Editing Chinatown (section)

===America===
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[[File:Celebrating Chinese New Year on 8th Avenue Sunset Park, Brooklyn.jpg|thumb|Celebrating [[Chinese New Year]] in [[Fuzhou Town, Brooklyn|Fuzhou Town]], [[Brooklyn]]]]
In the [[Americas]], which includes North America, Central America and South America, Chinatowns have been around since the 1800s.  The most prominent ones exist in the United States and Canada in [[New York City|New York]], [[Boston]], [[San Francisco]], [[Chicago]], [[Toronto]] and [[Vancouver]]. The [[New York City metropolitan area]] is home to the largest [[Chinese Americans in New York City|ethnically Chinese population outside of Asia]], comprising an estimated 893,697 uniracial individuals as of 2017,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_1YR/S0201/330M400US408/popgroup~016|title=SELECTED POPULATION PROFILE IN THE UNITED STATES 2017 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA Chinese alone|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 27, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214002005/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_1YR/S0201/330M400US408/popgroup~016|archive-date=February 14, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> including at least 12 Chinatowns &ndash; six<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/24/nyregion/asian-new-yorkers-asian-new-yorkers-seek-power-to-match-surging-numbers.html |title=Asian New Yorkers Seek Power to Match Numbers |author=Kirk Semple |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 23, 2011 |access-date=2014-10-03 |archive-date=December 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219031916/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/24/nyregion/asian-new-yorkers-asian-new-yorkers-seek-power-to-match-surging-numbers.html?scp=1&sq=asians&st=cse |url-status=live }}</ref> (or nine, including the emerging Chinatowns in [[Corona, Queens|Corona]] and [[Whitestone, Queens|Whitestone]], [[Queens]],<ref name="McGlinn">{{cite journal|url=http://geographyplanning.buffalostate.edu/MSG%202002/13_McGlinn.pdf |title=Beyond Chinatown: Dual Immigration and the Chinese Population of Metropolitan New York City, 2000 |page=4 |author=Lawrence A. McGlinn |journal=Middle States Geographer |year=2002 |volume=35 |issue=1153 |access-date=2014-10-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029075400/http://geographyplanning.buffalostate.edu/MSG%202002/13_McGlinn.pdf |archive-date=2012-10-29 }}</ref> and [[East Harlem|East Harlem, Manhattan]]) in [[New York City]] proper, and one each in [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]], [[Long Island]]; [[Edison, New Jersey|Edison]], [[New Jersey]];<ref name="McGlinn" /> and [[Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey]], not to mention fledgling ethnic Chinese enclaves emerging throughout the New York City metropolitan area. [[Chinatown, San Francisco|San Francisco]], a Pacific port city, has the oldest and longest continuous running Chinatown in the Western Hemisphere.<ref name="Bacon, Daniel page 50"/><ref name="Richards, Rand page 198"/><ref name="Morris p151-152" /> In Canada, The [[Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area]] is home to the 2nd largest ethnically Chinese population outside of Asia, comprising 694,970 individuals as of the 2021 Census. [[Chinatown, Vancouver|Vancouver's Chinatown]] is the country's largest.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vancouverchinatown.ca/ |title=Chinatown Vancouver Online |website=Vancouver Chinatown |access-date=2011-09-11 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903032520/http://www.vancouverchinatown.ca/ |archive-date=2011-09-03 }}</ref>

[[Barrio Chino (Mexico City)|The oldest Chinatown in the Americas]] is in [[Mexico City]] and dates back to at least the early 17th century.<ref name="Mann 2012">{{cite book|last=Mann|first=Charles C.|author-link=Charles C. Mann|title=1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-lB3sy0aH4AC&pg=PA416|access-date=12 October 2012|year=2012|publisher=Random House Digital, Inc.|isbn=978-0-307-27824-1|page=416|archive-date=February 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240212165202/https://books.google.com/books?id=-lB3sy0aH4AC&pg=PA416#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> Since the 1970s, new arrivals have typically hailed from [[Hong Kong]], [[Macau]], and Taiwan. Latin American Chinatowns may include the descendants of original migrants – often of mixed Chinese and [[Latin]] parentage – and more recent immigrants from [[East Asia]]. Most [[Asian Latin American]]s are of [[Cantonese people|Cantonese]] and [[Hakka people|Hakka]] origin. Estimates widely vary on the number of Chinese descendants in Latin America. Notable Chinatowns also exist in [[Barrio Chino (Lima)|Chinatown, Lima]], [[Peru]].

In [[Brazil]], the [[Liberdade (district of São Paulo)|Liberdade]] neighborhood in [[São Paulo]] has, along with a large Japanese community, an important Chinese community.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://portal.sescsp.org.br/online/artigo/9036_A+CHINATOWN+BRASILEIRA | title=A Chinatown brasileira | date=12 May 2015 | access-date=December 26, 2023 | archive-date=December 26, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231226163516/https://portal.sescsp.org.br/online/artigo/9036_A+CHINATOWN+BRASILEIRA | url-status=live }}</ref> There is a project for a Chinatown in the [[Mercado (neighbourhood of São Paulo)|Mercado]] neighborhood, close to the [[Municipal Market of São Paulo|Municipal Market]] and the commercial [[Rua 25 de Março]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.apecc.com.br/revitalizacao-do-centro-de-sp-conheca-o-projeto-chinatown/ | title=Revitalização do Centro de SP: Conheça o projeto Chinatown | date=4 January 2023 | access-date=December 26, 2023 | archive-date=December 26, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231226163516/https://www.apecc.com.br/revitalizacao-do-centro-de-sp-conheca-o-projeto-chinatown/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ibrachina.com.br/o-globo-destaca-projeto-da-chinatown-sao-paulo/ | title=O Globo destaca projeto da Chinatown São Paulo | date=5 June 2023 | access-date=December 26, 2023 | archive-date=December 26, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231226163516/https://www.ibrachina.com.br/o-globo-destaca-projeto-da-chinatown-sao-paulo/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/opiniao/2021/11/a-chinatown-paulistana.shtml | title=Opinião - José Ruy Gandra: A Chinatown paulistana | date=11 November 2021 | access-date=December 26, 2023 | archive-date=December 26, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231226163516/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/opiniao/2021/11/a-chinatown-paulistana.shtml | url-status=live }}</ref>

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File:chinatown manhattan 2009.JPG|[[Chinatown, Manhattan|Manhattan Chinatown]]
File:San Francisco China Town MC.jpg|[[San Francisco's Chinatown]]
File:Boston Chinatown Paifang.jpg|[[Chinatown, Boston]]
File:Friendship Gate Chinatown Philadelphia from east.jpg|[[Chinatown, Philadelphia]]
File: Chinatown in Portland, Oregon.jpg|[[Portland, Oregon]]'s Chinatown
File:Seattle_-_Chinatown_gate_01.jpg|[[Seattle Chinatown-International District]], [[Seattle]]
File:Vancouver's Chinatown.jpg|[[Chinatown, Vancouver|Vancouver Chinatown]]
File:Chinatown, Ottawa.jpg|Chinatown in Canada's Capital, [[Chinatown, Ottawa|Ottawa]]
Image:ChineseArchMexicoCity.JPG|Arch honors Chinese-Mexican community of Mexico City, built in 2008, Articulo 123 Street
File:BarrioChino3.jpg|[[Barrio Chino (Buenos Aires)|Barrio Chino]], [[Buenos Aires]]
File:Chinatown,_Lima20060002.JPG|[[Barrio Chino (Lima)|Barrio Chino]], [[Lima]]
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