Our Lady of Fatima Parish
- Our Lady of Fatima Parish
Our Lady of Fatima Parish ( _pt. Freguesia de Nossa Senhora de Fátima) is the northernmost and largest freguesia in Macau Peninsula, Macau. It has an area of convert|2.7|km2|sqmi|sp=us and a population of 126,000, which constitutes about 40.3% of the peninsula's land mass and one-third of the population.Fact|date=January 2008
It consists mostly of land reclaimed from the sea:
* 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")
It was developed from farmlands in the 1970s. Nowadays, 41% of the factories are here.
It is northeast of St. Anthony Parish and St. Lazarus Parish.
External links
* [http://www.dscc.gov.mo/port/detail/frequesi.htm Freguesias da RAEM]
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