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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Kowloon_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Kowloon (disambiguation)">Kowloon (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Kowloon" is a transliteration of <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886049405">.mw-parser-output .noitalic{font-style:normal}</style><span class="noitalic"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hant">九龍</span></span></span>. For other transliterations, see <a href="/wiki/%E4%B9%9D%E9%BE%8D_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="九龍 (disambiguation)">九龍 (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1043192559">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement{width:23em;border-collapse:collapse;line-height:1.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement td,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement th{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0.4em 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-label,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-below{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0.4em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-label{border:0;padding:0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-label{border-top:0;border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><p><b>Kowloon</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˌ/: secondary stress follows">ˌ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/aʊ/: 'ou' in 'mouth'">aʊ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'">uː</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span></span>/</a></span></span>) is an urban area in <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a> comprising the <a href="/wiki/Kowloon_Peninsula" title="Kowloon Peninsula">Kowloon Peninsula</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Kowloon" title="New Kowloon">New Kowloon</a>. It has a population of 2,019,533 and a population density of 43,033/km<sup>2</sup> (111,450/sq mi) in 2006. It is one of the three <a href="/wiki/Areas_of_Hong_Kong" title="Areas of Hong Kong">areas of Hong Kong</a>, along with <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Island" title="Hong Kong Island">Hong Kong Island</a> and the <a href="/wiki/New_Territories" title="New Territories">New Territories</a>. It is the smallest, second most populous and most densely populated of the divisions. </p><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Kowloon</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hant">九龍</span></span></span></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Union_Square_and_Tsim_Sha_Tsui.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kowloon as viewed from Hong Kong Island"><img alt="Kowloon as viewed from Hong Kong Island" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Union_Square_and_Tsim_Sha_Tsui.jpg/250px-Union_Square_and_Tsim_Sha_Tsui.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Union_Square_and_Tsim_Sha_Tsui.jpg/375px-Union_Square_and_Tsim_Sha_Tsui.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Union_Square_and_Tsim_Sha_Tsui.jpg/500px-Union_Square_and_Tsim_Sha_Tsui.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5248" data-file-height="3936"></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Kowloon as viewed from <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Island" title="Hong Kong Island">Hong Kong Island</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hong_Kong_Kowloon.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location within Hong Kong (in green)"><img alt="Location within Hong Kong (in green)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Hong_Kong_Kowloon.svg/250px-Hong_Kong_Kowloon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Hong_Kong_Kowloon.svg/375px-Hong_Kong_Kowloon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Hong_Kong_Kowloon.svg/500px-Hong_Kong_Kowloon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1454" data-file-height="1083"></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location within <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a> (in green)</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">67 km<sup>2</sup> (26 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2011)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,108,419 (2.1 million)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">43,033/km<sup>2</sup> (111,450/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B8" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+8">UTC+8</a> (<a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Time" title="Hong Kong Time">Hong Kong Time</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="color: #202122;background-color:#b0c4de">Kowloon</th></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image notheme" style="background-color: #f8f9fa;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Kowloon_(Chinese_characters).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Kowloon_%28Chinese_characters%29.svg/100px-Kowloon_%28Chinese_characters%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Kowloon_%28Chinese_characters%29.svg/150px-Kowloon_%28Chinese_characters%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Kowloon_%28Chinese_characters%29.svg/200px-Kowloon_%28Chinese_characters%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="312" data-file-height="357"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">"Kowloon" in Traditional (top) and Simplified (bottom) Chinese characters</div></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Traditional Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hant" style="font-size: 1rem;"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B9%9D%E9%BE%8D" class="extiw" title="wikt:九龍">九龍</a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters" title="Simplified Chinese characters">Simplified Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans" style="font-size: 1rem;">九龙</span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping">Jyutping</a></th><td class="infobox-data">gau2 lung4</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;">Literal meaning</th><td class="infobox-data">"Nine <a href="/wiki/Chinese_dragon" title="Chinese dragon">Dragons</a>"</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="display:inline-table; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: left;color: #202122; background-color: #f9ffbc;">Transcriptions</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Standard_Chinese" title="Standard Chinese">Standard Mandarin</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hanyu_Pinyin" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanyu Pinyin">Hanyu Pinyin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Jǐulóng</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Bopomofo" title="Bopomofo">Bopomofo</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Bopo" style="font-style: normal;">ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Wade%E2%80%93Giles" title="Wade–Giles">Wade–Giles</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn"><span>Chiu<sup>3</sup>-lung<sup>2</sup></span></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Tongyong_Pinyin" title="Tongyong Pinyin">Tongyong Pinyin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Jiǒulóng</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Mandarin" title="Help:IPA/Mandarin">IPA</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="IPA" lang="cmn-Latn-fonipa" style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Mandarin" title="Help:IPA/Mandarin">[tɕjòʊ.lʊ̌ŋ]</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Hakka_Chinese" title="Hakka Chinese">Hakka</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Guangdong_Romanization#Hakka" title="Guangdong Romanization">Romanization</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Hakka-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="hak-Latn"><span>giu<sup>3</sup>lung<sup>2</sup></span></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Cantonese" title="Cantonese">Yue: Cantonese</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Yale_romanization_of_Cantonese" title="Yale romanization of Cantonese">Yale Romanization</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Yue Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="yue-Latn">Gáulùhng</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping">Jyutping</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Yue Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="yue-Latn">gau2 lung4</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Cantonese" title="Help:IPA/Cantonese">IPA</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="IPA" lang="yue-Latn-fonipa" style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Cantonese" title="Help:IPA/Cantonese">[kɐw˧˥ lʊŋ˩]</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-2"><div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Location"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Location</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Administration"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Administration</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Name"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Name</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#History"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Demographics"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Demographics</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Localities"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Localities</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#Education"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Education</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Tertiary_education"><span class="tocnumber">7.1</span> <span class="toctext">Tertiary education</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#Notable_people"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Notable people</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#Transport"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Transport</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#Gallery"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">Gallery</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">12</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Location">Location</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Kowloon&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Location" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <p>Kowloon is located directly north of <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Island" title="Hong Kong Island">Hong Kong Island</a> across <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Harbour" title="Victoria Harbour">Victoria Harbour</a>. It is bordered by the <a href="/wiki/Lei_Yue_Mun" title="Lei Yue Mun">Lei Yue Mun</a> strait to the east, <a href="/wiki/Mei_Foo_Sun_Chuen" title="Mei Foo Sun Chuen">Mei Foo Sun Chuen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Butterfly_Valley" title="Butterfly Valley">Butterfly Valley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stonecutters_Island" title="Stonecutters Island">Stonecutter's Island</a> to the west, a mountain range, including <a href="/wiki/Tate%27s_Cairn" title="Tate's Cairn">Tate's Cairn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lion_Rock" title="Lion Rock">Lion Rock</a> to the north, and <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Harbour" title="Victoria Harbour">Victoria Harbour</a> to the south. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Administration">Administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Kowloon&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Administration" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Kowloon_Central_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Kowloon Central (disambiguation)">Kowloon Central</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kowloon_East" title="Kowloon East">Kowloon East</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kowloon_West" title="Kowloon West">Kowloon West</a></div> <p>Kowloon comprises the following <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Hong_Kong" title="Districts of Hong Kong">districts</a>: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kowloon_City_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Kowloon City District">Kowloon City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kwun_Tong_District" title="Kwun Tong District">Kwun Tong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sham_Shui_Po_District" title="Sham Shui Po District">Sham Shui Po</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wong_Tai_Sin_District" title="Wong Tai Sin District">Wong Tai Sin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yau_Tsim_Mong_District" title="Yau Tsim Mong District">Yau Tsim Mong</a></li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Name">Name</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Kowloon&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Name" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <p>The name 'Kowloon' (<a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hant">九龍</span>; <abbr title="Literal translation"><small>lit.</small></abbr> 'nine dragons') alludes to eight mountains and a Chinese emperor: <a href="/wiki/Kowloon_Peak" title="Kowloon Peak">Kowloon Peak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tung_Shan_(mountain)" title="Tung Shan (mountain)">Tung Shan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tate%27s_Cairn" title="Tate's Cairn">Tate's Cairn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Temple_Hill_(Hong_Kong)" title="Temple Hill (Hong Kong)">Temple Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Unicorn_Ridge" title="Unicorn Ridge">Unicorn Ridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lion_Rock" title="Lion Rock">Lion Rock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beacon_Hill_(Hong_Kong)" title="Beacon Hill (Hong Kong)">Beacon Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crow%27s_Nest_(Hong_Kong)" title="Crow's Nest (Hong Kong)">Crow's Nest</a> and <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Bing_of_Song" class="mw-redirect" title="Emperor Bing of Song">Emperor Bing of Song</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Fallon_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fallon-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also spelt 'Kawloong' in some 19th-century sources.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Kowloon&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: History" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kowloon_City,_Mainland,_opposite_Hong_Kong.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Kowloon_City%2C_Mainland%2C_opposite_Hong_Kong.jpg/220px-Kowloon_City%2C_Mainland%2C_opposite_Hong_Kong.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2383" data-file-height="1892"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 175px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Kowloon_City%2C_Mainland%2C_opposite_Hong_Kong.jpg/220px-Kowloon_City%2C_Mainland%2C_opposite_Hong_Kong.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="175" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Kowloon_City%2C_Mainland%2C_opposite_Hong_Kong.jpg/330px-Kowloon_City%2C_Mainland%2C_opposite_Hong_Kong.jpg 1.5x, 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data-file-height="960"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 189px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Victoria_City_and_Kowloon_1915.jpg/220px-Victoria_City_and_Kowloon_1915.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="189" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Victoria_City_and_Kowloon_1915.jpg/330px-Victoria_City_and_Kowloon_1915.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Victoria_City_and_Kowloon_1915.jpg/440px-Victoria_City_and_Kowloon_1915.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Map of Kowloon in 1915</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hong_Kong_Kai_Tak_Airport_1971.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Hong_Kong_Kai_Tak_Airport_1971.jpg/220px-Hong_Kong_Kai_Tak_Airport_1971.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1314" data-file-height="1050"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 176px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Hong_Kong_Kai_Tak_Airport_1971.jpg/220px-Hong_Kong_Kai_Tak_Airport_1971.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="176" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Hong_Kong_Kai_Tak_Airport_1971.jpg/330px-Hong_Kong_Kai_Tak_Airport_1971.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Hong_Kong_Kai_Tak_Airport_1971.jpg/440px-Hong_Kong_Kai_Tak_Airport_1971.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Hong Kong's old airport, <a href="/wiki/Kai_Tak_Airport" title="Kai Tak Airport">Kai Tak</a>, was located in Kowloon Bay.</figcaption></figure> <p>The part of Kowloon south of <a href="/wiki/Boundary_Street" title="Boundary Street">Boundary Street</a>, together with <a href="/wiki/Stonecutters_Island" title="Stonecutters Island">Stonecutters Island</a>, was ceded by <a href="/wiki/Qing_empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Qing empire">Qing</a> China to the United Kingdom under the <a href="/wiki/Convention_of_Peking" title="Convention of Peking">Convention of Peking</a> of 1860. For many years the area remained largely undeveloped, used by the British mainly for tiger-hunting expeditions.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-published_sources" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag may rely on a self-published source. (February 2020)">self-published source?</span></a></i>]</sup> The part of Kowloon north of Boundary Street (<a href="/wiki/New_Kowloon" title="New Kowloon">New Kowloon</a>) was leased by the British as part of the <a href="/wiki/New_Territories" title="New Territories">New Territories</a> under the 1898 <a href="/wiki/Convention_between_the_United_Kingdom_and_China,_Respecting_an_Extension_of_Hong_Kong_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Convention between the United Kingdom and China, Respecting an Extension of Hong Kong Territory">Second Convention of Peking</a> for 99 years. Within New Kowloon is Kowloon City, an <a href="/wiki/List_of_areas_of_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="List of areas of Hong Kong">area of Hong Kong</a> where the <a href="/wiki/Kowloon_Walled_City" title="Kowloon Walled City">Kowloon Walled City</a> used to be located. The Kowloon Walled City itself was demolished in 1993. The same area was called Kwun Fu Cheung (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hant">官富場</span></span>) during the <a href="/wiki/Song_dynasty" title="Song dynasty">Song dynasty</a> (960–1279). "New Kowloon" has remained part of the <a href="/wiki/New_Territories" title="New Territories">New Territories</a>. </p><p>Statutorily, "Kowloon" is only the area south of Boundary Street and Stonecutters Island, but in common use, New Kowloon is not regarded as part of the New Territories, but as an integral part of the Kowloon urban area whether north or south of Boundary Street. </p><p>Large-scale development of Kowloon began in the early 20th century, with the construction of the <a href="/wiki/Kowloon-Canton_Railway_Corporation" title="Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation">Kowloon-Canton Railway</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Kowloon_Wharf" class="mw-redirect" title="Kowloon Wharf">Kowloon Wharf</a>, but because of the close proximity of Kowloon's built-up area to <a href="/wiki/Kai_Tak_Airport" title="Kai Tak Airport">Kai Tak Airport</a>, building construction was limited by flight paths. As a result, compared to Hong Kong Island, Kowloon had a much lower skyline.<sup id="cite_ref-Fallon_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fallon-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, Kowloon became extremely congested when <a href="/wiki/Slum" title="Slum">slums</a> for <a href="/wiki/Refugee" title="Refugee">refugees</a> from the newly established People's Republic of China gave way to <a href="/wiki/Public_housing_in_Hong_Kong" title="Public housing in Hong Kong">public housing estates</a>, mixed with private residential, commercial, and industrial areas. </p><p>The area of <a href="/wiki/Land_reclamation_in_Hong_Kong" title="Land reclamation in Hong Kong">reclaimed land</a> now known as <a href="/wiki/West_Kowloon" title="West Kowloon">West Kowloon</a> was once home to a <a href="/wiki/Dockyard" class="mw-redirect" title="Dockyard">dockyard</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a>. </p><p>The 1911 census recorded a population of 7,306, with most being <a href="/wiki/Hakka" class="mw-redirect" title="Hakka">Hakka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">invasion of China by Japan in 1937</a> caused the population of Kowloon to grow drastically. Between 1937 and 1939, 750,000 refugees arrived in Kowloon and nearby areas, with many not having residence.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Kowloon&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Demographics" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <p>As of 2011<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kowloon&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, 2,108,419 people lived in Kowloon.<sup id="cite_ref-hkcensus_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hkcensus-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>About 94.2% of Kowloon's residents are of <span class="citation-needed-content" style="padding-left:0.1em; padding-right:0.1em; color:var(--color-subtle, #54595d); border:1px solid var(--border-color-subtle, #c8ccd1);"><a href="/wiki/Han_Chinese" title="Han Chinese">Han Chinese</a></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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The largest ethnic minority groups are <a href="/wiki/Indonesians_in_Hong_Kong" title="Indonesians in Hong Kong">Indonesians</a> (1.8%), <a href="/wiki/Filipinos_in_Hong_Kong" title="Filipinos in Hong Kong">Filipinos</a> (1.5%), <a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Indians in Hong Kong">Indians</a> (0.5%), <a href="/wiki/Nepalese_in_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Nepalese in Hong Kong">Nepalese</a> (0.4%), and <a href="/wiki/British_people" title="British people">British</a> (0.3%).<sup id="cite_ref-hkcensus_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hkcensus-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around 86% of Kowloon's residents use <a href="/wiki/Cantonese_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Cantonese language">Cantonese</a> as their usual language, while 2.3% use English and 1.2% use <a href="/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese" title="Mandarin Chinese">Mandarin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hkcensus_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hkcensus-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Localities">Localities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Kowloon&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Localities" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> <p>Kowloon comprises these localities of Hong Kong: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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title="Hung Hom">Hung Hom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ho_Man_Tin" title="Ho Man Tin">Ho Man Tin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kai_Tak" class="mw-redirect" title="Kai Tak">Kai Tak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kowloon_Bay" title="Kowloon Bay">Kowloon Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kowloon_City" title="Kowloon City">Kowloon City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kowloon_Tong" title="Kowloon Tong">Kowloon Tong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kwun_Tong" title="Kwun Tong">Kwun Tong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lai_Chi_Kok" title="Lai Chi Kok">Lai Chi Kok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lam_Tin" title="Lam Tin">Lam Tin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lei_Yue_Mun" title="Lei Yue Mun">Lei Yue Mun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ma_Tau_Wai" title="Ma Tau Wai">Ma Tau Wai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mong_Kok" title="Mong Kok">Mong Kok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ngau_Chi_Wan" title="Ngau Chi Wan">Ngau Chi Wan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ngau_Tau_Kok" title="Ngau Tau Kok">Ngau Tau Kok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward,_Hong_Kong" title="Prince Edward, Hong Kong">Prince Edward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Po_Kong" title="San Po Kong">San Po Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sau_Mau_Ping" title="Sau Mau Ping">Sau Mau Ping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sham_Shui_Po" title="Sham Shui Po">Sham Shui Po</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shek_Kip_Mei" title="Shek Kip Mei">Shek Kip Mei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tai_Kok_Tsui" title="Tai Kok Tsui">Tai Kok Tsui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/To_Kwa_Wan" title="To Kwa Wan">To Kwa Wan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsim_Sha_Tsui" title="Tsim Sha Tsui">Tsim Sha Tsui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsz_Wan_Shan" title="Tsz Wan Shan">Tsz Wan Shan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Kowloon" title="West Kowloon">West Kowloon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wong_Tai_Sin" title="Wong Tai Sin">Wong Tai Sin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yau_Ma_Tei" title="Yau Ma Tei">Yau Ma Tei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yau_Tong" title="Yau Tong">Yau Tong</a></li></ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(7)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Kowloon&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Education" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-7 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-7"> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Hong_Kong_Polytechnic_University_east.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/The_Hong_Kong_Polytechnic_University_east.jpg/220px-The_Hong_Kong_Polytechnic_University_east.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="62" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3844" data-file-height="1080"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 62px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/The_Hong_Kong_Polytechnic_University_east.jpg/220px-The_Hong_Kong_Polytechnic_University_east.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="62" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/The_Hong_Kong_Polytechnic_University_east.jpg/330px-The_Hong_Kong_Polytechnic_University_east.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/The_Hong_Kong_Polytechnic_University_east.jpg/440px-The_Hong_Kong_Polytechnic_University_east.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Polytechnic_University" title="Hong Kong Polytechnic University">The Hong Kong Polytechnic University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hung_Hom" title="Hung Hom">Hung Hom</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:King_george_v_school_front_facade_2004.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/King_george_v_school_front_facade_2004.jpg/220px-King_george_v_school_front_facade_2004.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 147px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/King_george_v_school_front_facade_2004.jpg/220px-King_george_v_school_front_facade_2004.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="147" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/King_george_v_school_front_facade_2004.jpg/330px-King_george_v_school_front_facade_2004.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/King_george_v_school_front_facade_2004.jpg/440px-King_george_v_school_front_facade_2004.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/King_George_V_School_(Hong_Kong)" class="mw-redirect" title="King George V School (Hong Kong)">King George V School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ho_Man_Tin" title="Ho Man Tin">Homantin</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Lists of primary and secondary schools in Kowloon by district: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Kowloon_City_District" title="List of schools in Kowloon City District">List of schools in Kowloon City District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Kwun_Tong_District" title="List of schools in Kwun Tong District">List of schools in Kwun Tong District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Sham_Shui_Po_District" title="List of schools in Sham Shui Po District">List of schools in Sham Shui Po District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Wong_Tai_Sin_District" title="List of schools in Wong Tai Sin District">List of schools in Wong Tai Sin District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Yau_Tsim_Mong_District" title="List of schools in Yau Tsim Mong District">List of schools in Yau Tsim Mong District</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tertiary_education">Tertiary education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Kowloon&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Tertiary education" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/City_University_of_Hong_Kong" title="City University of Hong Kong">City University of Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Polytechnic_University" title="Hong Kong Polytechnic University">Hong Kong Polytechnic University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Baptist_University" title="Hong Kong Baptist University">Hong Kong Baptist University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Open_University_of_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Open University of Hong Kong">Open University of Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tung_Wah_College" title="Tung Wah College">Tung Wah College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Nang_Yan_College_of_Higher_Education" title="Hong Kong Nang Yan College of Higher Education">Hong Kong Nang Yan College of Higher Education</a></li> <li>Gratia Christian College</li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(8)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Kowloon&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notable people" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon 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the tunnels that link Kowloon with Hong Kong Island</figcaption></figure> <p>Kowloon is connected to Hong Kong Island by two road-only <a href="/wiki/Tunnel" title="Tunnel">tunnels</a> (the <a href="/wiki/Cross-Harbour_Tunnel" title="Cross-Harbour Tunnel">Cross-Harbour Tunnel</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Western_Harbour_Crossing" title="Western Harbour Crossing">Western Harbour Crossing</a>), three MTR railway tunnels (<a href="/wiki/Tsuen_Wan_line" title="Tsuen Wan line">Tsuen Wan line</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tung_Chung_line" title="Tung Chung line">Tung Chung line</a>/<a href="/wiki/Airport_Express_(MTR)" title="Airport Express (MTR)">Airport Express</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shatin_to_Central_Link#Cross_Harbour_Section" class="mw-redirect" title="Shatin to Central Link">East Rail</a>) and one combined road and MTR rail link tunnel (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Harbour_Tunnel" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Harbour Tunnel">Eastern Harbour Tunnel</a>, containing the <a href="/wiki/Tseung_Kwan_O_line" title="Tseung Kwan O line">Tseung Kwan O line</a> and road traffic in separate parallel conduits). 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207.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maze_Garden,_Kowloon_Park,_Tsim_Sha_Tsui,_Kowloon,_Hong_Kong_-_DSC06248.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Maze Garden, Kowloon Park, Tsim Sha Tsui"><noscript><img alt="Maze Garden, Kowloon Park, Tsim Sha Tsui" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Maze_Garden%2C_Kowloon_Park%2C_Tsim_Sha_Tsui%2C_Kowloon%2C_Hong_Kong_-_DSC06248.JPG/311px-Maze_Garden%2C_Kowloon_Park%2C_Tsim_Sha_Tsui%2C_Kowloon%2C_Hong_Kong_-_DSC06248.JPG" decoding="async" width="208" height="120" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="5320" data-file-height="3078"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 208px;height: 120px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Maze_Garden%2C_Kowloon_Park%2C_Tsim_Sha_Tsui%2C_Kowloon%2C_Hong_Kong_-_DSC06248.JPG/311px-Maze_Garden%2C_Kowloon_Park%2C_Tsim_Sha_Tsui%2C_Kowloon%2C_Hong_Kong_-_DSC06248.JPG" data-alt="Maze Garden, Kowloon Park, Tsim Sha Tsui" data-width="208" data-height="120" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Maze_Garden%2C_Kowloon_Park%2C_Tsim_Sha_Tsui%2C_Kowloon%2C_Hong_Kong_-_DSC06248.JPG/467px-Maze_Garden%2C_Kowloon_Park%2C_Tsim_Sha_Tsui%2C_Kowloon%2C_Hong_Kong_-_DSC06248.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Maze_Garden%2C_Kowloon_Park%2C_Tsim_Sha_Tsui%2C_Kowloon%2C_Hong_Kong_-_DSC06248.JPG/623px-Maze_Garden%2C_Kowloon_Park%2C_Tsim_Sha_Tsui%2C_Kowloon%2C_Hong_Kong_-_DSC06248.JPG 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Maze Garden, <a href="/wiki/Kowloon_Park" title="Kowloon Park">Kowloon Park</a>, Tsim Sha Tsui</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 180px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 178px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Boeing_747-428,_Air_France_AN0278440.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="An Air France Boeing 747 passing above Kowloon, prior to landing at the old airport in 1998."><noscript><img alt="An Air France Boeing 747 passing above Kowloon, prior to landing at the old airport in 1998." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Boeing_747-428%2C_Air_France_AN0278440.jpg/267px-Boeing_747-428%2C_Air_France_AN0278440.jpg" decoding="async" width="178" height="120" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="692"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 178px;height: 120px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Boeing_747-428%2C_Air_France_AN0278440.jpg/267px-Boeing_747-428%2C_Air_France_AN0278440.jpg" data-alt="An Air France Boeing 747 passing above Kowloon, prior to landing at the old airport in 1998." data-width="178" data-height="120" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Boeing_747-428%2C_Air_France_AN0278440.jpg/400px-Boeing_747-428%2C_Air_France_AN0278440.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Boeing_747-428%2C_Air_France_AN0278440.jpg/533px-Boeing_747-428%2C_Air_France_AN0278440.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">An Air France Boeing 747 passing above Kowloon, prior to landing at the old airport in 1998.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 178px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 176px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Star_Ferry_Pier.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Star Ferry Pier, with the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and Tsim Sha Tsui Clock Tower in the background."><noscript><img alt="Star Ferry Pier, with the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and Tsim Sha Tsui Clock Tower in the background." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Star_Ferry_Pier.jpg/264px-Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Star_Ferry_Pier.jpg" decoding="async" width="176" height="120" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2132" data-file-height="1456"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 176px;height: 120px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Star_Ferry_Pier.jpg/264px-Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Star_Ferry_Pier.jpg" data-alt="Star Ferry Pier, with the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and Tsim Sha Tsui Clock Tower in the background." data-width="176" data-height="120" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Star_Ferry_Pier.jpg/396px-Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Star_Ferry_Pier.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Star_Ferry_Pier.jpg/527px-Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Star_Ferry_Pier.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Star_Ferry_Pier,_Tsim_Sha_Tsui" title="Star Ferry Pier, Tsim Sha Tsui">Star Ferry Pier</a>, with the <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Cultural_Centre" title="Hong Kong Cultural Centre">Hong Kong Cultural Centre</a> and <a href="/wiki/Clock_Tower,_Hong_Kong" title="Clock Tower, Hong Kong">Tsim Sha Tsui Clock Tower</a> in the background.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kowloon_Masjid_and_Islamic_Centre_from_East_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kowloon Masjid and Islamic Centre"><noscript><img alt="Kowloon Masjid and Islamic Centre" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Kowloon_Masjid_and_Islamic_Centre_from_East_2.jpg/240px-Kowloon_Masjid_and_Islamic_Centre_from_East_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 160px;height: 120px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Kowloon_Masjid_and_Islamic_Centre_from_East_2.jpg/240px-Kowloon_Masjid_and_Islamic_Centre_from_East_2.jpg" data-alt="Kowloon Masjid and Islamic Centre" data-width="160" data-height="120" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Kowloon_Masjid_and_Islamic_Centre_from_East_2.jpg/360px-Kowloon_Masjid_and_Islamic_Centre_from_East_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Kowloon_Masjid_and_Islamic_Centre_from_East_2.jpg/480px-Kowloon_Masjid_and_Islamic_Centre_from_East_2.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Kowloon_Masjid_and_Islamic_Centre" title="Kowloon Masjid and Islamic Centre">Kowloon Masjid and Islamic Centre</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kowloon-from-Hong-Kong-Island-2015-Luka-Peternel.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Night view of Kowloon from Hong Kong Island"><noscript><img alt="Night view of Kowloon from Hong Kong Island" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Kowloon-from-Hong-Kong-Island-2015-Luka-Peternel.jpg/270px-Kowloon-from-Hong-Kong-Island-2015-Luka-Peternel.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 180px;height: 120px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Kowloon-from-Hong-Kong-Island-2015-Luka-Peternel.jpg/270px-Kowloon-from-Hong-Kong-Island-2015-Luka-Peternel.jpg" data-alt="Night view of Kowloon from Hong Kong Island" data-width="180" data-height="120" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Kowloon-from-Hong-Kong-Island-2015-Luka-Peternel.jpg/405px-Kowloon-from-Hong-Kong-Island-2015-Luka-Peternel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Kowloon-from-Hong-Kong-Island-2015-Luka-Peternel.jpg/540px-Kowloon-from-Hong-Kong-Island-2015-Luka-Peternel.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Night view of Kowloon from <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Island" title="Hong Kong Island">Hong Kong Island</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:808px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HK_Kowloon_Panorama_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kowloon Peninsula panorama"><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/HK_Kowloon_Panorama_2009.jpg/800px-HK_Kowloon_Panorama_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="800" height="188" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2979" data-file-height="700"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 800px;height: 188px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/HK_Kowloon_Panorama_2009.jpg/800px-HK_Kowloon_Panorama_2009.jpg" data-alt="" 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(February 2020)">self-published source</span></a></i>]</sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">James Hayes, <i>The Hong Kong Region 1850–1911</i>. Hong Kong, 2012. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9888139118" title="Special:BookSources/9888139118">9888139118</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.yearbook.gov.hk/2003/english/chapter21/21_05.html">"Hong Kong 2003 – History"</a>. <i>www.yearbook.gov.hk</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110926094615/http://www.yearbook.gov.hk/2003/english/chapter21/21_05.html">Archived</a> from the original on 26 September 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 April</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.yearbook.gov.hk&rft.atitle=Hong+Kong+2003+%26ndash%3B%26%2332%3BHistory&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yearbook.gov.hk%2F2003%2Fenglish%2Fchapter21%2F21_05.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKowloon" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-hkcensus-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-hkcensus_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-hkcensus_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-hkcensus_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census2011.gov.hk/en/district-profiles.html"><i>District Profiles</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Census" 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data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon" title="Kowloon – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Kowloon" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koulun" title="Koulun – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Koulun" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8" title="কাউলুন – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="কাউলুন" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ki%C3%BA-li%C3%B4ng" title="Kiú-liông – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Kiú-liông" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon" title="Kowloon – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Kowloon" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%BD" title="Коулун – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Коулун" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon" title="Kowloon – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Kowloon" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon_(kapital_sa_distrito_sa_Hong_Kong)" title="Kowloon (kapital sa distrito sa Hong Kong) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Kowloon (kapital sa distrito sa Hong Kong)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kau-lung" title="Kau-lung – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Kau-lung" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon" title="Kowloon – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Kowloon" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon" title="Kowloon – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kowloon" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon" title="Kowloon – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Kowloon" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%B1%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BD_(%CF%80%CF%8C%CE%BB%CE%B7)" title="Καουλούν (πόλη) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Καουλούν (πόλη)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon" title="Kowloon – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Kowloon" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka%C5%ADluno" title="Kaŭluno – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kaŭluno" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon" title="Kowloon – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Kowloon" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86" title="کاولون – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کاولون" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon" title="Kowloon – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Kowloon" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ki%C3%BA-li%C3%B9ng" title="Kiú-liùng – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Kiú-liùng" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B0%80%EC%9A%B0%EB%A3%BD" title="가우룽 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="가우룽" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%B8%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AC%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6" title="Կոուլուն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Կոուլուն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon" title="Kowloon – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kowloon" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon" title="Kowloon – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Kowloon" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9F" title="קאולון – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קאולון" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="კოულუნი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კოულუნი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D0%B7%D1%8E%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%BD" title="Цзюлун – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Цзюлун" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaulunas" title="Kaulunas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kaulunas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaulung" title="Kaulung – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Kaulung" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%BD" title="Коулун – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Коулун" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A8" title="कौलून – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="कौलून" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%AA%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9_%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%89_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC)" title="كولون (تجمع سكان فى هونج كونج) – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="كولون (تجمع سكان فى هونج كونج)" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon" title="Kowloon – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Kowloon" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gi%C5%AB-l%E1%B9%B3%CC%80ng" title="Giū-lṳ̀ng – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Giū-lṳ̀ng" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon" title="Kowloon – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Kowloon" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%9D%E9%BE%8D" title="九龍 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="九龍" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon" title="Kowloon – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Kowloon" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon" title="Kowloon – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Kowloon" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szyulun" title="Szyulun – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Szyulun" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koulun" title="Koulun – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Koulun" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon" title="Kowloon – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Kowloon" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon" title="Kowloon – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Kowloon" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D0%B7%D1%8E%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%BD" title="Цзюлун – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Цзюлун" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon" title="Kowloon – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Kowloon" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%BD" title="Каулун – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Каулун" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon" title="Kowloon – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Kowloon" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon" title="Kowloon – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Kowloon" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D" title="கவுலூன் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="கவுலூன்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%99" title="เกาลูน – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="เกาลูน" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon" title="Kowloon – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Kowloon" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%BD" title="Коулун – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Коулун" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86_(%DB%81%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF)" title="کولون (ہانگ کانگ) – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="کولون (ہانگ کانگ)" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%E1%BB%ADu_Long,_H%E1%BB%93ng_K%C3%B4ng" title="Cửu Long, Hồng Kông – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Cửu Long, Hồng Kông" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-classical mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%9D%E9%BE%8D" title="九龍 – Literary Chinese" lang="lzh" hreflang="lzh" data-title="九龍" data-language-autonym="文言" data-language-local-name="Literary Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>文言</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon" title="Kowloon – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Kowloon" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%9D%E9%BE%99" title="九龙 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="九龙" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%9D%E9%BE%8D" title="九龍 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="九龍" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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