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Chinatown (Chinese: 唐人街) is the catch-all name for an ethnic enclave of Chinese people located outside Greater China, most often in an urban setting.Areas known as "Chinatown" exist throughout the world, including Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, and the Americas.
The Chinatown Handy Guide was one of the early Chinatown tour books published by a Chinese American author and recorded in the World Catalog. [1] It was published in four different geographic editions tailored to the largest established Chinatowns in America's biggest cities: [2] Chinatown Handy Guide New York, [3] Chinatown Handy Guide Chicago, [4] Chinatown Handy Guide San Francisco [5] and ...
Chinatowns exist in many cities around the world. Lists of Chinatowns include: Chinatowns in Africa; Chinatowns in the Americas. Chinatowns in Canada; Chinatowns in Latin America and the Caribbean; Chinatowns in the United States; Chinatowns in Asia; Chinatowns in Europe; Chinatowns in Oceania. Chinatowns in Australia
The best-known Chinatown in the Philippines is the district of Binondo in Manila. Binondo is the oldest Chinatown in the world, having been established in 1594, [18] when the Spanish colonial government of the Philippine islands restricted the residence of Chinese who had converted to Christianity to this area. Unconverted Christians were ...
Entrance to Victoria's Chinatown in British Columbia. Vancouver's Chinatown is the largest in Canada. [5] Dating back to the late 19th century, the main focus of the older Chinatown is Pender Street and Main Street in downtown Vancouver, which is also, along with Victoria's Chinatown, one of the oldest surviving Chinatowns in North America.
Kogetsu-Do has a long history in Fresno’s Chinatown. This picture from 1920 shows Sugimatsu Ikeda, grandfather, Sakino Ikeda, grandmother, and Roy Ikeda, uncle of its current owner, Lynn Ikeda.
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Within weeks, the New Chinatown Land Association leased 4 acres (1.6 ha) on Vine Street, near the Guadalupe River. The 1870 census recorded 454 residents in the Vine Street Chinatown. The city's first Chinese temple, or joss house, was later built there. Meanwhile, in March 1870, a wealthy Chinese businessman from San Francisco secured a ten ...