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Tsuen Wan

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Tsuen Wan (荃灣區) is one of the districts of Hong Kong|18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in the New Territories and is served by the Tsuen Wan Line of the MTR metro system. Population (2000): 290,500.

Tsuen Wan district is part of Tsuen Wan New Town.




The Sam Tung Uk Museum was set up in a former Hakka Walled villages of Hong Kong|walled village.




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)





There are two railways serving the town:

  • Tsuen Wan Line of the MTR metro system. Tsuen Wan Station|Tsuen Wan is the terminus of the line.

  • KCRC West Rail also has a station at the coastal area, named Tsuen Wan West Station|Tsuen Wan West.


Park Island Transport Co., Ltd. operates bus services between Park Island on Ma Wan Island and Tsing Yi (MTR)|Tsing Yi MTR station, Ma Wan and Kwai Fong, and a ferry service between Ma Wan and Central, Hong Kong|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 (Hong Kong)|Citybus also operated a few.



  • List of buildings, sites and areas in Hong Kong




  • http://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/tw/english/welcome.htm Tsuen Wan District Council

  • http://www.info.gov.hk/eac/pdf/distco/maps/dc2003k.pdf Electoral Boundary Map

  • http://www.cedd.gov.hk/eng/about/achievements/regional/regi_tsuenwan.htm Tsuen Wan New Town

  • http://www.tsuenwan.biz/ An unofficial site about Tsuen Wan new town (in Traditional Chinese)


Hong Kong
HK new towns
Category:Hong Kong
zh:荃灣區

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Tsuen Wan".


Last Modified:   2005-03-07


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