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Coloane (Traditional Chinese: 路環島; Simplified Chinese: 路环岛; Pinyin: Lùhuán Dǎo; Jyutping: Lou6-waan4 Dou2, literally "Road Ring Island") is one of the two main islands of Macau in the People's Republic of China. It is located directly south of the other main island, Taipa (氹仔), and east of the Greater Hengqing Island (大横琴岛) of Zhuhai, Guangdong province. Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: ç®€ä½“å—; Traditional Chinese: ç°¡é«”å—; pinyin: jiÇŽntÇzÃ¬; also called ç®€åŒ–å—/ç°¡åŒ–å—, jiÇŽnhuÃ zÃ¬) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: æ±‰è¯æ‹¼éŸ³; Traditional Chinese: æ¼¢èªžæ‹¼éŸ³; Hanyu Pinyin: , lit. ... Jyutping (Traditional Chinese: ç²µæ‹¼; Simplified Chinese: ç²¤æ‹¼; pinyin: yuÃ¨pÄ«n; Yale: yuhtpÄ«ng; Jyutping: jyut6ping3; sometimes spelled Jyutpin) is a romanization system for Standard Cantonese developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK) in 1993. ... Taipa (æ°¹ä»”å³¶; Cantonese Jyutping; Tam5 Zai2 Dou2; pinyin: DÃ ngzÇŽi DÇŽo) is an island of Macau in the Peoples Republic of China. ... Zhuhai waterfront Zhuhai Campus of Zhongshan University Zhuhai (Chinese: ç æµ·; Pinyin: ; lit. ... Guangdong (Simplified Chinese: å¹¿ä¸œ; Traditional Chinese: å»£æ±; Pinyin: GuÇŽngdÅng; Wade-Giles: Kuang-tung; Postal System Pinyin: Kwangtung or Canton Province, Jyutping: gwong2 dung1), is a province on the south coast of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

Coloane was known as Jiuaoshan (TC: 九澳山, Cantonese: Gau-Ou Saan, "Nine-inlet Mountain"), Yanzaowan (TC: 鹽灶灣, Cantonese: Yim-Zou Waan, "Salt-stove Bay"), and Guoluhuan (TC: 過路環, Cantonese: Gwo-Lou Waan, "Passing-road Ring"). The Portuguese name of "Coloane" is said to derive from the Cantonese pronunciation of "過路環". Cantonese (Traditional Chinese: ç²µèªž; Simplified Chinese: ç²¤è¯, Cantonese: Yuet6yue5; Mandarin pinyin: Yueyu, Yá»¥et (Guangdong) language) is one of the major dialect groups or languages of the Chinese language or language family. ...

Geography

Coloane has an area of 8.07 km² (4-km long) and is 5.6km from the Macau Peninsula. It is connected to Taipa by a 2.2-km land-fill bridge, the Estrada do Istmo, however land reclamation has physically connected the two islands and a new town called Cotai (路氹) is being built between Taipa and Coloane. To help compare sizes of different geographic regions, we list here areas between 1 kmÂ² (100 hectares) and 10 kmÂ² (1000 hectares). ... To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 1 km and 10 km (103 and 104 m). ... Macau Peninsula (澳門半島 Pinyin: Aomen Bandao; Portuguese: Península de Macau) is the oldest and most populous part of Macau in the Peoples Republic of China. ... Land reclamation is either of two distinct practices. ... Cotai is new reclaimed land between Taipa and Coloane that has not yet been assigned to any of the freguesias. ...

The narrowest part of Coloane is 300 metres. The highest points in Macau are eastern and central Coloane, with the highest point being the 171-metre Alto de Coloane (疊石塘山). The northern shore of the island is 4.5 m deep, and is the site of the Macau Deepwater Port. The eastern Hac Sa Beach (Baía de Hác Sá, 黑沙海灘, literally "Black Sand Bay") and the southern Baía de Cheoc Van (竹灣, literally "Bamboo Bay") are popular swimming beaches. At Baía de Hác Sá there is a Portuguese restaurant called "Fernandos", famous amongst locals in Macau and tourists from Hong Kong. The current situation of Hac Sa Beach, with 2 kinds of sand mixed together Hac Sa Beach (Traditional Chinese: é»‘æ²™æµ·ç˜, Portuguese: BaÃa de HÃ¡c SÃ¡, literally Black Sand Bay) was the largest natural beach in Macau. ...

History

From the Song Dynasty onwards and until the Portuguese arrival in 1864, Coloane was a sea salt farm for China. After their arrival, the Portuguese made Macau an important trading port, but Coloane remained deserted, which was used as a base by pirates until 1910. The island has become more populated after the Estrada do Istmo was finished in 1969. The Song Dynasty (Chinese: å®‹æœ) was a ruling dynasty in China from 960-1279. ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Sea salt harvest in Ile de RÃ©, France. ... Look up pirate and piracy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... -1... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...

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North Africa:	Aguz (Souira Guedima) (1506-1525) \| Alcácer Ceguer (El Qsar es Seghir) (1458-1550) \| Arzila (Asilah) (1471-1550, 1577-1589) \| Azamor (Azemmour) (1513-1541) \| Ceuta (1415-1640) \| Mazagan (El Jadida) (1485-1550, 1506-1769) \| Mogador (Essaouira) (1506-1525) \| Safim (Safi) (1488-1541) \| Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gué (Agadir) (1505-1769) \| Tangier (1471-1662)
Subsaharan Africa:	Accra (1557-1578) \| Angola (Portuguese West Africa) (1575-1975) \| Annobón (1474-1778) \| Arguin (1455-1633) \| Cabinda (Portuguese Congo) (1885-1975) \| Cape Verde (1642-1975) \| Elmina (São Jorge da Mina) (1482-1637) \| Fernando Póo (1478-1778) \| Portuguese Gold Coast (1482-1642) \| Portuguese Guinea 1879-1974 (Bissau 1687-1974 & Cacheu 1588-1974) \| Madagascar (part) (1496-1550) \| Malindi (1500-1630) \| Mascarene Islands (1498-1540) \| Mombassa (1593-1698, 1728-1729) \| Mozambique (Portuguese East Africa) (1501-1975) \| Saint Helena \| Quíloa (Kilwa) (1505-1512) \| Saint Laurent Islands (Madagascar) (1498-1540) \| São João Baptista de Ajudá (1680-1961) \| São Tomé and Príncipe 1753-1975 (São Tomé 1470-1975, Príncipe 1500-1975) \| Zanzibar (1503-1698) \| Ziguinchor (1645-1888)
West Asia:	Bahrain (1521-1602) \| Gamru (Bandar Abbas) (1506-1615) \| Hormuz (Ormus) (1515-1622) \| Muscat (1515-1650) \| Socotra (1506-1511)
Indian Subcontinent:	Ceylon (Ceilão) (1518-1658) \| Laccadive Islands (1498-1545) \| Maldives (1518-1521, 1558-1573) \| Portuguese India (Baçaím (Vasai) 1535-1739, Bombay (Mumbai) 1534-1661, Calicut (Kozhikode) 1512-1525, Cambay (Khambhat) , Cannanore (Kannur) 1502-1663, Chaul 1521-1740, Chittagong 1528-1666, Cochim (Kochi) 1500-1663, Cranganore (Kodungallur) 1536-1662, Dadra and Nagar Haveli 1779-1954, Daman and Diu 1559-1962, Goa 1510-1962, Hughli (1579-1632), Masulipatnam (Machilipatnam) 1598-1610, Mangalore 1568-1659, Negapatam (Nagapattinam) 1507-1657, Paliacate (Pulicat) 1518-1619, Quilon (Coulão, Kollam) 1502-1661, Salsette Island 1534-1601, São Tomé de Meliapore (Saint Thomas of Mylapur) 1523-1662/1687-1749, Surat 1540-1612, Tuticorin (Thoothukudi) 1548-1658)
East Asia and Oceania:	Banda Islands (1512-1621) \| Flores \| Macau 1553-1999 (Coloane 1864-1999, Taipa 1851-1999, Ilha Verde 1890-1999, Lapa and Montanha 1938-1941 \| Makassar (1512-1665) \| Malacca (Melaka) (1511-1641) \| Moluccas 1512-1621 (Ambon 1576-1605, Ternate 1522-1575, Tidore 1578-1650) \| Nagasaki (Decima) (1571-1639) \| Portuguese Timor (East Timor) (1642-1975)
South America:	Brazil (1500-1822) \| Cisplatina (Uruguay) (1808-1822) \| French Guiana (1809-1817) \| Nova Colônia do Sacramento (1680-1777) \| Upper Peru (1822) \| Portuguese colonization of the Americas
North Atlantic:	Azores (1432-) \| Madeira (1420-)

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