Chinatown
Chinatown is a community in Southwest Houston, Texas, United States. There is another Chinatown called "Old Chinatown" located within the East Downtown Houston district near the George R. Brown Convention Center.Photo: Hequals2henry, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: human settlement in Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Also known as: “Chinatown, Houston”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saint Agnes Academy and Strake Jesuit College Preparatory.
Saint Agnes Academy
School
Photo: Stagnesalumnae, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Agnes Academy is a Dominican college-preparatory school for young women grades 9 through 12 in the Chinatown area and in the Greater Sharpstown district of Houston, Texas. The school operates within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.
Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
School
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alief and Mahatma Gandhi District.
Alief
Suburb
Alief is a working-class suburb in Southwest Harris County, Texas, United States. Most of Alief is within the city limits of Houston, while a portion of the community is in unincorporated Harris County. Alief is situated 3 miles west of Chinatown.
Mahatma Gandhi District
Neighborhood
Photo: The Casual Tellurian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Mahatma Gandhi District is an ethnic enclave in Houston, Texas, United States, named after Mahatma Gandhi, consisting predominantly of Indian and Pakistani restaurants and shops and having a large South Asian population. Mahatma Gandhi District is situated 3 miles east of Chinatown.
Piney Point Village
Village
Photo: WhisperToMe, Public domain.
Piney Point Village is a city in Harris County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,128 at the 2020 census. Piney Point Village is the wealthiest place in Texas, as ranked by per capita income. Piney Point Village is situated 4 miles northeast of Chinatown.
Chinatown
- Category: locality
- Location: Harris County, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.71224° or 29° 42′ 44″ northLongitude
-95.54742° or 95° 32′ 51″ westOpen location code
76X6PF63+V2OpenStreetMap ID
way 993113069OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodWikidata ID
Q5100139
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Italian—“Chinatown” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “中国城 (休斯敦)”
- Chinese: “中國城 (休斯敦)”
- Chinese: “休斯敦中国城”
- Chinese: “休斯敦华埠”
- Chinese: “休斯敦唐人街”
- Chinese: “华埠 (休斯敦)”
- Dutch: “Chinatown”
- French: “Chinatown”
- Italian: “Chinatown”
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