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Kowloon is located north of Hong Kong Island and south of the mainland part of the New Territories. It comprises the following Districts of Hong Kong|districts:
Category:Coastal_cities Kowloon covers two geographical constituencies for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong:
The part of Kowloon south of Boundary Street, together with Stonecutters Island, was ceded from Qing China to United Kingdom|Britain under the Convention of Peking of 1860. For many years the area remained largely undeveloped, used by the British mainly for tiger-hunting expeditions. The part of Kowloon north of Boundary Street (New Kowloon) was leased from Qing China to Britain as part of the New Territories in 1898 for 99 years. Within New Kowloon is the Kowloon City, which refers to a district where the Kowloon Walled City used to be located. The Kowloon Walled City itself was demolished in 1993. (The same region was called Guanfuchang (官富場) during the Song Dynasty.) In modern day conversations, however, New Kowloon is often not regarded as part of the New Territories, but as an integral part of the Kowloon urban area on both sides of Boundary Street. Large-scale development of Kowloon began in the early 20th Century, with the construction of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation|Kowloon-Canton Railway, the Kowloon Wharf, and the Kai Tak Airport. Precisely because of the airport, building height restrictions had been in place for many years. Yet Kowloon still became extremely congested, especially after the Second World War, when slums for refugees from China gave way to public housings, mixed with private residential, commercial and industrial areas. On July 1, 1997, both parts of Kowloon were returned to China along with the rest of Hong Kong.
Category:Hong Kong Category:Cities and towns in Hong Kong Islands of Hong Kong de:Kowloon ja:九龍 pl:Koulun zh:九龍 This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Kowloon".
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