Kowloon Walled City
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Summary
Kowloon Walled City is a human settlement[1]. It ranks in the top 0.0084% of human settlement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35,841 views/month, #3 of 35,923).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kowloon City District[3]
- Country: British Hong Kong[4]
- Instance of: former entity[5]
- Commons category: Kowloon Walled City[6]
- Inception: 1847[7]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1994[8]
- Population: 50,000[9]
- Described by source: Architecture and Anarchism: Building without Authority[10], City of Darkness[11], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12]
- Replaced by: Kowloon Walled City Park[13]
- Native label: 九龍寨城[14]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Kowloon Walled City include Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In[15], a film[16], directed by Soi Cheang[17] and Kowloon Walled City Park[18], an urban park[19], in People's Republic of China[20], founded in 1995[21].
Why It Matters
Kowloon Walled City has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]
It has been cited as an influence by Stray[24], a video game[25].
Entities named for it include Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In[15], a film[16], directed by Soi Cheang[17] and Kowloon Walled City Park[18], an urban park[19], in People's Republic of China[20], founded in 1995[21].
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Who did Kowloon Walled City influence?
Kowloon Walled City has been cited as an influence by Stray[24].