Kwai Chung
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{{Chinese|t=葵涌|i=kʰwɐɪ<sub>11</sub> tsʰʊŋ<sub>55</sub>|j=kwai4 cung1|p=Kuíchōng}}[[Image:Kwai Tsing District Council Election 2003.png|thumb|250px|right|Constituencies in 2003 District Council Election. Kwai Chung is the region on the right.]]'''Kwai Chung''' is an area in the [[New Territories]] of [[Hong Kong]], [[China]]. Together with [[Tsing Yi Island]], it is part of the [[Kwai Tsing District|Kwai Tsing]] [[districts of Hong Kong|District]] of [[Hong Kong]]. Kwai Chung is the site of the [[Port of Hong Kong|container port]]. It is also part of [[Tsuen Wan New Town]]. In 2000, it had a population of 287,000. Its area is 9.93 km²
Kwai Chung is the home of the principal commercial cargo handling area of [[Hong Kong]], the [[Kwai Chung Container Terminal]], one of the largest and busiest port facilities in the world. The main commercial port was relocated here from [[Yau Ma Tei]] in the 1980's, in preparation for the [[West Kowloon Reclamation]], which has left the original waterfront of Yau Ma Tei almost half a mile inland.
==Origin of the name==
In earlier times Kwai Chung was called '''Kwai Chung Tsz''' (葵涌子). Kwai Chung was a [[stream]] (Chung) that emptied into [[Gin Drinkers Bay]]. The whole bay was reclaimed for land and the stream is no longer visible.
The name is sometimes spelled 'Kwai Cheong', such as in 'Kwai Cheong Road' (葵昌路), which is in Kwai Chung.
==Divisions==
Traditionally, Kwai Chung is divided in to [[Upper Kwai Chung]] or [[Sheung Kwai Chung]] (上葵涌), and [[Lower Kwai Chung]] or [[Ha Kwai Chung]] (下葵涌). Administratively, the former is called [[North Kwai Chung]], and the latter [[South Kwai Chung]].
==See also==
*[[List of areas of Hong Kong]]
*[[Kwai Chung Estate]]
==External links==
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*[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Hong+Kong&ll=22.335978,114.120569&spn=0.032371,0.046151&t=k&hl=en Satellite view of the container port in Kwai Chung]
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