Kowloon

In modern day Hong Kong, Kowloon (九龍; Cantonese IPA:; Jyutping: gau2 lung4; Mandarin Pinyin: Jiǔlóng; lit. "nine dragons") refers to the urban area made up of Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon, bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Stonecutter's Island in the west, Tate's Cairn and Lion Rock in the north, and Victoria Harbour in the south. Population (2000): 2,071,000. Population density: 44,000 people/km². It, together with Hong Kong Island, contains 47% of Hong Kong's total population.

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Kowloon: Location ►

Cantonese: Cantonese generally refers to people or things associated with Guangdong Province, Hong Kong or Macau in China....

IPA: REDIRECT International Phonetic Alphabet...

Jyutping: Jyutping (Traditional Chinese: 粵拼; Simplified Chinese: 粤拼; pinyin: yu?pīn; Yale: yuhtpīng; sometimes spelled Jyutpin) is a romanization system for Standard Cantonese developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK) in 1993. Its formal name is The Linguist...

Kowloon related Images and Photos (experimental)

Buildings on the Waterfront Kowloon Hong Kong China

Hong Kong Harbour and Kowloon at Dusk

Golden Pagoda in Nan Lian Garden Near Chi Lin Nunnery Diamond Hill Kowloon Hong Kong

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