Kau To Shan

Mountain in Shatin, New Territories

Kau To Shan / Cove Hill

Location of Kau To Shan in Hong Kong

LocationSha Tin,

Hong Kong

Kau To Shan (Chinese: 狗肚山; Chinese: 九肚山), also known as Cove Hill, is a 399 metres (1,309 ft)^[1] tall mountain located in Sha Tin District, in Hong Kong's New Territories.

Residential area

The Kau To Shan mountain area was the source of reclamation sand used for the construction of the Sha Tin Racecourse in the 1970s.^[2] Currently, this area, also referred to as Kau To Shan, primarily consists of low-rise, upmarket residences.

References

^ "District Council Constituency Boundary - Shatin District" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission.
^ "八方人物：沙田馬場今日30歲". Apple Daily 蘋果日報. Retrieved 2020-04-05.

Urban areas of Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories

Hong Kong^{1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9a,10,11,12}

Central and Western District²	Sai Wan (Kennedy Town¹³, Shek Tong Tsui¹³ and Sai Ying Pun¹³) The Peak¹³ Mid-Levels¹³ Sheung Wan¹³ Central¹³ (Admiralty)
Wan Chai District²	Wan Chai¹³ Causeway Bay¹³ (Tin Hau¹³) Tai Hang So Kon Po Jardine's Lookout Happy Valley¹³
Eastern District²	North Point¹³ Braemar Hill¹³ Quarry Bay¹³ Sai Wan Ho¹³ Shau Kei Wan¹³ Aldrich Bay Chai Wan Siu Sai Wan
Southern District	Pok Fu Lam¹³ Waterfall Bay (Wah Fu) Aberdeen¹³(Tin Wan¹³ and Shek Pai Wan¹³) Ap Lei Chau Wong Chuk Hang Shouson Hill Deep Water Bay Repulse Bay Chung Hom Kok Stanley¹³ Tai Tam Shek O¹³ Cape D'Aguilar

Kowloon^{KL,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9a,10,11,12}

Yau Tsim Mong District	Tai Kok Tsui¹³ Mong Kok Yau Ma Tei King's Park Tsim Sha Tsui¹³ West Kowloon
Sham Shui Po District	Stonecutters Island
Kowloon City District	Ma Tau Wai Ma Tau Kok To Kwa Wan Ho Man Tin Hung Hom¹³

New Kowloon^{NKL,2,3,4,5,6,7,9a,10,11,12}

Sham Shui Po District⁸	Lai Chi Kok Cheung Sha Wan Sham Shui Po So Uk West Kowloon Shek Kip Mei Tai Wo Ping Yau Yat Tsuen
Kowloon City District⁸	Kowloon City Kowloon Tong (Beacon Hill) Kai Tak
Wong Tai Sin District⁸	Wong Tai Sin Wang Tau Hom (Lok Fu) Tsz Wan Shan Diamond Hill San Po Kong Ngau Chi Wan Hammer Hill
Kwun Tong District	Kwun Tong⁸ Ngau Tau Kok⁸ Kowloon Bay⁸ Jordan Valley⁸ Sau Mau Ping^{8 (Except Shun Lee Estate)} Lam Tin⁸ Cha Kwo Ling⁸ Yau Tong⁸

New Territories

Kwai Tsing District^6,7,9b,10,11	Kwai Chung (Sheung Kwai Chung and Ha Kwai Chung)⁸ Tsing Yi^{8 (Except Tsing Yi Station)} Stonecutters Island⁸
Tsuen Wan District^6,7,9b,10,11 (Except Tsing Chau Tsai Peninsula on Lantau Island)	Tsuen Wan^{8 (Except Tsuen Wan Station)} Chai Wan Kok⁸ Yau Kom Tau⁸ Ting Kau^{8 (Except west of Ting Kau Interchange)} Sham Tseng Tsing Lung Tau Ma Wan⁸ Lei Muk Shue⁸
Sha Tin District^9b,10	Sha Tin⁸ Tai Wai⁸ Shatin Heights⁸ Yuen Chau Kok^{8 (Except Prince of Wales Hospital)} Shek Mun⁸ Siu Lek Yuen⁸ Fo Tan^{8 (Except Sha Tin Racecourse)} Kau To Shan^{8 (Except Lai Ping Road)} Ma Liu Shui A Kung Kok⁸ Ma On Shan Wu Kai Sha
Sai Kung District (Tseung Kwan O New Town)^9b,11,12	Ma Yau Tong⁸ Po Lam⁸ Tsui Lam⁸ Hang Hau^{8 (Except Hang Hau Station and A&E of Tseung Kwan O Hospital)} Tseung Kwan O⁸ Tiu Keng Leng⁸ Pak Shing Kok^{8 (Except Wan Po Road)} Siu Chik Sha^{8 (Except Wan Po Road and Shek Kok Road)} Tai Chik Sha⁸

Official place names are summarized from "Geoinfo Map" of Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, "Hong Kong Guide" of Lands Department, "Hong Kong Guide Book" of Universal Publications Ltd. and "Areas and Districts" of Rating and Valuation Department.
KL: Kowloon Peninsula at the south of Boundary Street
NKL: Former New Territories area at the north of Boundary Street and at the south of Lion Rock
1: Common definition (1)
2: Common definition (2)
3: Common definition (3)
4: Areas not adopting small house concessionary right of indigenous inhabitants
5: Jurisdiction area of former Urban Council
6: Definition of "Metropolitan Area" of Planning Department
7: Jurisdiction area of Urban Renewal Authority
8: Unique operating area of urban taxis
9: "Urban" (9a) and "Extended Urban" (9b) areas defined by Hong Kong Housing Authority
10: Definition of Urban rates
11: Hospital cluster belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon
12: Police region belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon
13: Regions having 999-year land lease

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