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Fanling
Chinese:粉嶺
Fanling Wai
Fanling Wai
Deserted market in Luen Wo Hui, originally run by Puntis
Deserted market in Luen Wo Hui, originally run by Puntis
Fanling Law Courts Building
Fanling Law Courts Building
New buildings in Luen Wo Hui
New buildings in Luen Wo Hui
A block of Wah Ming Estate, a typical "Y-shaped public estate", in Fanling, at sunset
A block of Wah Ming Estate, a typical "Y-shaped public estate", in Fanling, at sunset

Fanling, also known as Fan Ling and Fan Leng, is an area in the North District, New Territories, Hong Kong, China. Most of the walled villages in Hong Kong are located in the New Territories. Luen Wo Hui or Luen Wo Market ( Chinese 聯和墟 is a Market town east of Fanling in the New Territories of Hong Kong The Punti, a rough transliteration of the Cantonese term for "original locality" refers to the Cantonese -speaking populations of Guangdong province in The following is a list of areas of Hong Kong. Hong Kong Island Central and Western District Central North District ( is the northernmost district of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. New Territories, abbreviated to NT or NT, is a region in Hong Kong excluding Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and Stonecutters Island Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National

Part of Fanling-Sheung Shui New Town, Fanling includes Luen Wo Hui (聯和墟), the marketplace of Fanling before urban development in the area, and Wo Hop Shek (和合石), where an uphill public cemetery is located. Fanling-Sheung Shui New Town ( was developed from the traditional Market towns ( Luen Wo Hui and Shek Wu Hui) and villages around Fanling Luen Wo Hui or Luen Wo Market ( Chinese 聯和墟 is a Market town east of Fanling in the New Territories of Hong Kong A marketplace is the space actual or metaphorical in which a Market operates A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The population of Fanling keeps growing. Today many public and private estates can be found in the area.

Northwest of Fanling is Sheung Shui and southeast is Tai Po. Sheung Shui ( is part of the Fanling-Sheung Shui New Town in the North District of Hong Kong. Tai Po ( (sometimes written as Taipo refers to the area of the traditional Market towns in the area presently known as Tai Po Old Market or Tai Po Kau Hui The name Fanling is a shortened form of Fan Pik Leng (粉壁嶺). The enclosing walls and corner watch towers of Kun Lung Wai, Lung Yeuk Tau, is one of the declared monuments of Hong Kong. Lung Yeuk Tau (龍躍頭 commonly known as Lung Ku Tau and also called Lung Ling ("Mountain of Dragon" is an area located northeast of Luen Wo Hui Declared monuments of Hong Kong are places structures or buildings legally declared to be "protected"

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Sights

Public and private housing estates

Transport

Fanling is served by Route 9, and by the Fanling MTR East Rail Line railway station. Tao Heung Foods of Mankind Museum, formerly Foods of Mankind Museum, is the first 'foods of mankind' museum in Hong Kong Route 9 ( Chinese 九號幹綫 Hong Kong is a strategic trunk road mostly in the form of Expressway, circumscribing the New Territories Fanling Station ( Chinese: 粉嶺站 Jyutping: fan2 ling5 colloq MTR, or Mass Transit Railway, is the Rapid transit Railway system in Hong Kong. The (formerly called KCR East Rail, Chinese 九廣東鐵 is one of the ten MTR lines in Hong Kong. |}A train station, railway station, railroad station, or station yard is a facility at which Passengers may board and alight from Trains Bus 270A From Fanling to Kowloon Station.

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