Mui Wo is a rural town on the eastern coast of Lantau Island in Hong Kong, built around Silvermine Bay. The 2011 census counted 5,485 residents in the town and its surroundings. Its recorded history reaches back to the last years of the Southern Song dynasty, when the imperial court sought refuge in the bay in 1277 and Zhao Bing was enthroned there on 10 May 1278. A silver and lead mine opened nearby in 1886, and in August 1945 Japanese soldiers killed at least nine villagers in the Mui Wo massacre, for which twelve of them were convicted of war crimes the next year. Today the town is known for the feral water buffalo and cattle that roam its streets, for Silver Mine Bay Beach and for a temple to Man Mo, and it remains the main ferry gateway to south Lantau.
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1. Mui Wo (Wikipedia)
Lead, census
The 2011 census recorded 5,485 people living in Mui Wo and its environs.
Lead, coastal location
Mui Wo is a rural town on the eastern coast of Lantau Island in Hong Kong.
Part Of: China, Lead, location
Mui Wo is a rural town on the eastern coast of Lantau Island in Hong Kong.
In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Lead, location
Mui Wo is a rural town on the eastern coast of Lantau Island in Hong Kong.
View the Source2. GeoNames: Mui Wo (GeoNames)
GeoNamesPlace facts, elevation
Elevation ca. 27 m
On Continent: Asia, Place hierarchy line
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View the Source 3. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Asia/Hong_KongQuote, Zone Asia/Hong_Kong
Zone Asia/Hong_Kong 7:36:42 - LMT 1904 Oct 29 17:00u 8:00 - HKT
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