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| Climate Kowloon :
| tropical monsoon; cool and humid in winter, hot and rainy from spring through summer, warm and sunny in fall .
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| Life expectancy Kowloon :
| 81.39 years .
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| Fertility rate Kowloon :
| 0.91 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type :
| limited democracy .
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| Population :
| 6,855,125 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Area Total :
| 1,092 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use :
| 3,801,300 (2003) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular :
| 7,241,400 (2003) .
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| International Country Code :
| 852.
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Current account balance : $17.42 billion (2003) .
HIV Kowloon : 0.1% (2003 est.)
Population below poverty line : NA . Literacy : 93,50%
House hold income lowest than 10% : NA
House hold income highest than 10% : NA
Inflation : -2.6% (2003 est.) .
Unemployment Rate : 7.9% (2003) .
Internet Users : 3,212,800 (2003) .
Location Kowloon : Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China .
Geographic Coordinates : 22 15 N, 114 10 E .
Religion : eclectic mixture of local religions 90%, Christian 10% .
Administrative region : none (special administrative region of China) .
Terrain : hilly to mountainous with steep slopes; lowlands in north .
Elevation extremes lowest : South China Sea 0 m .
Elevation extremes highest : Tai Mo Shan 958 m .
Natural resources : outstanding deepwater harbor, feldspar .
Land use arable land : 5,05%.
Land use permanentcrops : 1,01%.
Irrigated land : 20 sq km (1998 est.) .
Natural hazards : occasional typhoons .
Environment current issues : air and water pollution from rapid urbanization .
Geography note : more than 200 islands .
Population : 6,855,125 (July 2004 est.) .
age -14 p : 14,20%.
age -14 men : 510 702.
age -14 ladies : 465 145.
age 15/64 p : 73,30%.
age 15/64 men : 2 461 914.
age 15/64 ladies : 2 560 382.
age +65 p : 12,50%.
age +65 men : 394 697.
age +65 ladies : 462 285.
date : 2004 est..
median age total : 39.4 years .
median age male : 39.3 years .
median age female : 39.6 years (2004 est.) .
population growth rate : 0.65% (2004 est.) .
population growth rate note : .
birth rate : 7.23 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
death rate : 5.98 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
net migration rate : 5.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
sex ratio at birth : 1.09 male(s)/female .
sex ratio under 15 : 1.1 male(s)/female .
sex ratio 15/64 : 0.96 male(s)/female .
sex ratio more 65 : 0.85 male(s)/female .
sex ratio total : 0.97 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
infant mortality rate male : 3.16 deaths/1,000 live births .
infant mortality rate female : 2.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) .
life expectancy at birth total : 81.39 years .
life expectancy at birth male : 78.72 years .
life expectancy at birth female : 84.3 years (2004 est.) .
total fertility rate : 0.91 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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In modern day Hong Kong, Kowloon refers to the urban area 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. Population (2000): 2,071,000. Population density: 44,000 people/km˛ or 112,000 people/mi˛. The peninsula's area is approximately 47 km˛ or 18.1 mi˛. It, together with Hong Kong Island, contains 47% of Hong Kong's total population.
More accurate transcription Kau Lung or Kau-lung was often used in derived place names before World War II period, like Kau-lung Bay instead of Kowloon Bay.
Kowloon is located north of Hong Kong Island and south of the mainland part of the New Territories.
History
Kowloon means nine dragons and represents the eight peaks (1.Castle Peak (583 m), 2.Tai Mo Shan (958 m), 3.Tate's Cairn (583 m), 4.Lion Rock (495 m), 5. Ma On Shan (702 m), 6. Kowloon Peak (602 m), 7. Sharp Peak (468 m), etc...) and the ninth being the Chinese emperor.
The part of Kowloon south of Boundary Street, together with Stonecutters Island, was ceded from Qing China to United Kingdom under the Convention of Peking of 1860. For many years the area remained largely undeveloped, used by the British mainly for tiger-hunting expeditions.
The part of Kowloon north of Boundary Street (New Kowloon) was leased from Qing China to Britain as part of the New Territories in 1898 for 99 years. Within New Kowloon is the Kowloon City, which refers to an area where the Kowloon Walled City used to be located. The Kowloon Walled City itself was demolished in 1993. (The same area was called ??? (Pinyin: Guanfuchang) during the Song Dynasty.)
In modern day conversations, however, New Kowloon is often not regarded as part of the New Territories, but as an integral part of the Kowloon urban area on both sides of Boundary Street. For rates tax purposes, New Kowloon is not considered part of Kowloon. Properties in New Kowloon are subjected to pay the land leases as those in the New Territories.
Large-scale development of Kowloon began in the early 20th century, with the construction of the Kowloon-Canton Railway, the Kowloon Wharf, and the Kai Tak Airport. Precisely because of the airport, building height restrictions had been in place for many years. Yet Kowloon still became extremely congested, especially after the Second World War, when slums for refugees from the newly established People's Republic of China gave way to public housing estates, mixed with private residential, commercial and industrial areas.
On July 1, 1997, both parts of Kowloon were transferred to the People's Republic of China along with the rest of Hong Kong.
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