# District boundary

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- ID: ` hk-had-json1-hong-kong-administrative-boundaries `
- Publisher: [Home Affairs Department](/publishers/527f3bde-af85-49d1-b5ff-57d6da66d0d1/) · [Markdown](/publishers/527f3bde-af85-49d1-b5ff-57d6da66d0d1/index.md)
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- Tags: Not stated
- Resources: 3
- Updated: 2025-11-14T08:35:05.376457
- Update frequency (publisher metadata): As and when necessary
- Harvest started: 2026-10-20T22:31:00.105Z
- Licence: Not stated
- Source: [Official metadata record](<https://data.gov.hk/en-data/api/3/action/package_show?id=hk-had-json1-hong-kong-administrative-boundaries>)

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## Description

Geo\-referenced data of District Boundary\.   
The multiple file formats are available for dataset download in API\.

## Resources

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### [District boundary (English / Traditional Chinese) (GML)](<https://www.had.gov.hk/psi/hong-kong-administrative-boundaries/hksar_18_district_boundary.gml>)

- Resource ID: ` 3f5a2f6f-5760-4db2-8f24-7550acf1a10f `
- Format: GML
- Language: en, zh-Hant
- Updated: 2025-11-14T08:35:04.779196
- API flag (publisher metadata): N
- Original URL: ` https://www.had.gov.hk/psi/hong-kong-administrative-boundaries/hksar_18_district_boundary.gml `

This dataset provides Geo\-referenced data of District Boundary including district names in Chinese and English as well as boundary coordinates \(longitudes and latitudes\)\.

### [District Boundary](<https://portal.csdi.gov.hk/geoportal/?datasetId=had_rcd_1634523272907_75218>)

- Resource ID: ` 855f034a-c330-435c-a911-1d63538a6d55 `
- Format: API
- Language: en, zh-Hant
- Updated: 2025-11-14T08:35:05.386870
- API flag (publisher metadata): Y
- Original URL: ` https://portal.csdi.gov.hk/geoportal/?datasetId=had_rcd_1634523272907_75218 `

The number of Districts declared is 18\. The District Administration Scheme commenced in 1982 with the establishment of a District Council \(formerly known as District Board\) in each of the districts in Hong Kong\. The aim of the scheme is to achieve a more effective coordination of government activities in the provision of services and facilities at the district level\. While the delineation of district area is specified in the District Councils Ordinance\.  
The multiple file formats are available for dataset download in API\.

### [District boundary (English / Traditional Chinese) (JSON)](<https://www.had.gov.hk/psi/hong-kong-administrative-boundaries/hksar_18_district_boundary.json>)

- Resource ID: ` c3810fd6-7b47-40f8-91bc-3e5bc9618cc8 `
- Format: JSON
- Language: en, zh-Hant
- Updated: 2025-11-14T08:35:04.126952
- API flag (publisher metadata): N
- Original URL: ` https://www.had.gov.hk/psi/hong-kong-administrative-boundaries/hksar_18_district_boundary.json `

This dataset provides Geo\-referenced data of District Boundary including district names in Chinese and English as well as boundary coordinates \(longitudes and latitudes\)\.

## Specifications (source links)

### Publisher documentation

- [Data dictionary](<https://www.had.gov.hk/datagovhk/dataspec/en/dataspec_district_boundary_en.pdf>) — source-linked; Dataset: data\_dictionary

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## Document availability

Parsed specifications and data dictionaries: not available for this dataset. [Document availability](/documents.md).