Kowloon

Kowloon (English pronunciation: /ˌkaʊˈluːn/; traditional Chinese: 九龍; jyutping: gaulung) is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. It is bordered by the Lei Yue Mun straight 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 a population density of 43,033/km in 2006. Kowloon is located north of Hong Kong Island and south of the mainland part of the New Territories. The peninsula's area is approximately 47 km or 18.1 mi. Together with Hong Kong Island, it contains 48 percent of Hong Kong's total population. The systematic transcription Kau Lung or Kau-lung was often used...