Hong Kong Island is historically the political and commercial centre of Hong Kong. It was the site of the initial settlement of
Victoria City, where the financial district of
Central is now located. Most of the other islands are commonly referred to as the Outlying Islands.
In terms of the
districts of Hong Kong, while one of the 18 districts is called the
Islands District, many islands of Hong Kong are actually not part of that district, which only consists of some twenty large and small islands in the southern and the south-western waters of Hong Kong. These islands belong to respective districts depending on their locations.
Peninsulas
Below is a partial list of the
peninsulas of Hong Kong and the districts they belong to:
Kowloon Peninsula – Geographically, it refers to the area south of the mountain ranges of
Beacon Hill, Lion Rock, Tate's Cairn, Kowloon Peak, etc. and covers five districts itself. Historically, only the portion south of
Boundary Street was ceded to Britain by the Convention of Peking in 1860, covering the area of only one district in its entirety (Yau Tsim Mong) and portions of two other districts (southwestern part of Kowloon City, Stonecutters Island of Sham Shui Po).
Leung Shuen Wan was connected to the mainland in the 1970s to form the
High Island Reservoir. It historically had an area of 8.511 km2 and was in 1960 the 4th largest island of Hong Kong.[5] At that time, the airport platform had not yet been built and the area of Tsing Yi increased later as a consequence of land reclamation.
The original
Chek Lap Kok had an area of 3.02 km2[6] (other sources mention 2.8 km2).[7] By the time when the airport was open the size of the island was cited to be 1,248 hectares.[8]
Hong Kong Island is historically the political and commercial centre of Hong Kong. It was the site of the initial settlement of
Victoria City, where the financial district of
Central is now located. Most of the other islands are commonly referred to as the Outlying Islands.
In terms of the
districts of Hong Kong, while one of the 18 districts is called the
Islands District, many islands of Hong Kong are actually not part of that district, which only consists of some twenty large and small islands in the southern and the south-western waters of Hong Kong. These islands belong to respective districts depending on their locations.
Peninsulas
Below is a partial list of the
peninsulas of Hong Kong and the districts they belong to:
Kowloon Peninsula – Geographically, it refers to the area south of the mountain ranges of
Beacon Hill, Lion Rock, Tate's Cairn, Kowloon Peak, etc. and covers five districts itself. Historically, only the portion south of
Boundary Street was ceded to Britain by the Convention of Peking in 1860, covering the area of only one district in its entirety (Yau Tsim Mong) and portions of two other districts (southwestern part of Kowloon City, Stonecutters Island of Sham Shui Po).
Leung Shuen Wan was connected to the mainland in the 1970s to form the
High Island Reservoir. It historically had an area of 8.511 km2 and was in 1960 the 4th largest island of Hong Kong.[5] At that time, the airport platform had not yet been built and the area of Tsing Yi increased later as a consequence of land reclamation.
The original
Chek Lap Kok had an area of 3.02 km2[6] (other sources mention 2.8 km2).[7] By the time when the airport was open the size of the island was cited to be 1,248 hectares.[8]