Sha Tin
Neighbourhood in Hong Kong, China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the area of Hong Kong. For the district, see Sha Tin District. For Sha Tin as a new town project, see Sha Tin New Town. For the composer, see Judith Shatin. For the village in Armenia, see Shatin, Armenia.
Sha Tin, also spelt Shatin, is a neighbourhood along Shing Mun River in the eastern New Territories, Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Sha Tin District. Sha Tin is one of the neighbourhoods of the Sha Tin New Town project.
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Sha Tin
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Coordinates: 22°22′30″N 114°11′00″E | |
Country | China |
SAR | Hong Kong |
District | Sha Tin District |
Town | Sha Tin New Town |
Time zone | UTC+8 (HKT) |
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Jyutping | Saa1 Tin4 | ||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | sandy field | ||||||||||||||
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The new town was founded in 1973 under the New Towns Development Programme of the Hong Kong government. Its current name was named after the nearby village of Sha Tin Wai. The literal English translation is 'Sand Fields'.