Kowloon Walled City
Also known as Walled City
human settlement in Kowloon City, Hong Kong
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- Locality
- 香港 Hong Kong
- Region
- Wong Tai Sin District
- Country
- 中国
- Population
- 4,411
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Alternative Chinese name Traditional Chinese九龍寨城 Simplified Chinese九龙寨城
Kowloon Walled City (Chinese: 九龍城寨) was an extremely densely populated and largely lawless enclave within the boundaries of Kowloon City of former British Hong Kong. Built as an imperial Chinese military fort, the walled city became an enclave of the Qing dynasty in 1898, when the New Territories were leased to the United Kingdom. Due to disagreements with the British authorities and political instability within China around the time, neither took jurisdiction over the enclave, creating a power vacuum.
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