Fanling

Fanling
粉嶺
Town
Fanling
Location within Hong Kong
Coordinates: 22°29′30″N 114°08′29″E / 22.4918°N 114.1415°E / 22.4918; 114.1415
CountryChina
SARHong Kong
RegionNew Territories
DistrictNorth District
Time zoneUTC+8 (HKT)
Fanling
Traditional Chinese粉嶺
Simplified Chinese粉岭
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinFénlǐng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationFán Léhng
JyutpingFan2 Leng5
IPA[fɐn˧˥.lɛŋ˩˧] ([fɐn˨˥ lɛːŋ˨˧])

Fanling (Chinese: 粉嶺; also spelled Fan Ling or Fan Leng) is a town in the New Territories East of Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the North District. Fanling Town is the main settlement of the Fanling area. The name Fanling is a shortened form of Fan Pik Leng (粉壁嶺). The area has several public and private estates.

Northwest of Fanling is Sheung Shui and southeast is Tai Po.