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Asia > Hong Kong > New Territories > Sha Tin District > Sha Tin
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Asia > Hong Kong > New Territories > Sha Tin District > Sha Tin
Transport > Rail Transport > Metro/Underground Station
Asia > Hong Kong > New Territories > Sha Tin District > Sha Tin
Transport > Rail Transport > Metro/Underground Station
Asia > Hong Kong > New Territories > Sha Tin District > Sha Tin
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Asia > Hong Kong > New Territories > Sha Tin District > Sha Tin
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Asia > Hong Kong > New Territories > Sha Tin District > Kam Shan
Introduction
Sha Tin District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. One of the 9 districts located in the New Territories, it covers the areas of Sha Tin, Tai Wai, Ma On Shan, Fo Tan, Siu Lek Yuen and Ma Liu Shui (Ma Liu Shui is where The Chinese University of Hong Kong is located). The district has the highest population. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 628,634 in 2001, including about 27,000 people living in 48 indigenous villages.
History
Tai Wai Village, the oldest and largest walled village in the town, was built in 1574. Sha Tin was a former market town at the present location of Sha Tin Centre Street and New Town Plaza shopping centre.
Sha Tin Town was the second batch of satellite towns, or new town, to be built in the New Territories, on land reclaimed from the sea.
Sha Tin was formerly named Lek Yuen (literally "Source of Trickling" or "Source of Clear Water").
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