Wan Chai
灣仔區 | |
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![]() Day view of Causeway Bay in the Wan Chai District | |
Coordinates: 22°16′47″N 114°10′18″E / 22.27968°N 114.17168°E | |
Country | China |
SAR | Hong Kong |
Constituencies | 11 |
Government | |
• District Council Chairman (Assumed by District Officer) | Fanny Cheung Ngan-ling, JP [1] |
Area | |
• Total | 10.2 km2 (3.9 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 166,695
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Time zone | UTC+08:00 (Hong Kong Time) |
Largest neighbourhood by population | Happy Valley (34,259 – 2016 est)[3] |
Location of district office and district council | 130 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai |
Website | Wan Chai District Council |
Wan Chai District | |||||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 灣仔區 | ||||||||||||||
Cantonese Yale | Wāan tsái kēui | ||||||||||||||
Jyutping | Waan1 zai2 keoi1 | ||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | Little Bay District | ||||||||||||||
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Wan Chai District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. Of the four on Hong Kong Island, it is north-central, and had 166,695 residents in 2021, an increase from 152,608 residents in 2011. The district has the second-highest educationally qualified residents with the highest-bracket incomes, the second-lowest population and the third-oldest quotient. It is a relatively affluent district, with one in five persons having liquid assets of more than HKD 1 million.[4]