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Kowloon City District

District in Hong Kong

Field	Value
name	Kowloon City
official_name	Kowloon City District
native_name	九龍城區
native_name_lang	zh-Hant-HK
type	District
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image1	HK_Kowloon_City_District_2008.jpg
caption1	Aerial view of Kowloon City
image2	Kowloon_Walled_City_Park_Old_South_Gate_2010.JPG
caption2	Kowloon Walled City Park
image3	Sung_Wong_Toi.jpg
caption3	Sung Wong Toi
image4	Whampoa Garden Hong Kong.jpg
caption4	Whampoa Garden
image5	Kai_Tak_Cruise_Terminal_in_June_2014.jpg
caption5	Kai Tak Cruise Terminal
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	11
mapframe-point	none
image_map1	Hong Kong Kowloon City District.svg
map_caption1	Location of Kowloon City District within Hong Kong
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	China
subdivision_type1	SAR
subdivision_name1	Hong Kong
leader_title	District Officer
leader_name	Tso Man Kwan
leader_title1	District Council Chairman
leader_name1	Ho Hin-ming
leader_title2	District Council Vice-Chairman
leader_name2	Ng Po-Keung
parts_type	Constituencies
parts_style	para
p1	25
area_total_km2	9.97
population_as_of	2016
population_total	418,732
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	Hong Kong Time
utc_offset	+8
website	[Kowloon City District Council](http://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/kc/english/welcome/welcome.html)
blank1_name_sec1	Largest neighbourhood by population
blank1_info_sec1	Ma Tau Kok (53,800 – 2016 est)

Note

the administrative district

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Kowloon City District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in the city of Kowloon and cut through by Boundary Street. It had a population of 381,352 in 2001, and increased to 418,732 in 2016. The district has the third most educated residents while its residents enjoy the highest income in Kowloon. It borders all the other districts in Kowloon, with Kwun Tong district to the east, Wong Tai Sin district to its northeast, Sham Shui Po district to its northwest, and Yau Tsim Mong district to its southwest.

Kowloon City district covers about 1,000 hectares, and is mainly a residential area; most of its people live in private sector housing, including old tenement buildings, private residential developments and low-rise villas; the rest of them mainly live in public rental housing and the Home Ownership Scheme estates. It is the only district that incorporated into the land of Hong Kong in different stages (Convention of Peking, Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory and the demolition of the Kowloon Walled City)

The district includes many notable areas of Kowloon, such as Ho Man Tin, Hung Hom, Kai Tak Airport, Kowloon Tong, Ma Tau Wai, To Kwa Wan, and Whampoa Garden, and the proper Kowloon City, from where it derives its namesake.

History

According to reliable historical records such as the History book of Song Dynasty (宋史), emperor Emperor Duanzong (Zhao Shi) and emperor Zhao Bing took refuge in nowadays Kowloon City District. Sung Wong Toi was a remarkable monument during that era.

Part of the district was the location of the original Kowloon Walled City, see Kowloon Walled City. This is now Walled City Park.

The former airport, Kai Tak International Airport was also located in the district; part of it will be re-developed to be Kai Tak Cruise Terminal. In 1982, the Hong Kong Government decided to divide Hong Kong into 18 administrative districts, and Kowloon City and its neighbouring areas such as Hung Hom now belongs to Kowloon City District.

Areas

Ho Man Tin
Hung Hom
Kadoorie Hill
Kai Tak
Kowloon City
Kowloon Tong
To Kwa Wan
Whampoa
Ma Tau Wai
Kowloon Bay
San Po Kong

Sights

Kowloon Walled City Park
Sung Wong Toi Park
Holy Trinity Cathedral

Education

; Universities

Hong Kong Baptist University (Kowloon Tong main campus)
Hong Kong Metropolitan University (Ho Man Tin main campus)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hung Hom main campus)

Hong Kong Public Library maintains the Kowloon Public Library in the district. It also operates the Hung Hom, Kowloon City, and To Kwa Wan libraries.

References

[https://www.had.gov.hk/en/18_districts/my_map_05.htm Welcome Message from Miss Alice CHOI, JP, District Officer (Kowloon City) Retrieved 2024-10-21]
(2017). "2016 Population Census: Summary Results". Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong Government.
(8 December 2017). "District Profiles". Hong Kong Government.
"2016 HK Population by-Census Table A201a Population by District Council District and Year, Retrieved 2018-05-24".
[http://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/kc/english/info/highlight_01.html Kowloon City district highlights extracted from Council website, Retrieved 2018-05-24]
"Kowloon City Libraries". [[Hong Kong Public Library]].

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