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Kowloon City

Kowloon City District is one of the 18 districts of . It is located in the city of and cut through by Boundary Street. It had a population of 381,352 in 2001, and increased to 418,732 in 2016.
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  • Type: districts of Hong Kong with 363,000 residents
  • Description: district of Hong Kong
  • Also known as: “KC”, “KLC”, and “Kowloon City District”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mong Kok Stadium and Wong Tai Sin Temple.

Stadium
Photo: Ngchikit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a stadium in , , . With a capacity of 6,664, it hosts Hong Kong Premier League football matches, with Kitchee currently using the venue.

Place of worship
Photo: Chong Fat, Public domain.
is a well known shrine and tourist attraction in . It is dedicated to Wong Tai Sin, or the Great Immortal Wong. The 18,000 m2 Taoist temple is famed for the many prayers answered: "What you request is what you get" via a practice called kau chim.

Buddhist temple
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is a large Buddhist temple complex located in , , . It was founded in 1934 as a retreat for Buddhist nuns and was rebuilt in the 1998 following the traditional Tang dynasty architecture.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kowloon and Central Hong Kong.

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is an urban peninsula on the mainland part of , directly across from the Hong Kong Island . With over 2 million people living in an area of less than 47 km², is one of the most densely populated places on the planet, and has a matching array of places to shop, eat and sleep.

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Central and Western is a district of Island. It is the political, administrative and financial hub and home to some fantastic skyscrapers and Victoria Peak.

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The in Island is not as full of attractions as neighbouring , although Wan Chai is known for its nightlife and Causeway Bay for an unforgettable shopping experience.

Kowloon City

Latitude
22.3287° or 22° 19′ 43″ north
Longitude
114.1912° or 114° 11′ 28″ east
Population
363,000
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
7PJP85HR+FF
Geo­Names ID
7533612
Wiki­data ID
Q986415
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Kowloon City” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة مدينة كولون”
  • Basque: “Kowloon City barrutia”
  • Cebuano: “Kowloon City”
  • Chinese: “Kiú-liông-siâⁿ-khu”
  • Chinese: “九龍城”
  • Chinese: “九龍城區”
  • Chinese: “九龙城区”
  • Danish: “Kowloon City”
  • Dutch: “Kowloon City District”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مقاطعة مدينة كولون”
  • French: “Kowloon City”
  • German: “Kowloon City District”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Kiú-liùng-sàng-khî”
  • Hebrew: “קאולון סיטי”
  • Hungarian: “Kowloon City”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Kota Kowloon”
  • Italian: “distretto di Kowloon City”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Kowloon City”
  • Japanese: “九龍城区”
  • Korean: “가우룽싱구”
  • Korean: “주룽청 구”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kiú-liông-siâⁿ-khu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kowloon City-distriktet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kowloon-distriktet”
  • Norwegian: “Kowloon City-distriktet”
  • Norwegian: “Kowloon-distriktet”
  • Persian: “منطقه شهر کاولون”
  • Polish: “Kowloon City”
  • Portuguese: “Kowloon City”
  • Russian: “Коулун-Сити”
  • Scots: “Kowloon City District”
  • Slovenian: “Kowloon City”
  • Swedish: “Kowloon City”
  • Tamil: “கவுலூன் நகர மாவட்டம்”
  • Turkish: “Kowloon City”
  • Ukrainian: “Міський округ Коулун”
  • Urdu: “کولون شہر ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Cửu Long Thành”
  • Yue Chinese: “九龍城區”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Kowloon City and Kowloon City Centre.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Regal Oriental Hotel and Kowloon Walled City.

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