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What was the population density of the Kowloon Walled City before 1993?

Question #151674. Asked by BigTriviaDawg.
Last updated Aug 27 2024.
Originally posted Aug 27 2024 8:05 PM.

psnz

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psnz

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Some 1.9 million persons per square kilometre. At the time, it was the most densely populated place on Earth.

http://cyborganthropology.com/Kowloon_Walled_City

Kowloon Walled City was an extremely densely populated and largely ungoverned enclave of China within the boundaries of Kowloon City, British Hong Kong.
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By the late 1980s, the walled city contained roughly 35,000 residents within its territory of 2.6 hectares (6.4 acres; 26,000 m2).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon_Walled_City

In 1987, a planned eviction and demolition process began and was complete in April 1994. The area has been turned into a park.

Response last updated by psnz on Aug 27 2024.
Aug 27 2024, 8:07 PM

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