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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.
Location Kowloon is located north of Hong Kong Island and south of the
mainland part of the New Territories.
History Road]]The name Kowloon came from the nine dragons represented by
the eight peaks (1. Kowloon Peak, 2
