Tai Po New Town

Tai Po New Town
大埔新市鎮
Aerial view of Tai Po New Town
Aerial view of Tai Po New Town
Etymology: name after the historic market town Tai Po Market
Nickname: 
Tai Po
Tai Po New Town is located in Hong Kong
Tai Po New Town
Tai Po New Town
Coordinates: 22°26′41″N 114°10′14″E / 22.4446°N 114.1706°E / 22.4446; 114.1706
CountryChina
Provincial-level SARsHong Kong
RegionsThe New Territories
DistrictTai Po District
Time zoneUTC+8
Tai Po New Town
Traditional Chinese大埔新市鎮
Simplified Chinese大埔新市镇
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDàbù Xīnshìzhèn
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationDaaih bou sān síh jan
JyutpingDaai6 bou3 san1 si5 yan3
Tai Po Town
Chinese大埔市
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDàbùshì
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationDaaih bou síh
JyutpingDaai6 bou3 si5

Tai Po New Town, or Tai Po Town (Chinese: 大埔新市鎮), is a new town (satellite town) and non-administrative area in Tai Po District, in the New Territories, Hong Kong. The area is a planned town that surrounding the existing indigenous market towns of Tai Po Hui (literally Tai Po Market, also known as Tai Wo Shi in the 1900s) and Tai Po Kau Hui (Tai Po Old Market), as well as east of the existing indigenous villages that located on the Lam Tsuen Valley as well as west of those villages in Ting Kok and Tai Mei Tuk and south of those villages in Nam Hang, Fung Yuen and Sha Lo Tung. Most of the lands of the new town were obtained by land reclamation. In the present day, Tai Po New Town is simply known as Tai Po.[1]: 227  The new town is largely covered by the government Tai Po Outline Zoning Plan, which legally regulates the land use of the area, on top of the terms in the land lease contract with the government. Some of the land lease within the area, were known as Tai Po Town Lot № foo. In elections, the town has a different zoning scheme for the election constituencies.

  1. ^ 萬里地圖製作中心, ed. (2016). 香港大地圖 [Complete City Guide of Hong Kong] (in Chinese (Hong Kong)) (2017 ed.). Wan Li Book (Sino United Publishing Group). ISBN 9789621460318. Retrieved 25 December 2018.