Kowloon Walled City
Kowloon Walled City was an extremely densely populated and largely lawless enclave of China within the boundaries of Kowloon City of former British Hong Kong.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: human settlement in Kowloon City, Hong Kong
- Also known as: “Walled City”
Photo: Paul Rudolph (architect), Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kowloon City Plaza and Pak Hok Shan.
Kowloon City Plaza
Shopping center
Photo: WiNG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kowloon City Plaza is a shopping centre located at Kowloon City, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was established in 1993, and it underwent a HK$100-million renovation from October 2005 to December 2006. The shopping centre re-opened on 26 January 2007.
Pak Hok Shan
Peak
Photo: Wing1990hk, CC BY 3.0.
Pak Hok Shan is a small hill in the northern part of the New Kowloon in Hong Kong. It is 77 metres in height. The Hong Kong Chinese Christian Churches Union Cemetery is located on this hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kowloon City and Ma Tau Wai.
Kowloon City
Suburb
Kowloon City is an area in New Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is part of Kowloon City District. Compared with the council area of Kowloon City District, the Kowloon City area is vaguely bounded in the south by Prince Edward Road West and Prince Edward Road East, north with Lok Fu, east with Kai Tak Nullah and west with Kowloon Tsai.
Ma Tau Wai
Suburb
Ma Tau Wai is an area in the Kowloon City District, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was originally a walled village between present-day Argyle Street and Prince Edward Road West, east of present-day St. Teresa's Hospital.
Ma Tau Chung
Suburb
Ma Tau Chung is an area in Kowloon, Hong Kong, west of Ma Tau Kok and east of Ma Tau Wai. It was named after a creek which originated in Quarry Hill emptying into Kowloon Bay.
Kowloon Walled City
- Categories: human settlement and former entity
- Location: Kowloon City, Hong Kong, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Kowloon Walled City” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مدينة كولون المسورة”
- Armenian: “Կոուլուն”
- Asturian: “Ciudá cercada de Kowloon”
- Basque: “Kowloongo harresi hiria”
- Bengali: “কাউলং প্রাচীরবেষ্টিত শহর”
- Bulgarian: “Коулун”
- Catalan: “ciutat emmurallada de Kowloon”
- Catalan: “Ciutat emmurallada de Kowloon”
- Cebuano: “Kowloon Walled City Park”
- Chinese: “Kiú-liông chē-siâⁿ”
- Chinese: “九龍城寨”
- Chinese: “九龍城砦”
- Chinese: “九龍寨”
- Chinese: “九龍寨城”
- Chinese: “九龍寨城南門遺蹟”
- Chinese: “九龍汛”
- Chinese: “九龍砦城”
- Chinese: “九龙城寨”
- Chinese: “九龙寨城”
- Chinese: “前九龍寨城衙門”
- Czech: “Kaulungské opevněné město”
- Czech: “Kowloon Walled City”
- Dutch: “Kowloon Walled City”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قلعة كولون”
- Finnish: “Kowloon Walled City”
- Finnish: “Walled City”
- French: “citadelle de Kowloon”
- French: “Citadelle de Kowloon”
- Galician: “cidade amurallada de Kowloon”
- German: “Hak Nam”
- German: “Kowloon Walled City”
- Greek: “Περιτοιχισμένη πόλη της Καουλούν”
- Hakka Chinese: “Kiú-liùng chai-sàng”
- Hebrew: “העיר המגודרת קאולון”
- Hebrew: “עיר החומה קאולון”
- Hungarian: “Kowloon Walled City”
- Indonesian: “Kota Tembok Kowloon”
- Indonesian: “Kowloon Walled City”
- Italian: “Città murata di Kowloon”
- Italian: “Kowloon Walled City”
- Japanese: “九龍城砦”
- Japanese: “九龍寨城”
- Korean: “가우룽성”
- Korean: “구룡성”
- Korean: “구룡성채”
- Korean: “구룡채성”
- Korean: “주룽성”
- Korean: “주룽성채”
- Kurdish: “Kowloon Walled City”
- Latvian: “Kouluņas pilsētcietoksnis”
- Malay: “Kota Tembok Kowloon”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kiú-liông chē-siâⁿ”
- Persian: “شهرک محصور کاولون”
- Polish: “Hak Nam”
- Polish: “Kowloon Walled City”
- Portuguese: “Cidade murada de Kowloon”
- Portuguese: “Cidade Proibida de Kowloon”
- Russian: “Коулун”
- Spanish: “Ciudad amurallada de Kowloon”
- Swedish: “Kowloon Walled City”
- Thai: “เมืองกำแพงเกาลูน”
- Turkish: “Kowloon Walled City”
- Ukrainian: “Місто-фортеця Коулун”
- Vietnamese: “Cửu Long Trại Thành”
- Yue Chinese: “九龍城寨”
- Yue Chinese: “九龍城砦”
- Yue Chinese: “九龍寨”
- Yue Chinese: “九龍寨城”
- Yue Chinese: “九龍寨城公園”
- Yue Chinese: “九龍砦城”
- “Kowloon Walled City”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kowloon City Centre and Tung Tau Estate.
Notable Places Nearby
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