Tin Shui Wai
Tin Shui Wai New Town
天水圍新市鎮 | |
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Tin Shui Wai Sports Ground | |
| Coordinates: 22°27′36″N 114°00′07″E / 22.460°N 114.002°E | |
| Country | China |
| SAR | Hong Kong |
| District | Yuen Long District |
| Established | 1993 |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.3 km2 (1.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
• Total | 286,232 |
| • Density | 67,906/km2 (175,880/sq mi) |
| Website | Yuen Long District Council |
| Mean solar time UTC+08 | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 天水圍新市鎮 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 天水围新市镇 | ||||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | Tīnséuiwài Sānsíhjan | ||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Sky Water Walled Village New Town | ||||||||||||||
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Tin Shui Wai New Town is a satellite town in the northwestern New Territories of Hong Kong. Originally a gei wai (基圍) fish pond area, it was developed in the 1980s as the second new town in Yuen Long District and the eighth in Hong Kong. It is 25 kilometres (16 mi) due northwest of Central, the main business area in the territory, on land reclaimed from low-lying areas south of Deep Bay, next to Ping Shan. The population was 283,595 as of 2021.