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Encyclopedia > List of cities and parishes in Macao
The administrative division within Macao (Click here for Satellite Image)

Macao is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China. It is, in turn, subdivided into Concelhos and Freguesias. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x811, 150 KB) The Administrative Division of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China Drawn by Alan Mak File links The following pages link to this file: Macau Geography of Macau List of cities and parishes... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x811, 150 KB) The Administrative Division of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China Drawn by Alan Mak File links The following pages link to this file: Macau Geography of Macau List of cities and parishes... A Special Administrative Region (SAR) (Simplified Chinese: 特别行政区; Traditional Chinese: 特別行政區; pinyin: tèbié xíngzhèngqū; Cantonese IPA: /tɐk6piːt6 hɐŋ4tsɪŋ3kʰɵy1/; Jyutping: dak6bit6 hang4zing3keoi1; Yale: dahkbiht hàhngjingkeūi) is a political subdivision of the Peoples Republic of China. ... A concelho is the primary local administrative unit in Portugal (and other Lusophone countries). ... A freguesia is a secondary local administrative unit in Portugal and the former Portuguese overseas province of Macao. ...

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Concelhos (Cities)

  • Macao (Concelho de Macau, also Cidade do (Santo) Nome de Deus de Macau, Não há outra mais Leal, literally "City of (Holy) Name of God. No One More Loyal", 澳門市)
  • The Islands (Concelho das Ilhas, 海島市)

A concelho is the primary local administrative unit in Portugal (and other Lusophone countries). ...

Freguesias (Parishes)

A freguesia is a secondary local administrative unit in Portugal and the former Portuguese overseas province of Macao. ...

Macau

  • Our Lady of Fatima Parish (Freguesia da Nossa Senhora de Fátima, 花地瑪堂區)
  • St. Anthony's Parish (Freguesia do Santo Antonio, 聖安多尼堂區 or 花王堂區)
  • St. Lazarus' Parish (Freguesia do São Lazaro, 望德堂區)
  • Cathedral Parish (Freguesia da Sé, 大堂區)
  • St. Lawrence's Parish (Freguesia do São Lourenço, 風順堂區 or 聖老愣佐堂區)

Cathedral Parish (大堂區 Pinyin: Dà Tángqū; Portuguese: Freguesia da Se) is a southeast region of Macau Peninsula, Macau, the Peoples Republic of China. ...

Ilhas

Taipa (氹仔島; Cantonese Jyutping; Tam5 Zai2 Dou2; pinyin: Dàngzǎi; Dǎo) is an island of Macau in the Peoples Republic of China. ... Coloane (Traditional Chinese: 路環島; Simplified Chinese: 路环岛; pinyin: ; Jyutping: Lou6-waan4 Dou2, literally Road Ring) is an island of Macau in the Peoples Republic of China. ...

Note

The municipal councils (Câmara Municipal de Macau and Câmara Municipal das Ilhas; Câmara Municipal de Macau Provisória and Câmara Municipal das Ilhas Provisória (with Assembleia Municipal Provisória) after the handover) were dissoluted on December 31, 2001 and the Institute of Civic and Municipal Affairs (Instituto para os Assuntos Cívicos e Municipais) was set up. Câmara Municipal de Macau and Assembleia Municipal de Macau (Câmara Municipal de Macau Provisória and Assembleia Municipal de Macau Provisória after December 20, 1999) were the municipal authorities of the Concelhos de Macau, one of the two concelhos of Macao. ... Câmara Municipal das Ilhas and Assembleia Municipal das Ilhas (Câmara Municipal das Ilhas Provisória and Assembleia Municipal das Ilhas Provisória after December 20, 1999) were the municipal authorities of the Concelhos das Ilhas, one of the two concelhos of Macao. ... Câmara Municipal das Ilhas and Assembleia Municipal das Ilhas (Câmara Municipal das Ilhas Provisória and Assembleia Municipal das Ilhas Provisória after December 20, 1999) were the municipal authorities of the Concelhos das Ilhas, one of the two concelhos of Macao. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...


Cotai, new reclaimed land between Taipa and Coloane, is not yet assigned to any of the freguesias. Cotai is new reclaimed land between Taipa and Coloane that has not yet been assigned to any of the freguesias. ... Land reclamation is either of two distinct practices. ...


External links

  • Freguesias da RAEM
  • Parishes of Macao, in Traditional Chinese
  • Instituto para os Assuntos Cívicos e Municipais (ICAM), in Portuguese
  • Coat-of-arms of Câmara Municipal de Macau
  • Coat-of-arms of Câmara Municipal de Macau Provisória and Assembleia Municipal Provisória


edit Lists of county-level divisions of the People's Republic of China
Provinces Anhui | Fujian | Gansu | Guangdong | Guizhou | Hainan | Hebei | Heilongjiang | Henan | Hubei | Hunan | Jiangsu | Jiangxi | Jilin | Liaoning | Qinghai | Shaanxi | Shandong | Shanxi | Sichuan | Yunnan | Zhejiang
Autonomous Regions Guangxi | Inner Mongolia | Ningxia | Tibet | Xinjiang
Municipalities Beijing | Chongqing | Shanghai | Tianjin
See also: Districts of Hong Kong | Concelhos and freguesias of Macau | Political divisions of the Republic of China

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