{{Short description|Area in Hong Kong}} {{distinguish|text=[[Ta Ku Ling]] (also {{zh|t=打鼓嶺|labels=no}} in Chinese) in Sai Kung District, Hong Kong}} {{Use Hong Kong English|date=May 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Chinese | pic = HK PingYuenTinHauTemple 2011.JPG | piccap = [[Tin Hau Temple]] in [[Ping Che]], Ta Kwu Ling |t=打鼓嶺 |s=打鼓岭 |w=Ta-ku-ling |y=Dáa gú líhng |j=Daa2 gu2 ling5 |p=Dǎgǔlǐng }} [[File:HK WunChuenSinKoon MainHall.JPG|thumb|Main hall of Wun Chuen Sin Koon, a Taoist temple in Ta Kwu Ling]] [[File:Nga Yiu Post.jpg|thumb|[[MacIntosh Forts|MacIntosh Fort]] near [[Nga Yiu]].]]
'''Ta Kwu Ling''' is an [[list of places in Hong Kong|area]] in the [[North District, Hong Kong|North District]], [[New Territories]], Hong Kong, located northeast of [[Sheung Shui]], close to the border with [[mainland China]] and south of [[Liantang Subdistrict]] in Shenzhen.
Before 4 January 2016, parts of Ta Kwu Ling fell within the [[Frontier Closed Area]] and a [[Closed Area Permit]] was required.
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]].<ref>[https://www.scmp.com/article/732411/low-carbon-lifestyle-within-reach-will-hk-grasp-opportunity Low-carbon lifestyle within reach, but will HK grasp the opportunity?], [[South China Morning Post|SCMP]], 4 Dec 2010, Olga Wong</ref>{{update inline | date=May 2014}}
==Administration== For electoral purposes, Ta Kwu Ling is part of the [[Sha Ta (constituency)|Sha Ta]] constituency of the [[North District Council]]. It is currently represented by Ko Wai-kei, who was elected in the [[2019 Hong Kong local elections|local elections]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eac.hk/pdf/distco/2019dc/final/en/N_descriptions(Eng).pdf|title=Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (North District)|work=[[Electoral Affairs Commission]]|access-date=27 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/north/english/members/info/dc_member_list_detail.php?member_id=2810|title=North District Council - North DC Members|work=District Council|access-date=27 October 2021}}</ref>
==Villages== The following villages are part of the Ta Kwu Ling District Rural Committee:<ref>[[Home Affairs Department]]. [https://www.had.gov.hk/rre/eng/rural_representative_elections/village_map/index.htm?year=19-22 Existing Village/ Market Town Boundary Map. 2019 to 2022 Resident Representative Election]</ref> {{Div col|colwidth=20em}} * [[Chow Tin Tsuen]] * [[Chuk Yuen (North District)|Chuk Yuen]] * [[Fung Wong Wu]] * [[Ha Shan Kai Wat]] * [[Heung Yuen Wai]] * [[Kan Tau Wai]] * [[Lei Uk Tsuen (North District)|Lei Uk]] * [[Lo Wu]] * [[Muk Wu]] * [[Nga Yiu]] * [[Nga Yiu Ha]] * [[Ping Che]] * [[Ping Yeung]] * [[San Uk Ling]] * [[Sheung Shan Kai Wat]] * [[Tai Po Tin]] * [[Tak Yuet Lau]] * [[Tong Fong]] * [[Tsung Yuen Ha]] * [[Wo Keng Shan]] {{Div col end}}
==Features== One of the three strategic [[Landfills in Hong Kong|landfills in use in Hong Kong]] is located in Ta Kwu Ling.<ref>[http://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/textonly/english/environmentinhk/waste/prob_solutions/msw_nent.html North East New Territories (NENT) Landfill]</ref>
==Education== [[File:HK TaKuLing LingYingPublicSchool.jpg|thumb|Ta Ku Ling Ying Public School ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|打鼓嶺嶺英公立學校}})]] Ta Ku Ling is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 81. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money); no government schools are in the net.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/edu-system/primary-secondary/spa-systems/primary-1-admission/school-lists/2023dpnet-81b.pdf|title=POA School Net 81|publisher=[[Education Bureau]]|accessdate=2022-10-09}}</ref>
Ta Ku Ling Ying Public School ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|打鼓嶺嶺英公立學校}}) is in Ta Kwu Ling. In 2013 it had one class per year, but it was scheduled to have four primary 1 classes with a total of 128 students the following year. In 2013 the school was receiving an expansion including classrooms, a library, and a teachers' room due to an increase in students who are Hong Kong residents living in Shenzhen.<ref>{{cite web|author=Yau, Elaine|url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/family-education/article/1265119/hong-kongs-village-schools-make-comeback|title=Hong Kong's village schools make a comeback|newspaper=[[South China Morning Post]]|date=2013-06-21|accessdate=2020-05-22}}</ref>
==Transport== The area is far from its nearest major road, [[Sha Tau Kok Road]], connecting [[Fanling]] to [[Sha Tau Kok]]. Branch roads connect to the major road via the [[Ping Che]] area in the south.
==Climate== The name of Ta Kwu Ling is frequently heard in weather reports, since it often experiences the highest and lowest daily temperatures in Hong Kong, due to its inland location. Temperatures near {{convert|0|C}} occur once every few years, while daily minimum temperatures of {{convert|5|C}} or less are common during winter.
{{Weather box|width=auto |metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Ta Kwu Ling (1991–2020) | Jan record high C = 28.9 | Feb record high C = 30.0 | Mar record high C = 30.0 | Apr record high C = 33.9 | May record high C = 35.7 | Jun record high C = 36.5 | Jul record high C = 37.8 | Aug record high C = 37.2 | Sep record high C = 36.4 | Oct record high C = 34.3 | Nov record high C = 32.7 | Dec record high C = 30.5 | year record high C = 39.8 <!-- Record low temperatures --> | Jan record low C = -0.9 | Feb record low C = 1.3 | Mar record low C = 4.7 | Apr record low C = 9.3 | May record low C = 16.0 | Jun record low C = 16.3 | Jul record low C = 21.1 | Aug record low C = 22.3 | Sep record low C = 16.9 | Oct record low C = 11.1 | Nov record low C = 5.8 | Dec record low C = 0.2 | year record low C = -0.9 |Jan high C = 19.7 |Feb high C = 20.6 |Mar high C = 22.9 |Apr high C = 26.5 |May high C = 29.8 |Jun high C = 31.6 |Jul high C = 32.6 |Aug high C = 32.4 |Sep high C = 31.5 |Oct high C = 29.2 |Nov high C = 25.7 |Dec high C = 21.4 |Jan mean C = 15.0 |Feb mean C = 16.3 |Mar mean C = 19.1 |Apr mean C = 22.6 |May mean C = 25.9 |Jun mean C = 27.8 |Jul mean C = 28.4 |Aug mean C = 28.1 |Sep mean C = 27.2 |Oct mean C = 24.7 |Nov mean C = 20.9 |Dec mean C = 16.5 |Jan low C = 11.3 |Feb low C = 13.2 |Mar low C = 16.1 |Apr low C = 19.7 |May low C = 23.0 |Jun low C = 24.9 |Jul low C = 25.3 |Aug low C = 25.1 |Sep low C = 24.1 |Oct low C = 21.2 |Nov low C = 17.1 |Dec low C = 12.4 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 34.6 |Feb precipitation mm = 31.2 |Mar precipitation mm = 52.6 |Apr precipitation mm = 130.6 |May precipitation mm = 236.3 |Jun precipitation mm = 370.8 |Jul precipitation mm = 325.1 |Aug precipitation mm = 404.8 |Sep precipitation mm = 237.3 |Oct precipitation mm = 89.4 |Nov precipitation mm = 31.3 |Dec precipitation mm = 30.0 |Jan humidity = 72.7 |Feb humidity = 76.2 |Mar humidity = 78.7 |Apr humidity = 80.7 |May humidity = 82.2 |Jun humidity = 83.4 |Jul humidity = 82.7 |Aug humidity = 84.1 |Sep humidity = 80.4 |Oct humidity = 73.9 |Nov humidity = 73.9 |Dec humidity = 69.4 |source 1 = [[Hong Kong Observatory]]<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.hko.gov.hk/en/cis/awsMonthlyElement.htm?stn=TKL&ele=TEMP | title = Monthly Data for Single Element | publisher = Hong Kong Observatory | access-date = 5 April 2024 }}</ref> }}
==See also== * [[MacIntosh Forts]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==Further reading== {{Commons category|Ta Kwu Ling}} * {{cite journal|last=Hase|first=P.H.|author-link1=Patrick Hase|year=1990|title=Ta Kwu Ling, Wong Pui Ling and the Kim Hau Bridges |journal=Journal of the [[Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch]]|volume=30|pages=257-265 |publisher=|url=https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/34cff9f0a88a8e0c95e617943320a18f.pdf |issn=1991-7295|accessdate=}}
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