Kennedy Town
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Kennedy Town, situated in between Mount Davis and Lung Fu Shan
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| Traditional Chinese | 堅尼地城 | ||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 坚尼地城 | ||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | Jyan1 ni2 di4 cheng2 | ||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Jiānnídìchéng |
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| Yale Romanization | Jyan1 ni2 di4 cheng2 |
| Jyutping | Gin1 nei4 dei6 seng4 |
Coordinates: 22°16′48″N 114°07′30″E / 22.280°N 114.125°E
Kennedy Town (Chinese: 堅尼地城; jyutping: gin1 nei4 dei6 seng4) is at the western end of Sai Wan on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It was named after Arthur Edward Kennedy, the 7th Governor of Hong Kong from 1872 to 1877. Administratively, it is part of Central and Western District.
Due to its distance from major commercial cores and lack of subway access prior to 2014, town development was less vigorous than in other parts of urban Hong Kong; this was expected to change when the MTR was extended to the area.
Kennedy Town occupies the northwestern part of Hong Kong Island. It is bordered by the Belcher Bay of Victoria Harbour to the north, by the Sulphur Channel to the west, Shek Tong Tsui to the east and Mount Davis and Lung Fu Shan to the south.
In 1886, when Arthur Edward Kennedy was governor, land was reclaimed along the coast of Kennedy Town. It formed a narrow coastal strip of land that included the Kennedy Praya and the coastal area from Beach Street via Collinson Street to Shek Tong Tsui. Additional land was reclaimed along the coast of Kennedy Town between 1933–1939, but works were suspended before the Battle of Hong Kong in 1941. Further reclamation was conducted at the end of the 20th century.
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