Tan Chuk Hang

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Tan Chuk Hang (Chinese: 丹竹坑) is a village of Hong Kong, located in Fanling, North District. It comprises Tan Chuk Hang Lo Wai (丹竹坑老圍; 'Tan Chuk Hang Old Village') and Tan Chuk Hang San Wai (丹竹坑新圍; 'Tan Chuk Hang New Village') aka. Sheung Tan Chuk Hang (上丹竹坑; 'Upper Tan Chuk Hang').[1]

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Entrance gate of Tan Chuk Hang Lo Wai.
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Tan Chuk Hang
Chinese丹竹坑
Cantonese Yaledāan jūk hāang
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Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationdāan jūk hāang
Jyutpingdaan1 zuk1 haang1
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Tan Chuk Hang Public School
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Tan Shan River in Tan Chuk Hang Lo Wai.

Administration

Tan Chuk Hang is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[2] For electoral purposes, it is part of the Queen's Hill constituency of the North District Council. It is currently represented by Law Ting-tak, who was elected in the local elections.[3][4]

History

Tan Chuk Hang Lo Wai is a walled village that appeared in the 1688 edition of the Gazetteer of Xin'an County. It was therefore probably established before 1688.[1]

Tan Chuk Hang is part of the Four Yeuk (四約; 'Four Villages Alliance'), which comprises Loi Tung, Lung Yeuk Tau, Lin Ma Hang and Tan Chuk Hang. The centre of the Alliance is the Hung Shing Temple at Hung Leng.[5]

At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Sheung Tan Chuk Hang was 102. The number of males was 43.[6]

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