Nathan Road (Hong Kong)

Nathan Road (Chinese: ???; Cantonese {{IPA2|ne?11 t?n55 t??22}}, Jyutping: nei4 deon1 dou6; Mandarin Pinyin: Mí D?n Dào) is the main thoroughfare in Kowloon, Hong Kong that goes in a south-north direction from Tsim Sha Tsui to Mong Kok. It is lined with shops, restaurants and tourists, and was known in the post-World War II years as the Golden Mile, a name that is now rarely used. It starts on the southern part of Kowloon at its junction with Salisbury Road, slightly north of Victoria Harbour, and ends at its intersection with Boundary Street in the north.

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Chinese - Cantonese - Jyutping - Mandarin - Pinyin - Kowloon - Hong Kong - Tsim Sha Tsui - Mong Kok - World War II - Salisbury Road - Victoria Harbour - Boundary Street

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The street is named after Sir Matthew Nathan, who served as the governor of Hong Kong between 1904 and 1907, and was the very first road built in Kowloon, in 1906, after the land was ceded by the then Qing Dynasty government.

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Matthew Nathan - Governor of Hong Kong - 1904 - 1907 - 1906 - Qing Dynasty

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