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Demographics[edit]

Population[edit]

Due to lack of government regulation in the area, data on demographics within Kowloon Walled City vary wildly. Rough estimates given by government officials through the years were considerably higher than census numbers.

  • 1668 – 30 guards, later 10
  • 1843 – 150 soldiers
  • 1854 – 300 soldiers (rebels)?
  • 1898 – 700 people (500 soldiers, 200 civilians)
  • 1898 – 150 people (afterwards)
  • 1904 – ~0 people ("nothing but desolation")
  • 1924 – ~300 ("a few hundred" people)
  • 1933 – "436 squatter-residents"
  • 1940 – ~0 people (demolished)
  • 1947 – "2,000 squatters"
  • 1971 – 10,004 people
  • 1980s – 33,000 people[1]


  • In 1973, a City District Officer estimated the population at 27,000.[2]
  • In a 1975 report, a government spokesman estimated the population to be between 20,000 and 30,000.[2]
  • A 1981 census of the surrounding area contained a leftover population of 14,617 people that would presumably reside in the Walled City, but a District Officer of Kowloon City at the time estimated 40,000 residents.[3]
  • In 1987, a formal government survey estimated the population at 33,000 people.[1]

Official census numbers, such as the estimated population of 10,004 residents in 1971, were commonly considered to be much too low. However, informal estimates often mistakenly included a nearby village that was not part of the city. Thus, for most of the Walled City's existence, accurate population information was impossible to obtain.[4]

Peak population[edit]

  • Front flap – 35,000 people
  • Page 9 – 33,000 people
  • Page 36 – 35,000 people (up to)
  • Page 38 – 33,000 people
  • Page 69 – 35,000 people (over)
  • Page 209 – 33,000 people (census)
  • Page 209 – 40,000 people (estimates, often as high as)[1]

Area[edit]

  • Front flap – 100 by 200 meters (No more than)
  • Page 9 – 6.5 acres
  • Page 10 – 2.7 hectares (almost 7 acres)
  • Page 60 – 6.5 acres, 700 by 400 foot parallelogram[1]


  • Based on 6.5 acres: 0.01015625 square miles; 0.0263045667 square kilometers
  • 0.026 square kilometres (0.010 sq mi)
  • An area of 6.5 acres (0.026 km2; 0.0102 sq mi).[1]

Density[edit]

  • Based on 6.5 acres and 33,000 people:
  • 3,240,000/sq mi (1,249,000/km2)
  • 1,270,000/km2 (3,290,000/sq mi)
  • 5,076.92 inhabitants per acre (3,249,230/sq mi)
  • 5,077 inhabitants per acre (3,249,000/sq mi)
  • 5,077 inhabitants per acre (1,255,000/km2)


  • Based on the 1987 government survey, the Walled City had a peak population density of approximately 1,255,000/km2 (3,249,000/sq mi).
  • For comparison, Hong Kong as a whole (itself one of the most densely populated areas on earth) has an estimated population density of 6,693.6/km2 (17,336/sq mi).[5]

Other statistics[edit]

Miscellaneous standalone[edit]

  • The streets of the Walled City were sometimes no more than five feet across.[4] (Other pages for Wesley-Smith: 23, 177, 189, 190)
  • Page 36 – "Boom days" of 60s and 70s
  • Page 48 – "construction boom of the 1960s and early '70s"
  • Page 108 – "1970s' building boom when street patterns and addresses were constantly in flux."
  • Page 60 – Traveling palace in 1277
    • Wall was 13 feet tall, 15 feet wide
    • 1854 Taiping uprising
  • Page 68 – 1959 murder trial
  • Page 69 – 905 raids with 732 arrests in the first five months of 1967
    • Estimated 5,000 drug addicts in 1968
    • Two old cannons found in 1970
  • Page 70 – From 1973–74, "3,685 raids and 2,580 arrests, seizing nearly 500 pounds of heroin and 3,891 pounds of opium"
    • In 1980, a 21-person patrol unit was established
  • Page 71 – By 1983 crime rate supposedly same as rest of Kowloon City
  • Page 174 – 1/3 of residents over age 60 (estimate)
  • Page 209 – 83 entrances[1]

Airport[edit]

  • Page 121 – Airport 800m away
  • Page 206 – Planes fly 100m over SW corner[1]

Water[edit]

  • Page 10 – 77 wells up to 300 feet deep
  • Page 36 – 8 freshwater standpipes
  • Page 38 – 67 ground wells[1]

Businesses[edit]

  • Page 36 – 100s of factories
  • Page 38 – 700 businesses
  • Page 162 – 150+ dentists in heyday
  • Page 209 – 718 businesses
    • "Mostly small food-processing, metal-working, and plastics factories"
    • 170 restaurants and shops
    • 75 medical clinics
    • 86 dentists[1]

Vice[edit]

Sex
  • 30+ brothels
  • 5 pornographic cinemas
  • 4 strip joints
Drugs
  • 19 opium dens
  • 17 heroin dens
  • 4 drug factories
Gambling
  • 27 gambling halls
  • 15 unlicenced mahjong parlours
Other
  • 3 wine smugglers
  • 20 dog meat stands
  • 4 loan shark companies
  • 3 stolen goods factories (see p. 168)

Buildings[edit]

  • Page 10 – ~350 buildings
  • Page 209 – ~350 buildings[1]

Stories[edit]

  • Page 7 – 14 stories
  • Page 9 – 10-14 stories
  • Page 209 – 10-14 stories
  • Back flap – 15 stories[1]

Dwellings[edit]

  • Page 69 – 2,185 dwellings (1971 census)
  • Page 209 – 8,494 premises
  • Page 209 – 10,742 households[1]

Square footage[edit]

  • Page 177 – 200 sq. ft. flats
  • Page 210 – 23 sq. meters (60% of flats)[1]

Compensation[edit]

  • Page 177 – $200,000 compensation
  • Page 209 – $2.76 billion package (includes demolition costs)
  • Page 210 – $320-450,000[1]

To put into the article[edit]

Due to lack of government regulation within Kowloon Walled City, data on its demographics vary widely. Official census numbers estimated the Walled City's population at 10,004 in 1971 and 14,617 in 1981, but these figures were commonly considered to be much too low. However, informal estimates often mistakenly included a nearby village that was not part of the city. Thus, there was no accurate population information available for much of the Walled City's existence.[3][4]

In 1987, a more thorough government survey estimated that 33,000 people resided within the Walled City's area of 6.5 acres (0.026 km2; 0.0102 sq mi).[1] Based on the 1987 government survey, the Walled City had a peak population density of approximately 1,255,000/km2 (3,249,000/sq mi). For comparison, Hong Kong as a whole (itself one of the most densely populated areas on earth) has an estimated population density of 6,693.6/km2 (17,336/sq mi).[5]

The survey found that the Walled City contained 83 entrances, and was composed of approximately 350 buildings, each between 10 and 14 stories tall.

The survey counted a total of 718 businesses, including many small food processing, metalworking, and plastics factories, as well as 170 restaurants and shops, 75 medical clinics, and 86 dentists.

60% of the flats in the Walled City were 23 square metres (250 sq ft).

Note[edit]

More specific refs[edit]

  • Introduction[6]
  • The Water Supply[7]
  • A Chinese Magistrate's Fort[8]
  • The Walled City: Our Place[9]
  • Chan Hip Ping[10]
  • The Clearance[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Lambot, Ian (September 2007). City of Darkness: Life in Kowloon Walled City. Watermark. ISBN 978-1873200131. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b Shu-ming, Erich Tsang (1979). Community approach to youth work: working experience in Kowloon Walled City. University of Hong Kong. pp. 39, 44. OCLC 52008706.
  3. ^ a b Siu-Fong, Betty Ho (1986). Redevelopment of Kowloon Walled City: A Feasibility Study. University of Hong Kong. p. 52. OCLC 52017240.
  4. ^ a b c Wesley-Smith, Peter (1998). Unequal treaty, 1898-1997: China, Great Britain, and Hong Kong's new territories (Rev. ed.). Hong Kong: Oxford University Press. p. 189. ISBN 0195903544.
  5. ^ a b "Hong Kong". The World Factbook. CIA. Retrieved October 28, 2009.
  6. ^ Popham, Peter (September 2007). "Introduction". In City of Darkness: Life in Kowloon Walled City. pp. 9–13.
  7. ^ Goddard, Charles (September 2007). "The Water Supply". In City of Darkness: Life in Kowloon Walled City. pp. 36–39.
  8. ^ Wilkinson, Julia (September 2007). "A Chinese Magistrate's Fort". In City of Darkness: Life in Kowloon Walled City. pp. 60–71.
  9. ^ Kwan, Leung Ping (September 2007). "The Walled City: Our Place". In City of Darkness: Life in Kowloon Walled City. pp. 120–23.
  10. ^ Ping, Chan Hip (September 2007). "Chan Hip Ping". In City of Darkness: Life in Kowloon Walled City. pp. 174–77.
  11. ^ Goddard, Charles (September 2007). "The Clearance". In City of Darkness: Life in Kowloon Walled City. pp. 208–11.
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