Sha Tin

This article is about the area of Hong Kong. For the district, see Sha Tin District. For Sha Tin as a new town project, see Sha Tin New Town. For the composer, see Judith Shatin. For the village in Armenia, see Shatin, Armenia.

Sha Tin
沙田
Neighbourhood
Shing Mun River Promenade
Shing Mun River Promenade
Sha Tin is located in Hong Kong
Sha Tin
Sha Tin
Location within Hong Kong
Coordinates: 22°22′30″N 114°11′00″E / 22.37500°N 114.18333°E / 22.37500; 114.18333
CountryChina
SARHong Kong
DistrictSha Tin District
Time zoneUTC+8 (HKT)
Sha Tin
Lek Yuen Bridge over
Shing Mun River in Sha Tin central
Chinese沙田
JyutpingSaa1 Tin4
Literal meaningsandy field
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShātián
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationSā Tìhn
JyutpingSaa1 Tin4
IPA[sa˥.tʰin˩]

Sha Tin, also spelt Shatin, is a neighbourhood along Shing Mun River in the eastern New Territories, Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Sha Tin District. Sha Tin is one of the neighbourhoods of the Sha Tin New Town project.

The new town was founded in 1973 under the New Towns Development Programme of the Hong Kong government. Its current name was named after the nearby village of Sha Tin Wai. The literal English translation is 'Sand Fields'.