Tai Wo

Tai Wo Estate
Tai Wo Estate, with the Kwong Fuk Bridge over the Lam Tsuen River.
Map
Alternative names
  • Tai Wo
  • Tai Wo Plaza (shopping mall only)
  • Tai Wo Market (wet market only)
Etymologyname after the historic Tai Wo Market (太和市)
General information
Typehigh-rise residential buildings and multi-storey shopping mall
Town or cityTai Po District, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°27′04″N 114°09′40″E / 22.4511°N 114.1611°E / 22.4511; 114.1611
ClientHong Kong Housing Authority
Owner

Tai Wo (Chinese: 太和) or known as Tai Wo Market are the names of several areas in the Tai Po District, in the New Territories of Hong Kong. The boundaries changed from time to time. In present time,[when?] the name "Tai Wo" mostly[according to whom?] refers to the area surrounding the Tai Wo station of the East Rail line and the Tai Wo Estate.[1] However, historically, Tai Wo referred to the area that currently called Tai Po Market.[2]: 39  Despite Tai Po Market was also the old name of another area, which currently known as Tai Po Old Market.[2]: 39  All three areas are now part of Tai Po New Town (a.k.a. Tai Po Town or just Tai Po), a satellite town (suburb) that co-jointed with the existing indigenous villages.

  1. ^ 萬里地圖製作中心, ed. (July 2017). 香港大地圖 [Complete City Guide of Hong Kong] (in Chinese (Hong Kong)) (2018 ed.). Wan Li Book (Sino United Publishing Group). ISBN 978-962-14-6420-0. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
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