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Kowloon is an urban area in
Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. It is
bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen
and Stonecutter's Island in the west, the mountain range
including Tate's Cairn and Lion Rock in the north, and Victoria
Harbour in the south. It had a population of 2,019,533. Kowloon
is located north of Hong Kong Island and south of the mainland
part of the New Territories. The peninsula's area is
approximately 47 km2 . Together with Hong Kong Island, it
contains 48 percent of Hong Kong's total population.
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