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Kowloon

Kowloon 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, Kowloon 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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  • Type: City with 2,110,000 residents
  • Description: region in Hong Kong
  • Also known as: “Chiu-lung”, “Jiulong”, “Kau Lung”, and “Kowlun”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hong Kong Museum of History and Hong Kong Space Museum.

Museum
The is a public that preserves 's historical and cultural heritage. It is located next to the , in Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Museum
Photo: Simon Shek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a public astronomy and space science museum located in , . Opened on 8 October 1980, it is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong Government.

Park
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is a large public park in , Kowloon, Hong Kong. It has an area of 13.3 hectares and is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central Hong Kong and Eastern District.

Photo: seeminglee, CC BY 2.0.
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.

Photo: David Yan, CC BY 2.0.
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.

Suburb
Photo: WiNG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an area of Kowloon, , situated in the northwestern part of the , north of , east of and south of Shek Kip Mei.

Kowloon

Latitude
22.31165° or 22° 18′ 42″ north
Longitude
114.17679° or 114° 10′ 36″ east
Population
2,110,000
Elevation
92 metres (302 feet)
United Nations Location Code
HK KWN
Open location code
7PJP856G+MP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6986131016
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1819609
Wiki­data ID
Q239143
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Kowloon” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kowloon”
  • Arabic: “كولون، هونغ كونغ”
  • Arabic: “كولون”
  • Armenian: “Կոուլուն”
  • Asturian: “Kowloon”
  • Azerbaijani: “Koulun”
  • Basque: “Kowloon”
  • Belarusian: “Цзюлун”
  • Bengali: “কাউলুন”
  • Bulgarian: “Коулун”
  • Catalan: “Kowloon”
  • Cebuano: “Kowloon”
  • Central Bikol: “Kowloon”
  • Chinese: “Kiú-liông”
  • Chinese: “九龍”
  • Chinese: “九龍半島”
  • Chinese: “九龙”
  • Chinese: “九龙半岛”
  • Czech: “Kau-lung”
  • Czech: “Kowloon”
  • Czech: “Ťiou-lung”
  • Danish: “Kowloon”
  • Dutch: “Kowloon”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كولون”
  • Esperanto: “Kaŭluno”
  • Estonian: “Kowloon”
  • Finnish: “Kowloon”
  • French: “Kowloon”
  • Georgian: “კოულუნი”
  • Georgian: “ძიულუნი”
  • German: “Kowloon”
  • Greek: “Καουλούν”
  • Greek: “Κόουλουν”
  • Gujarati: “કોવલૂન”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Kiú-liùng”
  • Hebrew: “קאולון”
  • Hindi: “कवुलुन”
  • Hungarian: “Kaulung”
  • Indonesian: “Kowloon”
  • Irish: “Kowloon”
  • Italian: “Caolun”
  • Italian: “Kowloon”
  • Japanese: “九龍”
  • Kannada: “ಕೌಲೂನ್”
  • Kirghiz: “Цзюлун”
  • Korean: “가우룽”
  • Korean: “주룽”
  • Latin: “Novendracones”
  • Latvian: “Kauluna”
  • Literary Chinese: “九龍”
  • Lithuanian: “Kaulunas”
  • Macedonian: “Коулун”
  • Malay: “Kowloon”
  • Marathi: “कॉव्लून”
  • Marathi: “कौलून”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Giū-lṳ̀ng”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kiú-liông”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kowloon”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kowloon”
  • Norwegian: “Kowloon”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Cawlun”
  • Ossetian: “Коулун”
  • Ossetian: “Цзюлун”
  • Persian: “کاولون”
  • Polish: “Koulun”
  • Portuguese: “Kowloon”
  • Romanian: “Kowloon”
  • Russian: “Коулун”
  • Russian: “Цзюлун”
  • Scots: “Kowloon”
  • Serbian: “Каулун”
  • Sinhala: “කොව්ලුන්”
  • Slovenian: “Kowloon”
  • Spanish: “Kowloon”
  • Swedish: “Kowloon”
  • Tamil: “கவுலூன்”
  • Telugu: “కౌలూన్”
  • Thai: “เกาลูน”
  • Turkish: “Kowloon”
  • Ukrainian: “Коулун”
  • Ukrainian: “Цзюлун”
  • Urdu: “کولون”
  • Uzbek: “Szyulun”
  • Vietnamese: “Bán đảo Cửu Long”
  • Vietnamese: “Cửu Long, Hồng Kông”
  • Vietnamese: “Cửu Long”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kowloon”
  • Wu Chinese: “九龙”
  • Yue Chinese: “九龍”

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