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Division hierarchy out of order for Kowloon (division in Hong Kong)

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version 2025-10-22.0

Kowloon is a city (or area) within the Hong Kong SAR. One of the district in Kowloon is the 油尖旺區 Yau Tsim Mong District, but in the hierarchy, it's shown as if it was a parent division of Kowloon instead of (one of) its children:

{
  "id": "17009785-57fd-4e5b-af86-2d27352e4718",
  "country": "HK",
  "region": null,
  "subtype": "locality",
  "class": "city",
  "local_type": [
    {
      "key": "en",
      "value": "city"
    }
  ],
  "hierarchies": [
    [
      {
        "division_id": "fb68fc73-3ac6-41c9-a692-22fcf20cb5be",
        "subtype": "country",
        "name": "中国"
      },
      {
        "division_id": "b4f09a9f-4cba-4a7c-bf58-2e63bc2e913d",
        "subtype": "dependency",
        "name": "Hong Kong SAR"
      },
      {
        "division_id": "c8ca7da1-2688-402a-8eb9-199b69b5691c",
        "subtype": "region",
        "name": "油尖旺區 Yau Tsim Mong District"
      },
      {
        "division_id": "17009785-57fd-4e5b-af86-2d27352e4718",
        "subtype": "locality",
        "name": "九龍 Kowloon"
      }
    ]
  ],
  "parent_division_id": "c8ca7da1-2688-402a-8eb9-199b69b5691c",
  "theme": "divisions",
  "type": "division"
}

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