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Encyclopedia > List of cities and parishes of Macao
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Cities

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

  • 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)

Parishes of Macao Special Administrative Region

(Freguesias da Região Administrativa Especial de Macau, 澳門特別行政區的堂區) National motto: none Official language Chinese and Portuguese Chief Executive Edmund Ho Hau-wah Area - Total - % water Not ranked 27. ... A freguesia is a secondary local administrative unit in Portugal and the former Portuguese overseas province of Macao. ...


Macau

St. ... St. ... 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. ... St. ...

Ilhas

Taipa (氹仔島) is an island of Macau in the Peoples Republic of China. ... Coloane ( Simplified: 路環島, Traditional: 路环岛, Pinyin: Lùhuán Dǎo, 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, 2004 and the Institue of Civic and Municipal Affairs (Instituto para os Assuntos Cívicos e Municipais) was set up. This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...


External links

  • Freguesias da RAEM (http://www.dscc.gov.mo/port/detail/frequesi.htm)
  • Parishes of Macao (http://soviet.lovehinaplus.com/LMSAR.HTM), in Traditional Chinese
  • Instituto para os Assuntos Cívicos e Municipais (ICAM) (http://www.iacm.gov.mo/iacm2002_p.htm), in Portuguese
  • Coat-of-arms of Câmara Municipal de Macau (http://www.fotw.net/flags/mo-mau.html)
  • Coat-of-arms of Câmara Municipal de Macau Provisória and Assembleia Municipal Provisória (http://www.fotw.net/flags/mo-mau99.html)


edit  (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Counties_of_China&action=edit) Lists of County-level divisions of the People's Republic of China
under Provinces: Anhui | Fujian | Gansu | Guangdong | Guizhou | Hainan | Hebei | Heilongjiang | Henan | Hubei | Hunan | Jiangsu | Jiangxi | Jilin | Liaoning | Qinghai | Shaanxi | Shandong | Shanxi | Sichuan | Yunnan | Zhejiang
under Autonomous Regions: Guangxi | Inner Mongolia | Ningxia | Tibet | Xinjiang
under 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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