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
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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
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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.

Railway station
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is an underground MTR rapid transit station located on the Tuen Ma line, in the Development area of Hong Kong. The station was opened on 14 February 2020 as part of the Tuen Ma line's first phase.

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 Amharic to Yue Chinese—“Kowloon City” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ኮውሉን ከተማ”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة مدينة كولون”
  • Asturian: “Kowloon City District”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kaulung Şəhəri”
  • Basque: “Kowloon City barrutia”
  • Bengali: “কাউলুন শহর”
  • 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”
  • French: “Ville de Kowloon”
  • German: “Kowloon City District”
  • German: “Kowloon-Stadt”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Kiú-liùng-sàng-khî”
  • Hausa: “Gari Kowloon”
  • 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”
  • Javanese: “Kota Kowloon”
  • Kazakh: “Қаулун Қаласы”
  • Kirghiz: “Каулун Шаары”
  • Korean: “가우룽싱구”
  • Korean: “구룡성구”
  • Korean: “주룽청 구”
  • Malay: “Kota Kowloon”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kiú-liông-siâⁿ-khu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kowloon City-distriktet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kowloon-distriktet”
  • Norwegian: “Kowloon City-distriktet”
  • Norwegian: “Kowloon-distriktet”
  • Oromo: “Magaalaa Kowloon”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਾਉਲੂਨ ਸ਼ਹਿਰ”
  • Persian: “شهر کاولون”
  • Persian: “منطقه شهر کاولون”
  • Polish: “Kowloon City”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade de Kowloon”
  • Portuguese: “Kowloon City”
  • Pushto: “د کاولون ښار”
  • Russian: “Коулун-Сити”
  • Scots: “Kowloon City District”
  • Slovenian: “Kowloon City”
  • Somali: “Magaalada Kowloon”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad de Kowloon”
  • Swahili: “Jiji la Kowloon”
  • Swedish: “Kowloon City”
  • Tajik: “Шахри Каулун”
  • Tamil: “கவுலூன் நகர மாவட்டம்”
  • Tatar: “Каулун Шәһәре”
  • Tumbuka: “Kowloon City, Hong Kong”
  • Turkish: “Kowloon City”
  • Ukrainian: “Коулун-Сіті”
  • Ukrainian: “Міський округ Коулун”
  • Urdu: “کولون شہر ضلع”
  • Uzbek: “Kaulung Shaxri”
  • Vietnamese: “Cửu Long Thành”
  • Yue Chinese: “九龍城區”

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