Western District covers Shek Tong Tsui, Kennedy Town, Sai Ying Pun, parts of Lung Fu Shan.

Most of the districts lie within the statutory limits of the City of Victoria, the earliest urban settlement in colonial Hong Kong.

Central District, as Victoria City, was the first area of planned urban development in Hong Kong during the colonial era.

In terms of average size of households, it is third smallest at 2.8 persons, behind only Wan Chai and Yau Tsim Mong District, at 2.7 each.

With an area of 12.4 km2 (4.8 sq mi), the district occupies the northwestern portion of Hong Kong Island.

Areas from west to east along Victoria Harbour are: Kennedy Town, Sai Ying Pun, Sheung Wan, Central, Admiralty and other localities.

Central is the business centre of Hong Kong, and many multinational financial services corporations have their headquarters there.

It was the tallest building in Hong Kong and Asia from 1989 to 1992, when the nearby, taller Central Plaza was completed.

The garden at the north-western side of the complex includes a memorial to those killed in Hong Kong during World War II.

The funnel-shaped Chinese People's Liberation Army Forces Hong Kong Building (formerly, and still commonly known as the Prince of Wales Building) housed the headquarters of the British garrison in Hong Kong until the territory's handover to the People's Republic of China on 30 June 1997.