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| Land Boudaries Total :
| 30 km .
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| Geographic Coordinates :
| tropical monsoon; cool and humid in winter, hot and rainy from spring through summer, warm and sunny in fall .
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| Area Total :
| 1,092 sq km .
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| Area Land :
| 1,042 sq km .
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| Area Water :
| 50 sq km .
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| Area Comparative :
| six times the size of Washington, DC .
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| Coast Line :
| 733 km .
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| Railways Total :
| 1,831 km .
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| Highways Total :
| 1,831 km .
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| Waterways :
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| Ports and Harbors :
| Hong Kong .
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Mui Wo is a rural town on the south-eastern coast of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. The main beach in Mui Wo is known as Silver Mine Bay.
The history of Mui Wo is linked to the end of the Southern Song Dynasty in the late 1270s. (See History of Hong Kong)
Mui Wo is located on Silvermine Bay, so named for the silver mines that were once worked along the Silver River which flows though the village. The nearby Silvermine Cave was mined for silver during the second half of the 19th century. It has since been sealed off for safety.
Prior to the Airport Core Programme and the subsequent development of Tung Chung and North Lantau into a new town, Mui Wo was the principal point for day-trippers setting out to explore Lantau Island. Today, it is still the principal way of reaching South Lantau - from the beaches in Cheung Sha to the fishing village of Tai O and the Tian Tan Buddha, as the single-lane Tung Chung Road linking Tung Chung and South Lantau is not suited for higher loads. With the opening of Ngong Ping 360 cable car later in 2006, this may change.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.)
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