Eastern District, Hong Kong
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 Location within the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Click here for satellite image) |
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| District Officer | Mr. Herman Cho, JP | ||
| Constituencies | 37 | ||
| Area –Land –Water |
18.9 km² km² km² |
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| Population –Total (2001) –Density |
616,199 32,759/km² |
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| Official website: Eastern District Council |
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![Official emblem] of Eastern District](../../../upload/shared/thumb/f/fe/Emblem_of_Eastern_District%2C_Hong_Kong.svg/80px-Emblem_of_Eastern_District%2C_Hong_Kong.svg.png)
The Eastern District (Traditional Chinese: 東區) is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It had a population of 620,800 in 2000.
It is located in the north east of Hong Kong Island and includes the areas of North Point, the eastern portion of Causeway Bay, Quarry Bay, Shau Kei Wan, Heng Fa Chuen, and Chai Wan.
Originally a backwater of fishing villages, quarries and dockyards, the Eastern District is now mostly residential, with some industrial areas and several large shopping malls, and is densely populated. A number of large public and private housing estates are located within the district, including Taikoo Shing, Kornhill and Heng Fa Chuen. A commercial hub has been developed from the former industrial areas in western part of Quarry Bay.
In the past the district was linked by a single King's Road, which was notoriously congested during peak hours, this had largely been solved by the constructions of the Island Eastern Corridor, the Island Line within the MTR rapid transit system in the 1980s and it contains the long-historied tram line that stretches from Shau Kei Wan towards other districts near the sea shore.
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| Districts of Hong Kong |  |
| Hong Kong Island: Central and Western | Eastern | Southern | Wan Chai | |
| Kowloon (including New Kowloon): Kowloon City | Kwun Tong | Sham Shui Po | Wong Tai Sin | Yau Tsim Mong | |
| New Territories: Islands | Kwai Tsing | North | Sai Kung | Sha Tin | Tai Po | Tsuen Wan | Tuen Mun | Yuen Long | |
