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North Point

North Point (北角) is an area of Hong Kong, located in the northern part of Hong Kong Island. Administratively, it belongs to Eastern district. North Point is famous for its concentration Shanghainese and Fujianese-speaking population, and is called Little Shanghai and Little Fujian of Hong Kong.

Places in North Point

  • Choi Sai Woo Park (on Braemer Hill )
  • The main buildings of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club were located there, at 12 Oil Street, until 1946, when they were moved to their present location on Kellett Island, in Causeway Bay.
  • King's Road
  • Java Road
  • Fortress Hill Road
  • Tin Hau Temple Road
  • Cloud View Road

some buildings in western part of Quarry Bay is named as North Point something building, although they are across the customary limit of North Point at Man Hong Street / Healthy Street West.

When the Guinness Book of Records was first published in the 1950s, North Point was listed as the most densely populated place on earth.

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