Sham Shui Po District

Sham Shui Po 深水埗區
District
Sham Shui Po District
Day view of the Sham Shui Po District skyline
Location of Sham Shui Po within Hong Kong
Coordinates: 22°19′51″N 114°09′44″E / 22.33074°N 114.16220°E / 22.33074; 114.16220
Statutorily-defined area	Kowloon (Stonecutters' Island), New Kowloon (mainland)
Region	Hong Kong (special administrative region)
Country	China
Constituencies	21
Government
• District Council chairman	Chum Tak Shing[needs update] (ADPL)
• District Council Vice-chairwoman	Janet Ng
• District Officer	Damian Kwok-hung Lee
Area
• Total	9.48 km2 (3.66 sq mi)
Population  (2016[1])
• Total	405,869
• Density	43,000/km2 (110,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (Hong Kong Time)
Largest neighbourhood by population	Sham Shui Po (60,161 – 2016 est)[2]
Location of district office and district council	303 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Sham Shui Po

Sham Shui Po District is one of 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is the second poorest district by income in Hong Kong, with a predominantly working-class population of 405,869 in 2016 and the lowest median household income of all districts.^[3] Sham Shui Po has long been home to poorer new immigrants from China. It also saw the birth of public housing in Hong Kong, as the government sought to resettle those displaced by a devastating fire in its slums. Sham Shui Po also hosted a Vietnamese refugee camp during the influx of migration in the aftermath of the Vietnam War in the 1970s.

The district covers the Shek Kip Mei, Sham Shui Po, Cheung Sha Wan, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon Tsai,^[clarify] So Uk, Un Chau [yue], Tai Wo Ping [yue] and Yau Yat Chuen areas of New Kowloon, and Stonecutters Island of Kowloon.