New Kowloon
新九龍 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Statutorily-defined area | |||||||||||||||||||
Etymology: Name after Kowloon Peninsula | |||||||||||||||||||
Statutorily-defined area(s) | New Territories / Kowloon | ||||||||||||||||||
Region | Hong Kong (special administrative region) | ||||||||||||||||||
Country | China | ||||||||||||||||||
Cession of Kowloon | 1860 | ||||||||||||||||||
Leased (as part of the New Territories) | 1898 | ||||||||||||||||||
Defined (from part of the New Territories) | 1900 | ||||||||||||||||||
Time zone | Hong Kong Time | ||||||||||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 新九龍 | ||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 新九龙 | ||||||||||||||||||
Cantonese Yale | Sān Gáulùhng | ||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | New Nine Dragons | ||||||||||||||||||
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New Kowloon is an area in Hong Kong, bounded to the south by Boundary Street, and to the north by the ranges of the Eagle's Nest, Beacon Hill, Lion Rock, Tate's Cairn and Kowloon Peak. It covers the present-day Kwun Tong District and Wong Tai Sin District, and northern parts of the Sham Shui Po District and Kowloon City District.
The name of this area is[when?] rarely used in day to day life. Areas that belongs to New Kowloon are usually referred to as part of Kowloon. However, in land leases, it is common to refer to land lots in lot numbers as "New Kowloon Inland Lot number #".
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