Tuen Mun

Tuen Mun
Tuen Mun
Traditional Chinese屯門
Simplified Chinese屯门
Cantonese YaleTyùhn mùhn
Literal meaningGarrison Gate
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyintún mén
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationTyùhn mùhn
JyutpingTyun4 mun4
IPA[tʰy̏ːn mȕːn]

Tuen Mun or Castle Peak is an area near the mouth of Tuen Mun River and Castle Peak Bay in the New Territories, Hong Kong. It was one of the earliest settlements in what is now Hong Kong and can be dated to the Neolithic period.[1] In the more recent past, it was home to many Tanka fishermen who gathered at Castle Peak Bay.[2] Tuen Mun is now a modern, mainly residential area in the north-west New Territories. As of 2011, 487,546 residents live in Tuen Mun.[3]

  1. ^ "Artefacts found in Tuen Mun in Neolithic period – Antiquities and Monuments Office". Antiquities and Monuments Office (Leisure and Cultural Services Department). Govt of Hong Kong. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  2. ^ Anderson, Eugene (2007). Floating world lost : a Hong Kong fishing community. New Orleans, LA: University Press of the South. ISBN 9781931948517.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)