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Wikipedia: Manhattan's Chinatown (simplified Chinese: 纽约华埠 ; traditional Chinese: 紐約華埠; pinyin: Niŭyuē Huá Bù), home to one of the largest concentrations of Chinese people in the Western hemisphere is located in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. Manhattan's Chinatown is one of the oldest ethnic Chinese enclaves outside of Asia. The borders of Chinatown are currently approximated as:
Although Quimbo Appo is claimed to have arrived in the area during the 1840s, the first Chinese person credited as having permanently immigrated to Chinatown was Ah Ken, a Cantonese businessman, who eventually founded a successful cigar store on Park Row.
![[Chinatown is home to many groceries]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Chinatown_02_New_York_City_s.jpg "Chinatown is home to many groceries")
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![[Another view of Chinatown]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Nycctown_s.jpg "Another view of Chinatown")
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![[A shop selling traditional herbal medicines]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Chinatown_01_New_York_City_s.jpg "A shop selling traditional herbal medicines")
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![[Baxter Street - 巴士特街]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/BaxterStreet_s.jpg "Baxter Street - 巴士特街")
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![[At the intersection of Mott and Pell Streets]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/NYC_Chinatown_Pell_s.jpg "At the intersection of Mott and Pell Streets")
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