Lam Tin

Lam Tin
Lam Tin
Traditional Chinese	藍田
Simplified Chinese	蓝田
Cantonese Yale	làhm tìhn
Literal meaning	blue-field
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Lántián
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	làhm tìhn
Jyutping	laam4 tin4

Lam Tin

藍田
Lam Tin 藍田
Area
	Lam Tin Skyline
	Map showing Lam Tin's location in Kwun Tong District[clarification needed]
	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	UTC+8 (HKT)

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.^[3] 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.^[1]

^ ^a ^b 2001 Population Census – Summary Statistics of Constituency Areas in Kwun Tong District Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine – Census and Statistics Department. Retrieved on 29 May 2007
^ 茶果嶺村 – 寮屋下的安樂窩 – U-Beat Magazine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Retrieved on 30 May 2007. (in Chinese) Archived 20 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^ Sceneway Plaza Archived 19 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine – Fun in Kwun Tong. Retrieved on 9 February 2007.

[census-1] 2001 Population Census – Summary Statistics of Constituency Areas in Kwun Tong District Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine – Census and Statistics Department. Retrieved on 29 May 2007

[2] 茶果嶺村 – 寮屋下的安樂窩 – U-Beat Magazine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Retrieved on 30 May 2007. (in Chinese) Archived 20 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Sceneway Plaza Archived 19 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine – Fun in Kwun Tong. Retrieved on 9 February 2007.

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