Chinatown

Chinatown
New York's Manhattan Chinatown has the highest concentration of Chinese people outside of Asia.[1][2][3]
Chinese	唐人街
Literal meaning	"Tang people street"
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Tángrénjiē Bopomofo ㄊㄤˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄝ Wade–Giles Tʻang2 jen2 chieh1 IPA [tʰǎŋ.ɻə̌n.tɕjé] Wu Romanization Daon平 nin平 ka平 Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Tòhngyàhngāai Jyutping Tong4 jan4 gaai1 IPA [tʰɔːŋ˩ jɐn˩ kaːi˥] Southern Min Hokkien POJ Tông-jîn-ke Eastern Min Fuzhou BUC Tòng-ìng-kĕ
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	中國城
Simplified Chinese	中国城
Literal meaning	"China-town"
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngguóchéng Bopomofo ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄔㄥˊ Wade–Giles Chung1-kuo2 chʻeng2 IPA [ʈʂʊ́ŋ.kwǒ.ʈʂʰə̌ŋ] Wu Romanization Tson平 koh入 zen平 Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Jūnggwoksìhng Jyutping Zung1 gwok3 sing4 IPA [tsoŋ˥.kʷɔːk̚˧.seŋ˩] Southern Min Hokkien POJ Tiong-kok-siânn Eastern Min Fuzhou BUC Dŭng-guók-siàng
Second alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	華埠
Simplified Chinese	华埠
Literal meaning	"Chinese district"
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huábù Bopomofo ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄅㄨˋ Wade–Giles Hua2 pu4 IPA [xwǎ.pû] Wu Romanization Gho平 bu去 Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Wàhfauh Jyutping Waa4 fau6 IPA [waː˩ fɐu˨] Southern Min Hokkien POJ Hôa-bú Eastern Min Fuzhou BUC Huà-pú

Chinatown (Chinese: 唐人街) is the catch-all name for an ethnic enclave of Chinese people located outside Greater China, most often in an urban setting. Areas known as "Chinatown" exist throughout the world, including Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, and the Americas.

The development of most Chinatowns typically resulted from human migration to an area without any or with few Chinese residents. Binondo in Manila, established in 1594, is recognized as the world's oldest Chinatown. Notable early examples outside Asia include San Francisco's Chinatown in the United States and Melbourne's Chinatown in Australia, which were founded in the early 1850s during the California and Victoria gold rushes, respectively. A more modern example, in Montville, Connecticut, was caused by the displacement of Chinese workers in New York's Manhattan Chinatown following the September 11th attacks in 2001.^[4][5]