Tin Wan (Chinese: 田灣) is an area at the south of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is at the west of Aberdeen and the east of Kellett Bay and Wah Fu Estate.
| Tin Wan | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 田灣 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 田湾 | ||||||||||
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Housing
editTin Wan Estate is a public housing estate (田灣邨), also named after Tin Wan.[1]
Hung Fuk Court is a housing estate built under the Home Ownership Scheme (or HOS), accommodating 1,946 people according to data provided by Centamap[2] and Census and Statistic Department of Hong Kong.[3]
Population
editAt the time of the 1911 census, the population of Tin Wan was 111. The number of males was 67.[4]
According to the Population Census in 2016, the population in Tin Wan is about 17,012.[5]
Points of interest
editPing Kee Restaurant, situated at Ka Wo Street, specialises in soup noodle dishes and is popular among residents of the area.
Education
editSKH Tin Wan Chi Nam Primary School is also situated in Tin Wan, surrounded by apartment buildings of Tin Wan Estate.
Tin Wan is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 18. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and Hong Kong Southern District Government Primary School.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Tin Wan Estate housing authority
- ^ "田灣2016中期人口統計，田灣(中原樓市片區)主要街道: 田灣新街, 石排灣道, 嘉禾街, 田灣街, 漁獲街, 漁歌街, 田灣海旁道 (田灣段), 登豐街, 田灣徑, 漁豐街". 田灣2016中期人口統計，田灣(中原樓市片區)主要街道: 田灣新街, 石排灣道, 嘉禾街, 田灣街, 漁獲街, 漁歌街, 田灣海旁道 (田灣段), 登豐街, 田灣徑, 漁豐街. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
- ^ "Population - Overview | Census and Statistics Department". www.censtatd.gov.hk. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
- ^ Hase, Patrick (1996). "Traditional Life in the New Territories: The Evidence of the 1911 and 1921 Censuses" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 36: 83. ISSN 1991-7295.
- ^ A305 dataset census2011
- ^ "POA School Net 18" (PDF). Education Bureau. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
