D'Aguilar Street
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D'Aguilar Street is a street in Central
Central, Hong Kong
Central is the central business district of Hong Kong. It is located in 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...

, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

. It is an L-shaped street starting from Queen's Road Central, at Entertainment Building
Entertainment Building
Entertainment Building is a building at Queen's Road Central between the two junctions with Wyndham Street and D'Aguilar Street in Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong...

. It runs uphill and meets various featured streets Stanley Street, Wellington Street
Wellington Street, Hong Kong
Wellington Street is a street in Central and Sheung Wan on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is a straight road running downward and westward from Wyndham Street to Queen's Road Central. The two sides of street is a mosaic of old and new buildings. Varieties of trades can be found on the street level...

, Wo On Lane and Lan Kwai Fong
Lan Kwai Fong
Lan Kwai Fong is a small square of streets in Central, Hong Kong. The area was dedicated to hawkers before the Second World War, but underwent a renaissance in the mid 1980s. It is now a popular expatriate haunt in Hong Kong for drinking, clubbing and dining...

 in the area. It turns after meeting Lan Kwai Fong and ends at the junction with Wyndham Street
Wyndham Street
Wyndham Street is a one-way street in Central, Hong Kong. It is one of the earliest colonial streets, once known as Pedder Hill.It starts at the junction with Hollywood Road and Arbuthnot Road, near the Central Police Station, and heads downhill to terminate at Queen's Road Central, near the...

, Glenealy and Lower Albert Road
Lower Albert Road
Lower Albert Road is a road on the Government Hill in the Central area of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. The south major entrance of Central Government Offices, where major officials work, is located at the Lower Albert Road and another common...

 near the Fringe Club.

The higher section of D'Aguilar Street, together with Lan Kwai Fong, is famous site for night life in Hong Kong. Foreign restaurants and bars can be found in the area.

D'Aguilar Street is named after George Charles D'Aguilar
George Charles D'Aguilar
Major-General Sir George Charles D'Aguilar, KCB was a British Army Major General and Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong.-Background:...

, Major General and Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong, at the very beginning of colonial Hong Kong. D'Aguilar Street is also the location of the clinic of Filipino national hero Jose Rizal
José Rizal
José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda , was a Filipino polymath, patriot and the most prominent advocate for reform in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era. He is regarded as the foremost Filipino patriot and is listed as one of the national heroes of the Philippines by...

 who lived in Hong Kong briefly in the 1890s.

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