Tsuen Wan District
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- For the old town of Hong Kong, see Tsuen Wan.
- For the new town in Hong Kong, see Tsuen Wan New Town.
Tsuen Wan District (Traditional Chinese: 荃灣區) is one of the 18 districts of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China. It is located in the New Territories and is served by the Tsuen Wan Line of the MTR metro system. Population (as of 2000): 290,500.
Tsuen Wan of the district is part of the Tsuen Wan New Town.
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[edit] History
The district was set up in 1982 covering the present-day Tsuen Wan District and Kwai Tsing District. Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi District was split in the mid-1980s, and subsequently renamed as Kwai Tsing District.
[edit] Sights
The Sam Tung Uk Museum is a cultural and agricultural museum and was set up in a former Hakka walled village. Behind Tsuen Wan is Shin Mun reservoir, a valley that was once home to 10 villages that grew mostly pineaples. The dam that stops the reservoir is called Po Lo Pa, lit. pineapple dam. There were once disputes and fights among the Shing Mun valley dwellers and Tsuen Wan residents during the 18th century, over the levying of taxes for pineapple sales. The reservoir valley also has a disused lead mine, where some of the residents of Tsuen Wan used to work. Behind this is the tallest hill in the territory of Hong Kong, called Tai Mo Shan.
[edit] Islands
The following islands of Hong Kong are administratively part of the district:
- Cheung Sok (長索)
- Ma Wan (馬灣)
- Ngam Hau Shek (岩口石)
- Pun Shan Shek (半山石)
- Tang Lung Chau (燈籠洲)
[edit] Transport
There are two railways serving the town:
- Tsuen Wan Line of the MTR metro system. Tsuen Wan is the terminus of the line.
- KCR West Rail also has a station at the coastal area, named Tsuen Wan West.
Park Island Transport Co., Ltd. operates bus services between Park Island on Ma Wan Island and Tsing Yi MTR station, Ma Wan and Kwai Fong, and a ferry service between Ma Wan and Central and between Ma Wan and Tsuen Wan West (next to the KCRC station).
There are also tens of bus routes serving Tsuen Wan, mostly operated by Kowloon Motor Bus. Citybus also operated a few.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Tsuen Wan District Council
- Electoral Boundary Map
- Tsuen Wan & Kwai Tsing Transport Website (in Traditional Chinese)
- Tsuen Wan New Town
- An unofficial site about Tsuen Wan new town (in Traditional Chinese)
- Hong Kong: Mass Transit Railway by NYC Subway
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| New Territories: Islands | Kwai Tsing | North | Sai Kung | Sha Tin | Tai Po | Tsuen Wan | Tuen Mun | Yuen Long | |
