Kowloon Walled City

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Kowloon Walled City (Chinese: 九龍城寨) was an ungoverned and densely populated de jure Chinese enclave within the boundaries of British Hong Kong. Originally the site of a military fort, it became an enclave after the New Territories were leased to Britain in 1898.

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