Kowloon Walled City was once the most densely populated place on Earth, with 35,000 residents crammed into just 26,000 square meters, before it was demolished.

Kowloon Walled City was a densely populated, ungoverned settlement in Kowloon, an area just north of Hong Kong. What began as a Chinese military fort evolved into a squatters' village comprising a ...

It was the Kowloon Walled City, also called the City of Darkness. For years, this infamous settlement that lacked government oversight was rampant with illegal activities and poor living conditions.

From the 1950s until 1994, over 33,000 people lived and worked in Kowloon Walled City, a massive complex of 300 interconnected buildings that took up a city block. Caught between China and the ...