The Walled City was once the world's most densely populated place. Claimed by Britain and China, and neglected by both, the city testified to the resilience of its inhabitants.
The Kowloon Walled City between 1960 and 1980. It was called "The City of Darkness" — a place so densely constructed that light itself did not penetrate the narrow footpaths between its high rises.— an enclave within the sprawling city of Hong Kong — was far and away the most densely populated place in the world. By the late 1980s, at leastThat translates to a population density of over 3,000,000 people per square mile.
But in 1899, British officials began to suspect that Chinese soldiers were being gathered in the Walled City to aid in the mounting resistance against colonial rule. Soon, British troops marched on the fort, only to find it almost completely abandoned of military presence. By 1947, the Kowloon Walled City housed around 2,000 residents, and the local Hong Kong government was displeased with its increasingly. Alexander Grantham, then the governor of Hong Kong, described the place as "a cesspool of iniquity, with heroin divans, brothels and everything unsavory."
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