List of towns in Hong Kong


The following is an incomplete list of urban settlements, towns, new towns in Hong Kong.
The Government of Hong Kong is unitary and does not define cities and towns as subsidiary administrative units. The limits of the City of Victoria, Kowloon and New Kowloon are stated in law, but none of these three areas has the legal status of a city or a town. Districts of Hong Kong are drawn according to mountains, coastlines and roads, and do not coincide with the natural extents of any urbanised areas.

Major urban settlements

New towns

CitiesDistrictYear started developing
Tsuen Wan
Tsuen Wan and Kwai Tsing 1950s
Sha Tin
Sha Tin
1970s
Tuen Mun New TownTuen Mun1970s
Tai PoTai Poearly 1980s
Yuen LongYuen Longearly 1980s
Fanling-Sheung ShuiNorthmid-1980s
Ma On ShanSha Tinmid-1980s
Tseung Kwan O New TownSai Kunglate 1980s
Tin Shui WaiYuen Longearly 1990s
North Lantau
Islands
1994

Towns

TownsLocation
AberdeenSouthern
Cheung ChauIslands
Discovery BayIslands
Jardine's LookoutWan Chai
Ha TsuenYuen Long
Kam TinYuen Long
Kwun TongKwun Tong
Kwu TungNorth
Lau Fau ShanTuen Mun
Lei Yue MunKwun Tong
Luen Wo HuiNorth
Ma WanIslands
Mui Wo Islands
Ping ShanYuen Long
Peng ChauIslands
Sai KungSai Kung
San TinYuen Long
Sha Tau KokNorth
Sham TsengTsuen Wan
Shek OSouthern
Sok Kwu WanIslands
StanleySouthern
Tai OIslands
Yuen Long TownYuen Long
Yung Shue WanIslands

Largest [urban agglomeration]s

  1. Kowloon - 2,019,500
  2. Northern Hong Kong Island - 992,900
  3. Tsuen Wan New Town - 801,800
  4. Sha Tin New Town - 630,000
  5. Tuen Mun New Town - 470,900
  6. Tseung Kwan O New Town - 344,500
  7. Aberdeen - 275,100
  8. Tai Po New Town - 274,000
  9. Tin Shui Wai New Town - 268,800
  10. Fanling-Sheung Shui New Town - 244,700
  11. Yuen Long New Town - 141,900
  12. North Lantau New Town - 71,900