Chinatown, Manhattan is home to the largest enclave of Chinese people in the Western Hemisphere. With an estimated population of 90,000 to 100,000 people, Manhattan’s Chinatown is also one of the oldest ethnic Chinese enclaves outside of Asia. Historically it was primarily populated by Cantonese speakers, but in the 1980s-90s, large numbers of Chinese Min Dong-speaking immigrants also arrived. The Manhattan Chinatown is one of nine Chinatown neighborhoods in New York City. In addition, it is one of twelve in the New York metropolitan area, which contains the largest ethnic Chinese population outside of Asia, enumerating an estimated 779,269 individuals as of 2013. For tourists it is a very crowded place, with exotic stalls, authentic restaurants, colorful and a bit smelly in the summer because of the fresh fish stalls. In 2010, Chinatown was listed in a single historic district on the National Register of Historic Places.
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