Lam Tin
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Lam Tin 藍田 |
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Lam Tin Skyline
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 Map showing Lam Tin's location in Kwun Tong District |
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| Coordinates: 22°18′34″N 114°14′10″E / 22.30944°N 114.23611°E | |
| Country or Territory | Hong Kong |
| City | Kowloon |
| Urban division | East Kowloon |
| District | Kwun Tong |
| First settled | c. 900 BC |
| Incorporated into China | c. 200 BC |
| Incorporated into Hong Kong | 1898 |
| Area | |
| • Area | 2.184 km2 (0.843 sq mi) |
| • Land | 2.184 km2 (0.843 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1.737 km2 (0.671 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1.334 km2 (0.515 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 90 m (290 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Area | 131,000 |
| • Density | 59,985/km2 (155,360/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 131,000 |
| • Urban density | 75,435/km2 (195,380/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 128,600 |
| • Metro density | 96,399/km2 (249,670/sq mi) |
| Time zone | HKT (UTC+8) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 藍田 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 蓝田 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | blue-field | ||||||
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| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | laam4 tin4 |
Lam Tin is an area in the Kwun Tong District in southeastern New Kowloon, Hong Kong. Lam Tin is primarily a residential area but also hosts a major transport interchange and several shopping attractions. Lam Tin was once a large field in the vicinity of Kowloon Bay. During the Song dynasty, it was a site of salt production. Since the 1980s a number of housing estates were constructed in Lam Tin.
A high-density residential district built on a coastal knoll, Lam Tin hosts residential housing estates, transport infrastructure, mass-transit facilities, shopping centres, recreational areas and many other buildings and structures. It is home to 130,000 residents, making up a fifth of Kwun Tong District's population.
In common speech, the name Lam Tin in the past usually included the areas of Lei Yue Mun and Yau Tong. However, new infrastructure and housing estates that were built there are not now considered part of Lam Tin. Conventional boundaries of Lam Tin: west to Laguna City, southeast to Kwong Tin Estate, north to the entrance of Tseung Kwan O Tunnel, southwest to Victoria Harbour.
Lam Tin is overlooked to the east by Black Hill, or Ng Kwai Shan. The rock below this locality is Hong Kong Granite from the Cretaceous period. Most granite rock in Lam Tin is medium-grained. The granite in Lam Tin is of the Lion Rock suite. Farther towards the shore, a small area of land to the west of Cha Kwo Ling was reclaimed.
The entire Lam Tin area is located in Kwun Tong District. Politically, Lam Tin is the name of a constituency of Kwun Tong District, which includes the area of the former Lam Tin Estate. However, in common speech, the name Lam Tin usually refers to a larger area which includes nine constituencies of Kwun Tong District.
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