Victoria, Hong Kong
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Victoria, Victoria City, or statutorily, the City of Victoria,[2] wis ane o the first urban dounsets in Hong Kong efter it became a Breetish colony in 1842. It wis initially namit Queenstown but wis suin kent as Victoria. It is aften said tae be the caipital o Hong Kong,[3][4] an amaist aw govrenment depairtments still hae thair heid offices locatit athin its leemit.
Ceety o Victoria | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A 1915 map shawin Victoria in the sooth | |||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 維多利亞城[1] | ||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 维多利亚城 | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Victoria City expandit ower hintle o what is nou Central, Sheung Wan, and Wan Chai.[5] Housomeivver, the ceety name Victoria haes been eclipsed bi Central in popular usage.[6][dubious – discuss] It is nivertheless retained in the names o various organisations in reference tae the Victoria City, sic as the Victoria City District o the Hong Kong Scout,[7] an the Victoria Junior Chamber.[8] The name Victoria District Court haed been uised intae the 1980s,[9][10][11][12] when it wis muivit tae the Wanchai Tower an combined wi ither destrict courts in the territory.