Pat Heung
| Pat Heung | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 八鄉 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 八乡 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | eight rural townships | ||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Bāxiāng |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | baat3 hoeng1 |
Pat Heung (Chinese: 八鄉) is an area in the middle of New Territories, Hong Kong. Located at the east of Kam Tin and north of Shek Kong, it is the exit to Sheung Shui and Fanling. Administratively, it belongs to Yuen Long District.
Two historic buildings (Leung Ancestral Hall in Yuen Kong Tsuen and Chik Kwai Study Hall, Sheung Tsuen), in Pat Heung have been declared as monuments.
Pat Heung comprises 30 villages. The population is estimated to be about three thousand people.
*=非原居民村
The area is where Kam Sheung Road, Kam Tin Road, Lam Kam Road, Route Twisk and Fan Kam Road join. The Kam Sheung Road Station serves Pat Heung and the nearby Kam Tin area.
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