Kam Tin

General view of Kam Tin.
Kam Tin
Traditional Chinese錦田
Simplified Chinese锦田
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJǐntián
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationGám tìhn
JyutpingGam2 tin4
Kam Tin Heung
Traditional Chinese錦田鄉
Simplified Chinese锦田乡
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJǐntián Xiāng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationGám tìhn hēung
JyutpingGam2 tin4 hoeng1
Kat Hing Wai, a walled village located in Kam Tin.
Chou Wong Yi Kung Study Hall in Shui Tau Tsuen, Kam Tin.
Tang Ching Lok ancestral hall in Shui Mei Tsuen, Kam Tin.
Shum Ancestral Hall of the General House, in Fung Kat Heung, Kam Tin.
Nunnery at Miu Kok Yuen in Fung Kat Heung, Kam Tim
Kam Tin Tree House in Pak Wai Tsuen/Shui Mei Tsuen, Kam Tin.

Kam Tin, or Kam Tin Heung, is an area in the New Territories, Hong Kong. It lies on a flat alluvial plain north of Tai Mo Shan mountain and east of Yuen Long town. It was formerly known as Sham Tin (岑田). Administratively, it is part of Yuen Long District.

Many of Kam Tin's residents are from the Tang Clan, who are of the Punti culture, not Hakka as is often misattributed.[citation needed]