Lam Tin
藍田 | |
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 Lam Tin Skyline | |
![Map showing Lam Tin's location in Kwun Tong District[clarification needed]](view_image.php?q=Lam_Tin&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Lamtin_map_coloured_labelled.png) Map showing Lam Tin's location in Kwun Tong District[clarification needed] | |
| Coordinates: 22°18′34″N 114°14′10″E / 22.30944°N 114.23611°E | |
| Country or territory | Hong Kong |
| City | Kowloon |
| Urban division | East Kowloon |
| District | Kwun Tong |
| First settled | c. 900 BC |
| Incorporated into China | c. 200 BC |
| Incorporated into Hong Kong | 1898 |
| Area | |
| • Area | 2.184 km2 (0.843 sq mi) |
| • Land | 2.184 km2 (0.843 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1.737 km2 (0.671 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1.334 km2 (0.515 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 90 m (290 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Area | 131,000 |
| • Density | 59,985/km2 (155,360/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 131,000 |
| • Urban density | 75,435/km2 (195,380/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 128,600 |
| • Metro density | 96,399/km2 (249,670/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (HKT) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 藍田 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 蓝田 | ||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | làhm tìhn | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | blue-field | ||||||||||||
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Lam Tin is an area in the Kwun Tong District in southeastern New Kowloon, Hong Kong. Lam Tin is primarily a residential area but also hosts a major transport interchange and several shopping attractions.[3] Lam Tin was once a large field in the vicinity of Kowloon Bay. During the Song dynasty, it was a site of salt production. Since the 1980s, a number of housing estates were constructed in Lam Tin.
A high-density residential district built on a coastal knoll, Lam Tin hosts residential housing estates, transport infrastructure, mass-transit facilities, shopping centres, recreational areas and many other buildings and structures. It is home to 130,000 residents, making up a fifth of Kwun Tong District's population.[1]
- ^ a b 2001 Population Census – Summary Statistics of Constituency Areas in Kwun Tong District Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine – Census and Statistics Department. Retrieved on 29 May 2007
- ^ 茶果嶺村 – 寮屋下的安樂窩 – U-Beat Magazine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Retrieved on 30 May 2007. (in Chinese) Archived 20 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Sceneway Plaza Archived 19 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine – Fun in Kwun Tong. Retrieved on 9 February 2007.