Yuen Long District

Yuen Long 元朗區
District
Yuen Long District
Day view of the Yuen Long District skyline
Official emblem
Location of Yuen Long District within Hong Kong
Coordinates: 22°26′44″N 114°01′20″E / 22.44559°N 114.02218°E / 22.44559; 114.02218Coordinates: 22°26′44″N 114°01′20″E / 22.44559°N 114.02218°E / 22.44559; 114.02218
Country	Hong Kong
Region	New Territories
Constituencies	31
Government
• District Council Chairman	Shum Ho-kit (DAB)
Area
• Total	138.43 km2 (53.45 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	578,529
• Density	4,200/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
Time zone	Hong Kong Time (UTC+8)
Website	Yuen Long District Council

Yuen Long District (Chinese: 元朗區, formerly romanised as Un Long) is one of the districts of Hong Kong. Located in the northwest of the New Territories, it had a population of 449,070 in 2001. The district has the youngest population of Hong Kong.

Yuen Long District contains the largest alluvial plain in Hong Kong, the Yuen Long-Kam Tin plain. With an area of 144 km², the district covers many traditional villages including Ping Shan Heung, Ha Tsuen Heung, Kam Tin Heung, Pat Heung, San Tin Heung and Shap Pat Heung, as well as Yuen Long Town and Tin Shui Wai.

Two new towns have been developed within this district. Yuen Long New Town was developed from the traditional market town of Yuen Long Town from the late 1970s. Tin Shui Wai New Town has developed since the early 1990s, and is built on land reclaimed from former fish ponds once common in the district.

Since the Tang Dynasty, the Tang's clan has been living in Pat Heung. Like Tai Po, Yuen Long used to be a traditional market town.

The Tin Hau Festival (天后誕巡遊) is on the 23rd of the third month of the lunar calendar. It celebrates the birth of a local deity, Tin Hau. During the day, residents from various walled villages set off at Fung Cheung Road, go via Kau Yuk Road and the Yuen Long Stadium, and end at Tai Shu Ha Tin Hau Temple, which has a 300-year history.