Kowloon Walled City
Kowloon Walled City was an ungoverned and densely populated de jure Chinese enclave within the boundaries of British Hong Kong.
Kowloon Walled City was an ungoverned and densely populated de jure Chinese enclave within the boundaries of British Hong Kong. Originally a Chinese military fort, it became an enclave after the New Territories were leased to Britain in 1898. The Walled City's population increased dramatically following World War II, and by 1987 it had an estimated 33,000 residents within its 2.6-hectare borders, making it one of the most densely populated places on Earth at approximately 1.2 million inhabitants per square kilometre. The city was demolished between 1993 and 1994; the Kowloon Walled City Park was built in its place and opened in December 1995.
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Getting to Kowloon Walled City
- Airports
- Hong Kong (HKG), 28 km · Shenzhen Bao'an (SZX), 52 km · Macau (MFM), 65 km
- Shenzhen → Kowloon Walled City27 km · quickest by road, 53 min · ¥16–21
- Nossa Senhora do Carmo → Kowloon Walled City68 km · quickest by road, 1h 49m · $7–9
- Zhuhai (Jinwan) → Kowloon Walled City91 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · ¥45–60
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Kowloon Walled City
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kowloon Walled City. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inHelicopter transfers can be arranged between Hong Kong International Airport and the roof-top landing pad at the Peninsula Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui.
- Get aroundThe 5 follows Chatham Road north at first on its run from the Star Ferry pier to Fu Shan, with the 6 going northwest from the dock to Lai Chi Kok and providing access to the western side of the peninsula.
- Get aroundRoutes 5R, 22, and 22M as well as some minibuses connect from Kai Tak Cruise Terminal to different regional subcenters where passengers can further transfer to other bus, metro, other transit services, or explore these local area.
- Get aroundTogether with line, they cover most part of the Kowloon area, with feeder bus and green minibus available at various stations for connection into more localized area.
- Get aroundThere are also red minibus hubs scattering around Mong Kok and Kwun Tong.
From Wikivoyage: Hong Kong/Kowloon, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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