It is located in the northeastern corner of the Central and Western District, on the north shore of Hong Kong Island, across Victoria Harbour from Tsim Sha Tsui, the southernmost point of Kowloon Peninsula.

[1] As the central business district of Hong Kong, it is the area where many multinational financial services corporations have their headquarters.

On some older maps, Central and the area to its west are named Kwan Tai Lo (羣帶路) below Victoria Peak.

It formed a channel, Chung Mun (中門), with Tsim Sha Tsui, on the sea route along the coast of southern China.

Central is located on the north shore of Hong Kong Island, across Victoria Harbour from Tsim Sha Tsui, the southernmost point of Kowloon Peninsula.

They soon decided to build a city on the north coast of Hong Kong Island, and the present-day Central was chosen to house major military facilities and an administrative centre.

Various barracks, naval bases and the residence of the Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong, Flagstaff House were built on the east end of the district.

Between 1860 and 1880 the construction of City Hall, Theatre Royal and other financial structures made Central the heart of Hong Kong.

[citation needed] In 1904, the Praya Reclamation Scheme added 59 acres (24 ha) of land to Central's waterfront.

Many of the proposals came from Sir Paul Chater and James Johnstone Keswick, the founders of Hongkong Land, a modern property development group.

From October 2011 to September 2012, the Occupy Central movement against global economic inequality was based in front of the HSBC Main Building.

[11] Two years later, in September 2014, democratic activists initiated Occupy Central with Love and Peace, demanding universal suffrage for the election of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, eventually contributing to the Umbrella Revolution.

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