List of Chinatowns

This is a list of Chinatowns worldwide.

Argentina

• Buenos Aires (See Belgrano Chinatown)

Australia

New South Wales

Chinatown, Sydney

• Emmaville - historic tin mining community
• Gulgong - historic
• Lambing Flat (Young) - historic
• Sydney (See Chinatown, Sydney)
• Tambaroora - historic
• Tingha - historic tin mining community

Northern Territory

• Brocks Creek
• Darwin - defunct, was on Cavenagh Street. A new modern Chinatown to be built in Darwin CBD.
• Pine Creek - historic goldfield Chinatown

Visit of Chinese Commissioners to Cooktown, Queensland in 1887.

Queensland

• Atherton - historic, the Hou Waing Temple is preserved
• Brisbane (see Chinatown, Brisbane)
  • Sunnybank - Mains Road; Taiwanese Chinese
• Cooktown - historical Chinatown, was dubbed Little Canton during the 1800s

South Australia

• Adelaide (see Chinatown, Adelaide)

Victoria

• Ballarat - historic
• Beechworth - historic
• Bendigo - historic
• Melbourne (see Chinatown, Melbourne)

Western Australia

• Perth (see Chinatown, Perth)

Belgium

• Antwerp - Van Wesenbekestraat
• Brussels - rue Saint Géry

Canada

Alberta

• Calgary - Downtown East Village (Chinatown, Calgary)
  • Centre Street N, south of 16th Avenue N, and East of Centre Street north at 2nd and 3rd avenues. Originally a handful of Chinese businesses, now an ethnic theme park-cum-mall
• Edmonton - 95th Street between 102nd and Jasper Avenues; old Chinatown was located at 97th Street, between 105th and 108th Avenues and moved following re-development of the Edmonton LRT line. Edmonton also has a Chinese market including a gate and other Chinese architecture in the West Edmonton Mall.
• Lethbridge - 3rd Street and 2nd Avenue (Chinatown, Lethbridge)

British Columbia

• Nanaimo - Machleary Street, Pine Street (remnants burned to ground in 1960s)
• Victoria - Fisgard Street, Oldest in Canada
• Greater Vancouver
  • New Westminster's Chinatown - framed by the triangle of Marine Drive, 8th & Columbia, known as "the Swamp", destroyed in the city's Great Fire, 1898, and not rebuilt or resettled.
  • Richmond - Richmond's historical Chinatown was in predominantly-Japanese Steveston.^{[citation needed]}
  • Mission, Following the Great Flood of 1894, which devastated the Lower Mainland and the original downtown of Mission City, Chinese merchants and residents took over the town's original downtown on Horne Avenue, flourishing until destroyed by fire in the 1920s.
  • Vancouver - Historic Chinatown, focussedd on Pender, Keefer, Gore and Main Streets (Chinatown, Vancouver)
• Historical Chinatowns elsewhere in BC.
  • Lillooet - Lillooet had the BC Interior's first Chinatown
  • Barkerville
  • Yale
  • Cumberland's Chinatown - once the second-largest on the West Coast of North America (c.1910), founded as a protected camp for Chinese strike-breakers by the Dunsmuir coal empire.
  • Wellington's Chinatown - Dunsmuir's first mines in the town of Wellington employed hundreds of Chinese workers in the 1870s-1890s. The old Chinatown was located at Jingle Pot Road and Old Slope Road in the Wellington neighbourhood of Nanaimo, and has reverted to forest with numerous potholes where treasure seekers have excavated for Chinese artifacts.
  • Keefer's
  • Penticton - Penticton's Chinatown, known as Shanghai Alley, was in the northeast area of downtown. A monumental pillar marks its former location today.
  • Kelowna - Kelowna's Chinatown was east of Abbot Street, between Harvey and Leon Avenues. At the turn of the 20th Century, 15% of Kelowna's population was Chinese.
  • Quesnel - Quesnel's Chinatown, with roots in the city's founding, was in the area of Front and Carlson Streets and was destroyed by fire in 1925.
  • Vernon
  • Ashcroft
  • Armstrong
  • Keremeos
  • Towns notable for their historical Chinese populations, though not necessarily separate Chinatowns, and in some cases predominantly Chinese for many years, include Hazelton, Granite Creek (Princeton/Coalmont area), Fairview, Antler Creek, Richfield, Circle City (on Dease Lake), Rock Creek and many others.

Manitoba

• Chinatown, Winnipeg - King Street between James and Higgins Avenues

Ontario

Chinatown, Toronto

• Chinatown, Ottawa - Somerset Street between Preston and Bay.
• Greater Toronto Area
  • Chinatown, Toronto located on Spadina Avenue, between College Street and Queen Street
  • Chinatown East, also known as East Chinatown is found at Broadview & Gerrard.

Quebec

• Montreal
  Main article: Chinatown, Montreal
  - Boulevard Saint-Laurent between Viger and René-Lévesque, and La Gauchetière between Saint-Dominique and the Palais des Congrès

Saskatchewan

• Saskatoon - originally on 19th Street
• Moose Jaw (historic)

Cuba

• Havana, Cuba - Barrio Chino, includes many Chinese restaurants and Cuban-Chinese friendship societies

Dominican Republic

• Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (Source: http://www.barriochinosantodomingo.org/) - Barrio Chino

France

• Paris - see 13th arrondissement
  • Belleville - rue Rebelvalle

India

• Kolkata (Calcutta) (Source: http://www.kolkataChinaTown.com)

Israel

• Tel Aviv^{[citation needed]}

Indonesia

• Jakarta - Jalan Gajah Mada
• Medan
• Semarang
• Singkawang
• Pontianak
• Ketapang - Delta Pawan
• Surabaya - Jalan Kembang Jepun

Japan

Chinatown, Yokohama

• Yokohama (See Yokohama Chinatown)
• Kobe (See Kobe Chinatown)
• Nagasaki

Malaysia

• Kuala Lumpur - Petaling Street (see Chinatown, Kuala Lumpur)
• George Town, Penang- A Chinese-majority city.

Mauritius

• Port Louis - Rue Royale)

Mexico

• Mexicali (La Chinesca)
• Mexico City

Myanmar (Burma)

• Yangon (Rangoon)

Nauru

• Aiwo District

Netherlands

Rotterdam, Netherlands

• Amsterdam
• Rotterdam
• The Hague

Panama

• Panama City

Peru

• Lima (See Chinatown, Lima)

Philippines

• Manila - Ongpin Street, see Binondo (Known as oldest Chinatown established 1521)
  • Manila Bay - Neo Chinatown
• Davao City - Uyanguren Street, includes a night market patterned after those in Hong Kong
• Quezon City - Banawe Street, Most of the Filipino Chinese owns Automotive Shops and Car Accessories in the Area. Chinese Restaurants are also Located along Banawe St, and One of the Restaurant is Ma Mon Luk's Restaurant is Located at the Corner of Banawe St. and Quezon Avenue.

Portugal

• Varziela Chinatown in Vila do Conde - Portuguese Chinatown.

Entroncamento City of Chinese

Serbia

• Belgrade - Blok 70 is known as "the Chinese quarter"

Singapore

• Singapore (see Chinatown, Singapore)

South Africa

• Johannesburg
  • Derrick Street, Cyrildene and also in and around Bruma. There are approximately 30 restaurants offering food from various areas in China and Taiwan. There are also lots of shops/supermarkets and street vendors selling fresh vegetables, seafood and street food.
  • Commissioner Street, CBD. This was Johannesburg's original Chinatown until it moved to Cyrildene in the 1990s. There are a few restaurants and a supermarket still here.

Yaowarat Road, Bangkok

Thailand

• Bangkok (See Yaowarat Road)
• Santikhiri
• Chiang Mai (See Chinatown, Chiang Mai)
• Phuket (See Thalang Road)

United Arab Emirates

• Dubai (See Dubai Chinatown)

United Kingdom

Entry arch, Newcastle

• Birmingham (See Chinatown, Birmingham)
• Liverpool (See Chinatown, Liverpool)
• London (See Chinatown, London)
  • Croydon - China Town Mall
• Manchester (See Chinatown, Manchester)
• Newcastle upon Tyne (See Chinatown, Newcastle)
• Leeds
• Sheffield
• Belfast - Donegall Pass
• Edinburgh
• Glasgow

United States

Main article: List of Chinatowns in the United States

Cholon, Ho Chi Minh City

Venezuela

• Caracas has a Chinatown. It's the only Chinatown in the country despite the large Chinese population.

Vietnam

• Ho Chi Minh City (see Cholon)

See also

• Chinatowns
• List of named ethnic enclaves in North American cities
• Europe Street, a street in China dedicated to the European culture

References

• Paris Chinatown France