Aberdeen Street

For the street in Perth, Western Australia, see Aberdeen Street, Perth.

Aberdeen Street
Aberdeen Street at Queen's Road Central
Native name鴨巴甸街 (Chinese)
NamesakeGeorge Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
LocationCentral / Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
FromQueen's Road Central
ToCaine Road
Aberdeen Street
Traditional Chinese鴨巴甸街
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationNgaap bā dīn gāai
JyutpingNgaap3 ba1 din1 gaai1
Lin Heung Tea House, at the corner of Aberdeen Street and Wellington Street.
Gage Street, at its junction with Aberdeen Street. The red sign commemorates Yang Quyun.
Former Hollywood Road Police Married Quarters at the corner of Hollywood Road and Aberdeen Street.
Kwong Hon Terrace Garden viewed from Aberdeen Street.
Caine Road at its junction with the upper end of Aberdeen Street. The building on the right is Albron Court.

Aberdeen Street is a border street dividing Sheung Wan and Central on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.[1] It ascends from Queen's Road Central to Caine Road in Mid-Levels. The street is named after George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Foreign Secretary at the time of the cession of Hong Kong Island to the United Kingdom in 1842.[2]

  1. ^ Yanne, Andrew; Heller, Gillis (2009). Signs of a Colonial Era. Hong Kong University Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-962-209-944-9.
  2. ^ Wordie, Jason (2002). Streets: exploring Hong Kong Island. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 16–20. ISBN 978-962-209-563-2.