Cheung Chau (2013) | |
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Geography | |
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Location | Southwest of Hong Kong |
Coordinates | 22°12′38″N 114°01′44″E / 22.210556°N 114.028889°E |
Area | 2.46 km2 (0.95 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 95 m (312 ft) |
Administration | |
District | Islands District |
Demographics | |
Population | 19,769 (2021) |
Pop. density | 9,882.93/km2 (25596.67/sq mi) |
Ethnic groups | Chinese (92.7%)
Indonesian (2.0%) White (1.5%) |
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Traditional Chinese | 長洲 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 长洲 | ||||||||||||
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Cheung Chau (Chinese: 長洲; lit. 'Long Island') is an outlying island of Hong Kong, located 10 km (6.2 mi) southwest of Hong Kong Island. It is also called Dumbbell Island (Chinese: 啞鈴島) due to its dumbbell-like shape. It has been inhabited for longer than most other places in Hong Kong, and had a population of 22,740 as of 2011[update].[1] Administratively, it is part of the Islands District.