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Kowloon
refers
to
an
urban
area
in
Hong
Kong
made
up
of
Kowloon
Peninsula
and
New
Kowloon,
bordered
by
the
Lei
Yue
Mun
strait
in
the
east,
Mei
Foo
Sun
Chuen
and
Stonecutter's
Island
in
the
west,
Tate's
Cairn
and
Lion
Rock
in
the
north,
and
Victoria
Harbour
in
the
south.
It
had
a
population
of
2,019,533
and
its
population
density
was
43,033/km˛
in
2006.
The
peninsula's
area
is
approximately
47
km˛
or
18.1
mi˛.
Together
with
Hong
Kong
Island,
it
contains
48%
of
Hong
Kong's
total
population.
The
more
accurate
transcription
Kau
Lung
or
Kau-lung
was
often
used
in
derived
place
names
before
World
War
II,
for
example
Kau-lung
Bay
instead
of
Kowloon
Bay. |
