Kowloon
九龍 | |
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![]() Kowloon as viewed from Hong Kong Island | |
![]() Location within Hong Kong (in green) | |
Area | |
• Land | 67 km2 (26 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,108,419 (2.1 million) |
• Density | 43,033/km2 (111,450/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (Hong Kong Time) |
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![]() "Kowloon" in Traditional (top) and Simplified (bottom) Chinese characters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 九龍 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 九龙 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jyutping | gau2 lung4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | "Nine Dragons" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kowloon (/ˌkaʊˈluːn/) is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. It has a population of 2,019,533 and a population density of 43,033/km2 (111,450/sq mi) in 2006. It is one of the three areas of Hong Kong, along with Hong Kong Island and the New Territories, and is the smallest, second most populous and most densely populated.
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