Kowloon City District

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Kowloon City District

District emblem
Location within the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Click here for satellite image)
District Officer	Miss Agnes Wong, JP
Constituencies	22
Area   –Land   –Water	9.97 km² km² km²
Population   –Total (2001)   –Density	381,352 38,250/km²
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Official website: Kowloon City District Council

Kowloon City District (九龍城區) is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong, China. It is located in Kowloon. Population (2000): 406,000. Area: approx. 10 km².

Kowloon City District is chiefly a residential area.

Areas include: Ho Man Tin, Hung Hom, Kai Tak, Kowloon Tong, Ma Tau Wai, To Kwa Wan, and Whampoa Garden, and the proper Kowloon City.

Contents 1 History 2 Sights 3 Universities 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] History

Part of the district was the location the original Kowloon 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, Hong Kong Government decided to divide Hong Kong into 18 administrative districts, and Kowloon City and its neighbour areas such as Hung Hom now belongs to Kowloon City District.

[edit] Sights

• Kowloon Walled City
• Sung Wong Toi Park

[edit] Universities

• Hong Kong Baptist University
• Open University of Hong Kong

[edit] See also

• List of buildings, sites and areas in Hong Kong

[edit] External links

• Kowloon City District Council
• List and map of electoral constituencies (large PDF file)

Districts of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Island: Central and Western | Eastern | Southern | Wan Chai
Kowloon (including New Kowloon): Kowloon City | Kwun Tong | Sham Shui Po | Wong Tai Sin | Yau Tsim Mong
New Territories: Islands | Kwai Tsing | North | Sai Kung | Sha Tin | Tai Po | Tsuen Wan | Tuen Mun | Yuen Long