Sai Kung District
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Key facts
- Country
- China
- Sar
- Hong Kong
- Council chairman
- Francis Chau Yin-ming
- Council vice chairman
- Choi Ming Hei
- District officer
- David Chiu Yin-wa
- Land
- 129.64 km (50.05 sq mi)
- Total
- 461 864
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00 ( Hong Kong Time )
- Largest neighbourhood by population
- Tseung Kwan O New Town (398,479 – 2016 est)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- districts of Hong Kong
- Named after
- Sai Kung Town
- Country
- China
- Located in
- Hong Kong
- Population
- 472800
- Area
- 136.39
- Shares border with
- Kwun Tong District
- Location
- New Territories
- Official website
- www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/sk/en/welcome.html
- Image
- Sai Kung Hoi 201407.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
Sai Kung District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. The district comprises the southern half of the Sai Kung Peninsula, the Clear Water Bay Peninsula in the New Territories and a strip of land to the east of Kowloon. Areas in the district include Sai Kung Town, Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark, Tseung Kwan O and over 70 islands of different sizes. The administrative centre had been located in Sai Kung Town until the Sai Kung District Office was relocated to Tseung Kwan O recently. The district's population is concentrated in Tseung Kwan O, as of 2011. In 2011, the district was the third youngest district, with a median age of 39.3. Known as the "back garden of Hong Kong", Sai Kung has been able to retain its natural scenery. Many traditional customs and cultures are still retained in the rural villages.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sai Kung District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.