Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Macau

Our Lady of Fatima Parish
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 Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Huādìmǎ Tángqū - IPA [xwátɨ̂mɑ̀ tʰɑ̌ŋtɕʰý] - Yale Romanization Hwādìmǎ Tángchyū Cantonese (Yue) - Jyutping Faa1 Dei6 Maa5 Tong4 Koe1 - IPA [fáː deí ma̬ː tɔ̭ːŋ kʰœ́ː] - Yale Romanization Fáadeihmáah Tòngkeú
Portuguese name
Portuguese	Freguesia de Nossa Senhora de Fátima [ Listen (help·info)]

Our Lady of Fatima Parish (Portuguese: Freguesia de Nossa Senhora de Fátima) is the northernmost and largest freguesia 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.^{[citation needed]} It consists mostly of land reclaimed from the sea. It was developed from farmlands in the 1970s. More recently it has become industrial; 41% of the factories are here.

It is northeast of St. Anthony Parish and St. Lazarus Parish.

The following places and attractions are in the parish:

• 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")

External links

• Freguesias da RAEM