Kowloon
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 one of the three areas of Hong Kong, along with Hong Kong Island and the New Territories. It is an urban area 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 the smallest, second most populous, and most densely populated of the divisions.