Sha Tin

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Sha Tin 沙田
Neighbourhood
Shing Mun River Promenade
Sha Tin Location within Hong Kong
Coordinates: 22°22′30″N 114°11′00″E / 22.37500°N 114.18333°E / 22.37500; 114.18333
Country	China
SAR	Hong Kong
District	Sha Tin District
Town	Sha Tin New Town
Time zone	UTC+8 (HKT)

Sha Tin
Lek Yuen Bridge over Shing Mun River in Sha Tin central
Chinese	沙田
Jyutping	Saa1 Tin4
Literal meaning	sandy field
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shātián Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Sā Tìhn Jyutping Saa1 Tin4 IPA [saː˥.tʰiːn˩]

Sha Tin, also spelt Shatin, is a neighbourhood along Shing Mun River in the eastern New Territories, Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Sha Tin District. Sha Tin is one of the neighbourhoods of the Sha Tin New Town project.

The new town was founded in 1973 under the New Towns Development Programme of the Hong Kong government. Its current name was named after the nearby village of Sha Tin Wai. The literal English translation is 'Sand Fields'.