Yau Tsim Mong District

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Yau Tsim Mong 油尖旺區
District
Yau Tsim Mong District
Left-right from top: Tsim Sha Tsui Skyline, Hong Kong Space Museum, Hong Kong Science Museum, Hong Kong Coliseum, Mong Kok Langham Place
Location of Yau Tsim Mong within Hong Kong
Coordinates: 22°19′17″N 114°10′21″E / 22.32138°N 114.17260°E / 22.32138; 114.17260
Country	China
SAR	Hong Kong
Region	Kowloon
Constituencies	16
Government
• District Council Chairman	Lam Kin Man (Independent)
• District Council Vice-Chairman	Chu Tsz-Lok
• District Officer	Aron Laura Liang
Population  (2021)
• Total	310,647 82.8% Chinese 7.4% South Asian 3.9% Filipino [1]
• Density	44,045/km2 (114,080/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (Hong Kong Time)
Largest neighbourhood by population	Tai Kok Tsui (49,668 – 2016 est)[2]
Website	Yau Tsim Mong District Council

Yau Tsim Mong District is one of 18 districts of Hong Kong, located on the western part of Kowloon Peninsula. It is the core urban area of Kowloon. The district has the second highest population density of all districts, at 49,115 km² (18,963 sq mi).^[3] The 2016 By-Census recorded the total population of Yau Tsim Mong District at 342,970.^[3]

Yau Tsim Mong District contains the urban areas of Yau Ma Tei, Tsim Sha Tsui, and Mong Kok, as well as Ferry Point, King's Park, Kwun Chung, Tai Kok Tsui, Tsim Sha Tsui East, the Union Square and Kowloon Point.^[4] Formerly two districts, the Yau Tsim District and Mong Kok District, it was combined in 1994. Its name is an acronym of the three aforementioned major areas.