Chinatown

Chinatown is a neighbourhood in , British Columbia, and is Canada's largest Chinatown. Centred around Pender Street, it is surrounded by to the north, the financial and central business districts to the west, the and…
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  • Type: Neighborhood with 24,000 residents
  • Description: neighborhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Also known as: “Chinatown, Vancouver”

Places of Interest

Highlights include BC Place and Rogers Arena.

Stadium
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is a multi-purpose stadium in , British Columbia, Canada. Located at the north side of , it is owned and operated by the BC Pavilion Corporation, a Crown corporation of the province.

Stadium
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is a multi-purpose arena at 800 Griffiths Way in , British Columbia, Canada. Opened in 1995, the arena was known as General Motors Place from its opening until July 6, 2010, when General Motors Canada ended its naming rights sponsorship and a new agreement for those rights was reached with Rogers Communications.

Community center
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is located at 401 Main Street at the corner of Hastings Street, in the old Carnegie Public Library building in the of , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Eastside and Gastown-Chinatown.

Neighborhood
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The is a neighbourhood in , British Columbia, Canada. One of the city's oldest neighbourhoods, the DTES is the site of a complex set of social issues, including disproportionately high levels of drug use, homelessness, poverty, crime, mental illness and sex work.

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Gastown and Chinatown are in the east end of downtown between and . The area is one of the oldest parts of the city and much of the early architecture and character remains, giving it a different look and feel to the glass and concrete of the rest of downtown.

Neighborhood
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is the original settlement that became the core of the city of , , Canada, and a national historic site and a neighbourhood in the northwest section of the , adjacent to .

Chinatown

Latitude
49.28037° or 49° 16′ 49″ north
Longitude
-123.10105° or 123° 6′ 4″ west
Population
24,000
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
84XR7VJX+4H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 704270672
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
12032531
Wiki­data ID
Q866741
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Chinatown” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الحي الصيني في فانكوفر”
  • Chinese: “温哥华华埠”
  • Chinese: “溫哥華唐人街”
  • Chinese: “溫哥華華埠”
  • Czech: “Chinatown”
  • Dutch: “Chinatown”
  • Dutch: “Vancouver Chinatown”
  • Esperanto: “Vankuvera Ĉina Kvartalo”
  • Finnish: “Chinatown”
  • French: “Chinatown”
  • German: “Chinatown (Vancouver)”
  • German: “Chinatown”
  • Italian: “Chinatown”
  • Japanese: “チャイナタウン”
  • Japanese: “バンクーバーのチャイナタウン”
  • Malay: “Pekan Cina”
  • Slovak: “Chinatown”
  • Swedish: “Chinatown”
  • Urdu: “چائنا ٹاؤن، وینکوور”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mah Society of Canada and Chinatown Storytelling Centre.

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