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China Town

Chinatown
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Binondo, the oldest Chinatown in the world, in Manila
Chinese 唐人街
Literal meaning "Chinese Street"
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 中國城
Simplified Chinese 中国城
Literal meaning "Chinatown"
Second alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 華埠
Simplified Chinese 华埠
Literal meaning "Chinese District"

A Chinatown (Chinese: 唐人街; pinyin: Tángrénjiē; Jyutping: tong4 yan4 gaai1) is historically any ethnic enclave, of Chinese or Han people outside of Mainland China or Taiwan, most often in an urban setting. Areas known as "Chinatown" exist throughout the world, including the Americas, Europe, Africa, Australasia, and Asia.

A Chinatown, as a "Chinese enclave", is defined as "... any small, distinct area or [Chinese] group enclosed or isolated within a larger [Non-Chinese] group." The development of most Chinatowns typically start with mass migration to an area having zero or very few Chinese. The most notable example is San Francisco's Chinatown caused by the California Gold Rush of the mid 1800s and a more modern example occurring in Montville, Connecticut caused by the displacement of Chinese workers in New York's Chinatown in Manhattan following the September 11th attacks in 2001.

The Oxford Dictionary defines "Chinatown" as "... a district of any non-Chinese town, especially a city or seaport, in which the population is predominantly of Chinese origin". However, some Chinatowns may have little to do with China. Some "Vietnamese" enclaves are in fact a city's "second Chinatown", and some Chinatowns are in fact pan-Asian, meaning they could also be counted as a Koreatown or Little India. One example includes Asiatown in Cleveland, Ohio. It was initially referred to as a Chinatown but was subsequently renamed due to the influx of non-Chinese Asian Americans who opened businesses there. Today the district acts as a unifying factor for the Chinese, Taiwanese, Korean, Japanese, Filipino, Indian, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Laotian, Nepalese and Thai communities of Cleveland.


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