Geography
In Chinese, Ngau Tau Kok means ox horn: before the reclamation of Kowloon Bay, the coastline of Ngau Tau Kok was shaped like an ox horn. Ngau Tau Kok includes two hills - Jordan Valley (Shum Wan Shan) and Crocodile Hill (Lok Yue Shan), where around half of the residential blocks are located.
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