Kowloon City District

This airticle is aboot the admeenistrative destrict. For the aurie athin this destrict, see Kowloon City.

Kowloon City Destrict (Cheenese: 九龍城區) is ane o the 18 destricts o Hong Kong. It is locatit in the ceety o Kowloon. It haed a population o 381,352 in 2001. The destrict haes the third maist educatit residents while its residents enjoy the heichest income in Kowloon.

Kowloon City District
District
Location o Kowloon City District athin Hong Kong
Coordinates: 22°19′42″N 114°11′30″E
Kintra	Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
Special admeenistrative region	Hong Kong
Constituencies	25
Govrenment
• Destrict Officer	Miss Agnes Wong, JP
• District Council Chairman	Lau Wai-wing
Area
• Total	9.97 km2 (3.85 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	362,501
• Density	36,000/km2 (94,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (Hong Kong Time)
Website	Kowloon City District Council

Kowloon City District
Kowloon City District
Traditional Chinese	九龍城區
Simplified Chinese	九龙城区
Transcriptions Staundart Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jiǔlóngchéng Qū Wade–Giles Chiulungch'eng Ch'ü IPA [tɕjòulʊ̌ŋ ʈʂʰə̌ŋtɕʰý] Yue: Cantonese Jyutping gau2 lung4 sing4 keoi1 IPA [kɐ̌ulʊ̏ŋ sȉːŋkʰɵ̂y]

Kowloon City Destrict is a relatively law densitie residential aurie.

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

History

A section of Fuk Lo Tsun Road, Kowloon City

Pairt o the destrict wis the location o the oreeginal Kowloon City, see Kowloon Walled City. This is nou Walled City Park.

The umwhile airport, Kai Tak Internaitional Airport wis locatit in the destrict an aw; pairt o it will be re-developit tae be Kai Tak Cruise Terminal. In 1982, the Hong Kong Govrenment decidit tae divide Hong Kong intae 18 admeenistrative destricts, an Kowloon City an its neebourin auries such as Hung Hom nou belangs tae Kowloon City District.

Sichts

• Kowloon Walled City
• Sung Wong Toi Park
• Holy Trinity Cathedral

Varsities

• City University of Hong Kong
• Hong Kong Baptist University
• Open University of Hong Kong
• Hong Kong Polytechnic University

See an aw

• Leet o auries o Hong Kong

Freemit airtins

• Kowloon City District Council Archived 2015-04-24 at the Wayback Machine
• List and map of electoral constituencies (large PDF file) Archived 2006-10-23 at the Wayback Machine