Yau Tsim Mong District
Yau Tsim Mong
油尖旺區 | |
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| Yau Tsim Mong District | |
Tsim Sha Tsui skyline K1 Musea at Victoria Dockside Statue of Bruce Lee at the Avenue of the Stars | |
Location of Yau Tsim Mong within Hong Kong | |
| Coordinates: 22°19′17″N 114°10′21″E / 22.32138°N 114.17260°E | |
| Statutorily-defined area | Kowloon |
| Region | Hong Kong (special administrative region) |
| Country | China |
| Constituencies | 16 |
| Government | |
| • District Council Chairman | Lam Kin Man (Independent) |
| • District Council Vice-Chairman | Chu Tsz-Lok |
| • District Officer | Aron Laura Liang |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 310,647
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| • Density | 44,045/km2 (114,080/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (Hong Kong Time) |
| Largest neighbourhood by population | Tai Kok Tsui (49,668 – 2016 est) |
| Location of district office and district council | 30 Luen Wan Street, Mong Kok |
| Website | Yau Tsim Mong District Council |
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| Traditional Chinese | 油尖旺區 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 油尖旺区 | ||||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | Yàuhdzīmwohng kēui | ||||||||||||||
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Yau Tsim Mong District is one of 18 districts of Hong Kong, located on the western part of Kowloon Peninsula. It is the core urban area of Kowloon. The district has the second highest population density of all districts, at 49,115 km2 (18,963 sq mi). The 2016 By-Census recorded the total population of Yau Tsim Mong District at 342,970.
Yau Tsim Mong District contains the urban areas of Yau Ma Tei, Tsim Sha Tsui, and Mong Kok, as well as Ferry Point, King's Park, Kwun Chung, Tai Kok Tsui, Tsim Sha Tsui East, the Union Square and Kowloon Point. Formerly two districts, the Yau Tsim District and Mong Kok District, it was combined in 1994. Its name is an acronym of the three aforementioned major areas.