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{{Short description|Area in Hong Kong}}
[[File:Sheung Yiu Folk Museum 02.jpg|thumb|Entrance of the [[Sheung Yiu Folk Museum]] in Pak Tam Chung.]]
[[File:Pak_Tam_Chung_Creek.jpg|thumb|right|The creek [[Lung Hang]] ({{zh|t=龍坑|labels=no}}) has low flow in winter]]
[[File:Pak Tam Chung Taxi Queue (5780852306).jpg|thumb|Taxi stand at Pak Tam Chung]]
'''Pak Tam Chung''' ({{zh|t=北潭涌}}) is an area in the southern part of the [[Sai Kung Peninsula]] in the [[New Territories]] of [[Hong Kong]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sai Kung West (Wan Tsai Ext.)|url=https://www.afcd.gov.hk/english/country/cou_vis/cou_vis_cou/cou_vis_cou_skwwte/cou_vis_cou_skwwte.html|website=www.afcd.gov.hk|language=en|access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref> It is administratively under the [[Sai Kung District]].
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==Features==
Pak Tam Chung was described as consisting of six villages in 1911 with fewer than 405 inhabitants: [[Wong Yi Chau (village)|Wong Yi Chau]] ({{zh|t=黃宜洲|labels=no}}), [[Pak Tam]] ({{zh|t=北潭|labels=no}}), [[Sheung Yiu]] ({{zh|t=上窰|labels=no}}), [[Tsak Yue Wu]] ({{zh|t=鯽魚湖|labels=no}}), [[Wong Keng Tei]] ({{zh|t=黃麖地|labels=no}}) and [[Tsam Chuk Wan]]. The six villages were all inhabited by [[Hakka people]], with the exception of two hamlets in Pak Tam.<ref>{{cite book |last=Faure |first=David |date=1986 |title=The structure of Chinese rural society: lineage and village in the eastern New Territories, Hong Kong |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |page=90 |isbn=9780195839708 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Delang |first1=Claudio O. |date=30 March 2018 |title=Local livelihoods and global process: complex causalities in Hong Kong's Sai Kung Peninsula |url=https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/mgrsd/22/1/article-p31.xml |journal=Miscellanea Geographica |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=31–39 |doi=10.2478/mgrsd-2018-0003 |issn= 2084-6118 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2018MiscG..22...31D }}</ref>

There is a visitor centre for nature education set up by the [[Government of Hong Kong|Hong Kong Government]]. Near the centre is a vehicle barrier leading to the restricted portion of [[Sai Kung East Country Park]] in Pak Tam Chung. For vehicles, only those with authorisation can enter the area and reach places like [[Hoi Ha]], [[Pak Tam Au]] and [[High Island Reservoir]].

There are a number of picnic and barbecue facilities within Pak Tam Chung, including a site designed for physically disabled visitors.

[[Po Leung Kuk]] owns a holiday camp site in Pak Tam Chung, the Po Leung Kuk Pak Tam Chung Camp ({{zh|t=保良局北潭涌渡假營|labels=no}}).

==Climate==

{{Weather box|width=auto
|metric first=y
|single line=y
|collapsed = Y
|location = Pak Tam Chung (1996–2020)
|Jan high C = 19.3
|Feb high C = 19.7
|Mar high C = 22.1
|Apr high C = 25.7
|May high C = 29.0
|Jun high C = 31.1
|Jul high C = 32.3
|Aug high C = 32.2
|Sep high C = 31.2
|Oct high C = 28.9
|Nov high C = 25.3
|Dec high C = 21.0
|Jan mean C = 14.7
|Feb mean C = 15.4
|Mar mean C = 18.1
|Apr mean C = 21.6
|May mean C = 25.3
|Jun mean C = 27.3
|Jul mean C = 27.9
|Aug mean C = 27.6
|Sep mean C = 26.7
|Oct mean C = 24.3
|Nov mean C = 20.6
|Dec mean C = 16.0
|Jan low C = 10.9
|Feb low C = 12.1
|Mar low C = 15.1
|Apr low C = 18.8
|May low C = 22.4
|Jun low C = 24.2
|Jul low C = 24.6
|Aug low C = 24.3
|Sep low C = 23.4
|Oct low C = 20.6
|Nov low C = 16.8
|Dec low C = 12.1
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 43.0
|Feb precipitation mm = 35.7
|Mar precipitation mm = 72.1
|Apr precipitation mm = 114.6
|May precipitation mm = 346.3
|Jun precipitation mm = 497.2
|Jul precipitation mm = 345.4
|Aug precipitation mm = 377.3
|Sep precipitation mm = 275.4
|Oct precipitation mm = 96.0
|Nov precipitation mm = 43.9
|Dec precipitation mm = 31.0
|Jan humidity = 77.1
|Feb humidity = 79.9
|Mar humidity = 82.5
|Apr humidity = 85.6
|May humidity = 86.6
|Jun humidity = 87.6
|Jul humidity = 86.7
|Aug humidity = 86.9
|Sep humidity = 83.6
|Oct humidity = 78.1
|Nov humidity = 77.5
|Dec humidity = 72.9
|source 1 = [[Hong Kong Observatory]]<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.hko.gov.hk/en/cis/awsMonthlyElement.htm?stn=TYW&ele=TEMP
| title = Monthly Data for Single Element
| publisher = Hong Kong Observatory
| access-date = 5 April 2024
}}</ref>
}}

== See also ==
* [[Sheung Yiu Folk Museum]]
* [[Historic churches of Sai Kung Peninsula]]
* [[Sai Kung Town]]
* [[Tai Po District]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last1= Hamilton|first1= Eric|last2= Schofield|first2= Walter|last3= Peplow|first3= S. H.|last4= Tsui|first4= Paul|last5= Coates|first5= Austin|authorlink5=Austin Coates |last6= Hayes|first6= James|authorlink6=James W. Hayes|editor1-first=John|editor1-last=Strickland|title= Southern District Officer Reports: Islands and Villages in Rural Hong Kong, 1910-60|year= 2010|publisher= [[Hong Kong University Press]]|isbn=9789888028382|pages=266–269 |chapter=Chapter 6. Sai Kung Peninsula}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Pak Tam Chung}}
* [https://www.had.gov.hk/rre/images/village_map1922/Q/q-sk-49.pdf Delineation of area of existing village Pak Tam Chung (Sai Kung) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)]

[[Category:Places in Hong Kong]]
[[Category:Sai Kung Peninsula]]

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