Tuen Mun New Town
Satellite town in New Territories, Hong Kong / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the details of the human settlement in general, see Tuen Mun. For the whole district, see Tuen Mun District.
Tuen Mun New Town (formerly Castle Peak New Town), commonly referred to simply as Tuen Mun, is a satellite town of Hong Kong. It is one of the new towns that were developed by the Hong Kong Government in the New Territories from the 1960s. It was built around the existing rural local centre of Tuen Mun (a.k.a. Castle Peak). The new town covers most of the urban area of Tuen Mun District.
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Tuen Mun New Town
屯門新市鎮 | |
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Etymology: Tuen Mun | |
Nickname(s): Tuen Mun Town, Castle Peak New Town | |
Coordinates: 22.39163°N 113.9770885°E / 22.39163; 113.9770885 | |
Country | Hong Kong |
District | Tuen Mun |
Founded | 1966; 58 years ago (1966) |
Area | |
• Total | 22.6 km2 (8.7 sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (Hong Kong Time) |
source for area size:[1] |
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