Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Macau

Nossa Senhora de Fátima 花地瑪堂區 Our Lady of Fátima
Freguesia
The old Portas do Cerco The old Portas do Cerco
Freguesia de Nossa Senhora de Fátima in Macau
Country	Macau, China
Region	Municipality of Macau
Area
• Total	3.2 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	237,500
• Density	74,000/km2 (190,000/sq mi)
Time zone	Macau Standard (UTC+8)
Area code(s)	0

Freguesia de Nossa Senhora de Fátima
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	花地瑪堂區
Simplified Chinese	花地玛堂区
Cantonese Jyutping	Faa1 Dei6 Maa5 Tong4 Koe1
Hanyu Pinyin	Huādìmǎ Tángqū
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huādìmǎ Tángqū IPA [xu̯átîmà tʰǎŋtɕʰý] Yale Romanization Hwādìmǎ Tángchyū Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Faa1 Dei6 Maa5 Tong4 Koe1 IPA [fáːtéima̬ː tʰɔ̏ːŋkʰœ́ː] Yale Romanization Fáadeihmáah Tòngkeú
Portuguese name
Portuguese	Freguesia de Nossa Senhora de Fátima []

Freguesia de Nossa Senhora de Fátima is the northernmost and largest freguesia(Parish) in Macau Peninsula, Macau. It has an area of 2.7 square kilometers (1.0 sq mi) and a population of 126,000, which constitutes about 40.3% of the peninsula's land mass and one-third of the population. It consists mostly of land reclaimed from the sea,Natural land comprises only a quarter of its current size. It was developed from farmlands in the 1960s and 1970s, to become an industrial area.41% of Macau's factories are located in the parish.

It is northeast of Freguesia de Sto. António and Freguesia de S. Lázaro.It borders the Chinese city of Zhuhai to the north.

The following places and attractions are in the freguesia

• Ilha Verde (青洲, "Green Island")
• Toi San (台山 "Table Hill")
• Hipódromo ("Hippodrome", 馬場 "Horse Farm")
• Areia Preta ("Black Sand", 黑沙環 "Black-sand Ring")
• Mong Ha (望廈 "View Amoy"), the Treaty of Wanghia was signed here
• Bairro "Fai Chi Kei" (筷子基 "Chopsticks Base")
• Portas do Cerco (關閘 "Border Gate")
• Iao Hon (祐漢 "Blessing the Han")
• Macau Power Station
• Macau Mosque and Cemetery

See also

• Macau Peninsula

External links

• Macau freguesias (Portuguese)