Wan Chai District
Wan Chai
灣仔區 | |
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Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre and high-rise buildings in Wan Chai District | |
| Coordinates: 22°16′47″N 114°10′18″E / 22.27968°N 114.17168°E | |
| Country | China |
| SAR | Hong Kong |
| Constituencies | 1 |
| Government | |
| • District Council Chairman | Fanny Cheung Ngan-ling, JP (assumed by the district officer) |
| Area | |
• Total | 10.2 km2 (3.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 166,695
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| Time zone | UTC+08:00 (Hong Kong Time) |
| Largest neighbourhood by population | Happy Valley (34,259 – 2016 est) |
| Location of district office and district council | 130 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai |
| Website | Wan Chai District Council |
| Wan Chai District | |||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 灣仔區 | ||||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | Wāan tsái kēui | ||||||||||||||
| Jyutping | Waan1 zai2 keoi1 | ||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Little Bay District | ||||||||||||||
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Wan Chai District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. Of the four on Hong Kong Island, it is north-central, and had 166,695 residents in 2021, an increase from 152,608 residents in 2011. The district has the second-highest educationally qualified residents with the highest-bracket incomes, the second-lowest population and the third-oldest quotient. It is a relatively affluent district, with one in five persons having liquid assets of more than HKD 1 million.