Chinatown

Chinatown is an ethnic enclave in the , London, bordering to its north and west and Theatreland to the south and east. The enclave currently occupies the area in and around Gerrard Street.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: neighborhood in the City of Westminster, London
  • Also known as: “China Town”, “China Town, London”, “Chinatown, London”, and “London Chinatown”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Leicester Square and National Gallery.

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The area around , often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of . The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.

Art gallery
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The is an art museum in in the , in , England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of more than 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900.

Art gallery
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The is an art gallery in London that houses a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people. When it opened in 1856, it was arguably the first national public gallery in the world that was dedicated to portraits.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Seven Dials and West End of London.

Neighborhood
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is a road junction and neighbourhood in the district of the , within the greater area in the .

Locality
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The is a district of , England. It is west of the and north of the , in the and the .

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is a district of central , part of the West End, famous for jazz, its gay village, sex shops and alternative lifestyles.

Chinatown

Latitude
51.51167° or 51° 30′ 42″ north
Longitude
-0.13058° or 0° 7′ 50″ west
Open location code
9C3XGV69+MQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 189773715
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q1988417
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Chinatown” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الحي الصيني”
  • Armenian: “Չայնա-թաուն (Լոնդոն)”
  • Armenian: “Չայնա-թաուն”
  • Basque: “Auzo txinatarra”
  • Bengali: “চায়নাটাউন, লন্ডন”
  • Catalan: “Chinatown (Westminster)”
  • Catalan: “Chinatown”
  • Chinese: “伦敦中国城”
  • Chinese: “伦敦华埠”
  • Chinese: “伦敦唐人街”
  • Chinese: “倫敦唐人街”
  • Chinese: “倫敦華埠”
  • Chinese: “唐人街”
  • Czech: “Chinatown”
  • Czech: “Čínská čtvrť”
  • Danish: “Chinatown”
  • Dutch: “Chinatown”
  • Dutch: “Londen Chinatown”
  • Dutch: “London Chinatown”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉina Kvartalo”
  • French: “Chinatown”
  • German: “Chinatown”
  • Irish: “Ceantar Síneach, Londain”
  • Irish: “Ceantar Síneach”
  • Italian: “Chinatown”
  • Japanese: “チャイナタウン”
  • Japanese: “中華街”
  • Malay: “Chinatown”
  • Malay: “Pekan Cina”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chinatown”
  • Norwegian: “Chinatown”
  • Russian: “Чайна-таун”
  • Sicilian: “Chinatown”
  • Slovak: “Chinatown”
  • Spanish: “Barrio Chino de Londres”
  • Spanish: “Chinatown de Londres”
  • Spanish: “Chinatown”
  • Swedish: “Chinatown, London”
  • Swedish: “Chinatown”
  • Turkish: “Chinatown”
  • Ukrainian: “Чайна-таун”
  • Urdu: “چائنا ٹاؤن، لندن”

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