Ta Kwu Ling is an area in the North District

North District, Hong Kong

North District is the northernmost district of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in the northwestern part of the New Territories. The new town of Fanling-Sheung Shui is within this district. It had a population of 298,657 in 2001. The district has the second lowest population density.It...

, New Territories

New Territories

New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory. Historically, it is the region described in The Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory...

, Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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, located northeast of Sheung Shui

Sheung Shui

Sheung Shui is an area in New Territories, Hong Kong. Sheung Shui Town, a part of this area, is part of the Fanling-Sheung Shui New Town in the North District of Hong Kong. Fanling Town is to its southeast.-History:...

, close to the border with mainland China

Mainland China

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Ta Kwu Ling is one of three new development areas currently being planned for North District, in parallel with Fanling North and Kwu Tung North.

Its name is frequently heard in weather reports, since it often experiences the highest and lowest daily temperatures in Hong Kong, due to its inland location.

One of the three strategic landfills in use in Hong Kong is located in Ta Kwu Ling.

Transport

The area is far from its nearest major road, Sha Tau Kok Road

Sha Tau Kok Road

Sha Tau Kok Road is a road connecting Sha Tau Kok and Fan Ling in the New Territories, Hong Kong. It had been the only road access to mainland China from Hong Kong since its construction in 1927. The road replaced Sha Tau Kok Railway as the connection between two areas.-See also:* List of...

, connecting Fanling

Fanling

Fanling , also known as Fan Ling and Fan Leng, is an area in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the North District...

 to Sha Tau Kok

Sha Tau Kok

Sha Tau Kok or Shataukok or Sathewkok is a town in the northeastern corner of Hong Kong. Located on the border with mainland China, there is another town of same Chinese name, Shatoujiao, romanized using Hanyu Pinyin, across the Sham Chun River-defined border in Shenzhen of mainland...

. Branch roads connect to the major road via the Ping Che

Ping Che

Ping Che is a village in Ta Kwu Ling, North District, Hong Kong.Che refers to the method of farming that the Che people used.-Features:The Cheung Shan Monastery in Ping Che is a declared monument...

area in the south.