Kwai Chung

Kwai Chung

. In 2000, it had a population of 287,000. Its area is 9.93 km²

Kwai Chung is the home of the principal commercial cargo handling area of Hong Kong, the Kwai Chung Container Terminal, one of the largest and busiest port facilities in the world. The main commercial port was relocated here from Yau Ma Tei in the 1980's, in preparation for the West Kowloon Reclamation, which has left the original waterfront of Yau Ma Tei almost half a mile inland.

Origin of the name

In earlier times Kwai Chung was called Kwai Chung Tsz (葵涌子). Kwai Chung was a stream (Chung) that emptied into Gin Drinkers Bay. The whole bay was reclaimed for land and the stream is no longer visible.

The name is sometimes spelled 'Kwai Cheong', such as in 'Kwai Cheong Road' (葵昌路), which is in Kwai Chung.

Divisions

Traditionally, Kwai Chung is divided in to Upper Kwai Chung or Sheung Kwai Chung (上葵涌), and Lower Kwai Chung or Ha Kwai Chung (下葵涌). Administratively, the former is called North Kwai Chung, and the latter South Kwai Chung.

ee also

*List of areas of Hong Kong
*Kwai Chung Estate

External links

* [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Hong+Kong&ll=22.335978,114.120569&spn=0.032371,0.046151&t=k&hl=en Satellite view of the container port in Kwai Chung]


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