Tuen Mun New Town
屯門新市鎮 | |
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 Residential blocks at the Butterfly Bay, Tuen Mun New Town | |
| Etymology: Tuen Mun | |
| Nickname(s): Tuen Mun Town, Castle Peak New Town | |
  Tuen Mun New Town Tuen Mun New Town in the New Territories | |
| Coordinates: 22°23′30″N 113°58′38″E / 22.39163°N 113.9770885°E | |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| District | Tuen Mun |
| Founded | 1966 |
| Area | |
• Total | 22.6 km2 (8.7 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (Hong Kong Time) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 屯門新市鎮 | ||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | Tyùhn mùhn sān shíh dzan | ||||||||
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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), which has since been referred to as the Tuen Mun Kau Hui and the Tuen Mun San Hui. The new town covers most of the urban area of Tuen Mun District.