Chinatown, Liverpool

Liverpool Chinatown
Liverpool Chinatown
Traditional Chinese	利物浦中國城
Simplified Chinese	利物浦中国城
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Lìwùpǔ Zhōngguóchéng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	leih maht póu jūng gwok sìhng
Jyutping	lei6 mat6 pou2 zung1 gwok3 sing4
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese	利物浦唐人街
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Lìwùpǔ Tángrénjiē
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	leih maht póu tòhng yàhn gāai
Jyutping	lei6 mat6 pou2 tong4 jan4 gaai1

Liverpool Chinatown
Liverpool Chinatown
	Chinatown Gate, Nelson Street
Metropolitan borough	Liverpool;
Metropolitan county	Merseyside;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LIVERPOOL
Postcode district	L1
Dialling code	0151
Police	Merseyside
Fire	Merseyside
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Liverpool Riverside;
	List of places UK England Merseyside

Chinatown is an area of Liverpool, England, that is home to the oldest Chinese community in Europe.^[1] Based in the south of the city centre, Chinatown has many Chinese businesses, restaurants and supermarkets, and facilities for the Chinese community. The area is also notable for its Chinese-style architecture; with the paifang on Nelson Street being the largest, multiple-span arch of its kind outside China.^[2]

^ "Liverpool Chinatown Museum". Dimsum. Archived from the original on 19 November 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2008.
^ "Chinese Arch". Visit Liverpool. Retrieved 21 November 2008.

[1] "Liverpool Chinatown Museum". Dimsum. Archived from the original on 19 November 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2008.

[2] "Chinese Arch". Visit Liverpool. Retrieved 21 November 2008.

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