Your American History Reference Guide! - List of Chinatowns
List of Chinatowns
This is a list of Chinatowns (urban regions containing a large population of Chinese people within a non-Chinese society) in select countries.
It includes the parent city with metropolitan older Chinatown and newer satellite "Chinatowns" in the suburban communities. It includes some Chinatowns in rural towns.
Key:
Old main Chinatown in the anchor city - street or location
New satellite "Chinatown" in an inner district or outer suburb
Australia
Canada
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
Montreal - boulevard Saint-Laurent
Brossard - boulevard Taschereau
South Africa
United States
California
Locke - rural town including Locke Historic District - National Register of Historic Places
Los Angeles - Broadway Avenue, Spring Street. (See Chinatown, Los Angeles .)
Alhambra - Valley Boulevard (from Fremont Avenue to New Avenue)
Arcadia
Artesia
Irvine - Culver Drive
Monterey Park - Atlantic Boulevard, Garfield Avenue, Garvey Avenue
Rowland Heights - Colima Road, Nogales Avenue
San Gabriel and Rosemead - Valley Boulevard (from New Avenue to Rosemead Boulevard)
Oakland - Broadway, 7th Street, Harrison Avenue, 10th Street
Riverside - Brockton and Tequesquite (historic site - National Register of Historic Places )
Sacramento - 3rd, 5th, J, and I Streets
San Diego - historic Market and K Streets, 2nd and 5th Avenues
Clairemont Mesa - new "Chinatown" on Convoy Street
San Francisco - Jackson Street, Stockton Avenue. (See Chinatown, San Francisco .)
San Jose
District of Columbia
Georgia
Atlanta - no "Chinatown" in Atlanta proper
Doraville - mixed Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese strip malls on Buford Highway
Hawaii
Illinois
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Detroit - First Chinatown became extinct since the 1950s. Relocated Chinatown in the 1960s, now defunct.
Madison Heights - third new "Chinatown" with stripe malls on John R Road
Missouri
St. Louis - original Chinatown defunct in early 1960s; second relocated Chinatown defunct since late 1970s
University City - third new "Chinatown" on Olive Boulevard
Nevada
New York
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City - along Classen Blvd from N. 22nd Street to N. West 30th.
New developments (mostly strip malls) in North West and South West OKC
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Texas
Washington
Major Chinatowns
Bangkok , Thailand
Binondo , Manila , Philippines
Boston , Massachusetts , USA
Chicago , Illinois , USA
Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam
Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia
London , England
Los Angeles, California , USA
Manchester , UK
Melbourne , Australia
New York , New York , USA
Paris , France
Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA
Portland, Oregon , USA
Richmond ,British Columbia Canada
San Francisco , California , USA
Seattle , Washington , USA
Singapore
Sydney , Australia
Toronto , Ontario , Canada
Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada
Washington, D.C. , USA
Yokohama City , Japan
Lesser-known Chinatowns
Aiwo , Nauru
Auckland , New Zealand
Brisbane , Australia
Calgary , Alberta , Canada
Cleveland , Ohio , USA
Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
Havana , Cuba
Honolulu , Hawaii , USA
Houston , Texas, USA
Liverpool , UK
Mexico City , Mexico
Oakland , California, USA
Oklahoma City , Oklahoma, USA
Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA
Sacramento , California, USA
Saskatoon , Saskatchewan , Canada
Wellington , New Zealand
Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada
Yangon , Burma
Remaining frontier and rural Chinatowns
See also