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Kowloon Walled Citadel, officially the Republic of Kowloon City (ADD TRANSLATION AND PRONUNCIATION HERE), is a landlocked city-state and enclave within the boundaries of Kowloon City, Hong Kong. Though it is technically the smallest and most densely populated state in the world, ???, which accounts for nearly 99.977% of the city's actual area as of 2024. Likewise, only 4.5% (50,600) of residents live in the Euclidean part of the city, while 95.5% (1,070,300) live in the pocket dimension.
Republic of Kowloon City
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Anthem: "Song of the Great Walled City" |
Kowloon Walled Citadel | |
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Coordinates: 22°19′56″N 114°11′25″E |
Republic of Kowloon City | |
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Capital | Kowloon Walled City (city-state) 22°19′56″N 114°11′25″E |
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National language | Cantonese[lower-alpha 1] |
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Demonym(s) | Kowlooner Kowloonese |
Government | Unitary presidential republic |
• President | Samuel Liu |
• Vice President | Huang Wen |
• Chief Overseer | Shuhui Zhu |
• Chief Speaker | Zichen Ji |
• Chief Justice | David Yuen |
Legislature | Reformed Council of the Kowloon City Triads |
Independence from the United Kingdom and China | |
• Beginnings as military outpost | 1662 to 9 June 1898 |
9 June 1898 | |
25 December 1941 to 15 August 1945 | |
• Kowloon Walled City Rebellion | 11 October 1991 |
• Convention for Kowloon Walled City Independence | 4 May 1994 |
Area | |
• Euclidean | 0.0259 km2 (0.0100 sq mi) (196th) |
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Population | |
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• Density | 10,181/km2 (26,368.7/sq mi) (3rd) |
GDP (PPP) | 2023 estimate |
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GDP (nominal) | 2023 estimate |
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Gini (2016) | ![]() high (3rd) |
HDI (2022) | ![]() medium (131st) |
Currency | Kowloon City dollar (KC$) (KCD) |
Time zone | UTC+08:00 (Kowloon City Time) |
Date format | dd/mm/yyyy yyyy年mm月dd日 |
Calling code | +851 |
ISO 3166 code | KC |
Internet TLD | .KC |
The city's origins begin as an Imperial Chinese [[
Built as an Imperial Chinese military fort, the walled city became a de jure enclave after the New Territories were leased to the United Kingdom in 1898. Its population increased dramatically after the end of the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong during World War II, attracting mostly refugees fleeing the renewed Chinese Civil War.
By the late 1980s, the walled city contained roughly 35,000 residents[1] within its territory of 2.6 hectares (6.4 acres; 26,000 m2). As a result of the absence of any widely recognized bureaucracy, the city's residents and businesses had no municipal codes with which to adhere. Stemming further from the anarchic nature of the area, businesses that dealt in otherwise banned products, ranging from narcotics to dog meat, thrived. From the 1950s to the 1970s, it was controlled by local triads and had high rates of prostitution, gambling, and drug abuse.[2]
In January 1987, the British colonial government announced plans to demolish the walled city. After an arduous eviction process, and the transfer of de jure sovereignty of the enclave from China to Britain, demolition began in March 1993 and was completed in April 1994.[3]
Kowloon Walled City Park opened in December 1995 and occupies the area of the former walled city. Some historical artefacts from the walled city, including its yamen building and remnants of its southern gate, have been preserved there.