Kowloon Peninsula
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<tr><td valign=top colspan="2" style="white-space: nowrap; font-size:85%;">Chinese:</td><td valign=top style="font-size:110%;">九龍半島</td></tr><tr><td valign=top rowspan="2" align="left" style="width:55px; font-size:85%;">Mandarin</td><tr><td valign=top style="width:60px; font-size:85%;">Hanyu Pinyin:</td><td valign=top class="Unicode" style="font-size:90%;">Jǐulǒng Bàndǎo</td></tr><tr><td valign=top rowspan="2" align="left" style="width:55px; font-size:85%;">Cantonese</td><tr><td valign=top style="width:60px; font-size:85%;">IPA:</td><td valign=top title="Pronunciation in IPA" class="IPA" style="font-size:85%">[kɐʊ35 ləʊŋ11 pʊn33 təʊ35]</td></tr><tr><td valign=top> </td><td valign=top style="width:60px; font-size:85%;">Jyutping:</td><td valign=top class="Unicode" style="font-size:85%;">gau2 lung4 bun3 dou2</td></tr>
The Kowloon Peninsula, commonly referred to as Kowloon, is a peninsula that forms the southern part of the main landmass in the territory of Hong Kong, China. Historically speaking, it refers to the ceded territories of Kowloon in 1860, but geographically it covers the entire Kowloon south of the mountain ranges of Lion Rock, Kowloon Peak, etc.
Kowloon Bay is located at the northeast of the peninsula.
See also
Categories
Peninsulas of Hong Kong |
Kowloon
