho) | Islands | 1997 |
Towns
| Towns | Location |
| Aberdeen | Southern |
| Cheung Chau | Islands |
| Discovery Bay | Islands |
| Kennedy Town | Central and Western |
| Kwun Tong | Kwun Tong |
| Lei Yue Mun | Kwun Tong |
| Ma Wan | Islands |
| Mui Wo (Silvermine Bay) | Islands |
| Peng Chau | Islands |
| Sai Kung | Sai Kung |
| Sha Tau Kok | North |
| Shek O | Southern |
| Sok Kwu Wan | Islands |
| Stanley | Southern |
| Tai O | Islands |
| Yung Shue Wan | Islands |
Largest urban
- Kowloon - 2,040,200
- Victoria City (Northern coast of Hong Kong Island)- 1,345,800
- Tsuen Wan New Town - 755,000
- Sha Tin - 648,400
- Tuen Mun - 499,600
- Yuen Long - 494,800
- Tseung Kwan O - 365,600
- Fanling-Sheung Shui - 336,300
- Tai Po - 322,300
Source: [Citypopulation.de]
See also
- List of villages in Hong Kong
- List of buildings, sites, and areas in Hong Kong
- List of cities by country
- List of city listings by country
- List of metropolitan areas by population
- Districts of Hong Kong
External links
- [Population statistics by Citypopulation.de]
- [Evangelizing World Class Cities], contains definitions of a city
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