Wan Chai
灣仔區 | |
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 Day view of Causeway Bay in the Wan Chai District | |
  Wan Chai Location in Hong Kong  Wan Chai Wan Chai (Asia) | |
| Coordinates: 22°16′47″N 114°10′18″E / 22.27968°N 114.17168°E | |
| Country | China |
| SAR | Hong Kong |
| Constituencies | 11 |
| Government | |
| • District Council Chairman (Assumed by District Officer) | Fanny Cheung Ngan-ling, JP [1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10.2 km2 (3.9 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 166,695
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| Time zone | UTC+08:00 (Hong Kong Time) |
| Largest neighbourhood by population | Happy Valley (34,259 – 2016 est)[3] |
| Location of district office and district council | 130 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai |
| Website | Wan Chai District Council |
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| Traditional Chinese | 灣仔區 | ||||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | Wāan tsái kēui | ||||||||||||||
| Jyutping | Waan1 zai2 keoi1 | ||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Little Bay District | ||||||||||||||
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Wan Chai District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. Of the four on Hong Kong Island, it is north-central, and had 166,695 residents in 2021, an increase from 152,608 residents in 2011. The district has the second-highest educationally qualified residents with the highest-bracket incomes, the second-lowest population and the third-oldest quotient. It is a relatively affluent district, with one in five persons having liquid assets of more than HKD 1 million.[4]
- ^ Government Telephone Directory, Government of Hong Kong, retrieved 5 August 2024
- ^ "2011 Population Census: Summary Results" (in English and Chinese). Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong Government. 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
- ^ District Profiles, Government of Hong Kong, 8 December 2017, retrieved 15 April 2020
- ^ "平均每25人便有一人家财百万".