Sham Shui Po District (Sham Shui Po)
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The district covers the Shek Kip Mei, Sham Shui Po, Cheung Sha Wan, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon Tsai, So Uk, Un Chau, Tai Wo Ping and Yau Yat Chuen areas of New Kowloon, and Stonecutters Island of Kowloon.
Sham Shui Po District administers:
* Cheung Sha Wan 長沙灣 – Between Tonkin Street and Kom Tsun Street/Butterfly Valley Road.
* MTR stations: Cheung Sha Wan station, Lai Chi Kok station
* Western Part of Kowloon Tong 九龍塘 – West of the route of East Rail line, north of Boundary Street and east of Tai Hang Tung Road, where Yau Yat Tsuen 又一村 and Tai Hang Tung Estate are situated.
* MTR station: Kowloon Tong station (East Rail)
* Lai Chi Kok 荔枝角 – West of Kom Tsun Street/Butterfly Valley Road to east of Lai King, Kwai Chung.
* MTR station: Mei Foo station
* Sham Shui Po 深水埗 – Between Tonkin Street and Boundary Street
Map - Sham Shui Po District (Sham Shui Po)
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Country - Hk
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Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing Empire ceded Hong Kong Island from Xin'an County at the end of the First Opium War in 1841 then again in 1842. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War and was further extended when Britain obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898. British Hong Kong was occupied by Imperial Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II; British administration resumed after the surrender of Japan. The whole territory was transferred to China in 1997. As one of China's two special administrative regions (the other being Macau), Hong Kong maintains separate governing and economic systems from that of mainland China under the principle of "one country, two systems".
Currency / Language
| ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | $ | 2 |
| ISO | Language |
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| ZH | Chinese language |
| EN | English language |