Kowloon Walled City

Kowloon Walled City was an ungoverned and densely populated de jure Chinese enclave within the boundaries of British Hong Kong. Originally a Chinese military fort, it became an enclave after the were leased to Britain in 1898.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: human settlement in Kowloon City, Hong Kong
  • Also known as: “Cidade Proibida de Kowloon”, “Hak Nam”, “가우룽성”, “구룡성”, “구룡성채”, “주룽성”, “주룽성채”, “九龍寨”, “九龍寨城公園”, “九龍寨城南門遺蹟”, “九龍汛”, “九龍砦城”, “九龙城寨”, and “前九龍寨城衙門”
Photo: Paul Rudolph (architect), Public domain.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Kowloon City Plaza and Pak Hok Shan.

Shopping center
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is a shopping centre located at , , .

Peak
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is a small hill in the northern part of the in Hong Kong.

Library
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kowloon City and Ma Tau Wai.

Suburb
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is an in , .

Suburb
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is an area in the , , Hong Kong.

Suburb
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is an area in , Hong Kong, west of and east of .

Kowloon Walled City

Latitude
22.33167° or 22° 19′ 54″ north
Longitude
114.18932° or 114° 11′ 22″ east
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
Open location code
7PJP85JQ+MP
Geo­Names ID
6621503
Wiki­data ID
Q1022918
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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: “九龍寨城”
  • Chinese: “九龙寨城”
  • Czech: “Kaulungské opevněné město”
  • 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: “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”
  • Japanese: “九龍城砦”
  • Korean: “구룡채성”
  • Kurdish: “Kowloon Walled City”
  • Latvian: “Kouluņas pilsētcietoksnis”
  • Malay: “Kota Tembok Kowloon”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kiú-liông chē-siâⁿ”
  • Persian: “شهرک محصور کاولون”
  • Polish: “Kowloon Walled City”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade murada de Kowloon”
  • Russian: “Коулун”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad amurallada de Kowloon”
  • Swedish: “Kowloon Walled City”
  • Thai: “เมืองกำแพงเกาลูน”
  • Turkish: “Kowloon Walled City”
  • Ukrainian: “Місто-фортеця Коулун”
  • Urdu: “کولون والڈ سٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “Cửu Long Trại Thành”
  • Yue Chinese: “九龍城寨”
  • Yue Chinese: “九龍寨城”
  • “Kowloon Walled City”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Kowloon City Centre and Tung Tau Estate.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Mei Tung Estate and Kowloon City Hau Wong Temple.

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Worth a closer look: Kowloon and Hong Kong International Airport.

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