Macau Peninsula is the oldest and most populous part of Macau in the People's Republic of China. Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... Standard Mandarin is the official Chinese spoken language used by the Peoples Republic of China, the Republic of China (Taiwan) and Singapore. ... Pinyin is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin, where pin means spell and yin means sound. The most common variant of pinyin in use is called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), also known as scheme of the Chinese phonetic alphabet... Standard Cantonese is a variant, and is generally considered the prestige dialect of Cantonese Chinese. ... For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words see here. ... Jyutping (sometimes spelled Jyutpin) is a romanization system for Standard Cantonese developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK) in 1993. ...

• Area: 8.5 km² (4 x 1.8)

It is connected to Zhuhai, Mainland China at the northeast, through an isthmus 200-metres wide. The Border Gate (關閘; Portas do Cerco) was built on the northern isthmus. At the south, the peninsula is connected to Taipa Island by three bridges. The longest axis (4-kilometre) extends from the Border Gate to the southwestern edge, Barra (媽閣嘴). There is a western Inner Harbour (內港), and an eastern Outer Habour (外港). The 93-metre Guia Hill (松山) is the highest point on the peninsula, which is, on an average, 50 to 75 metres. Many marginal places are reclaimed from sea. Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Zhuhai waterfront Zhuhai Campus of Zhongshan University Zhuhai (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; lit. ... The highlighted area in the map is what is commonly known as mainland China. Mainland China (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; literally The Chinese Massive Landmass or Continental China) is a geopolitical term which is usually synonymous with the area currently administered by the Peoples Republic of China (PRC... The Isthmus of Panama connects North and South America. ... Portas do Cerco (Chinese: 關閘, literally border gate) is an area on Macao Peninsula, Macao near the border checkpoint with mainland China at Gongbei, Zhuhai. ... Taipa (氹仔島) is an island of Macau in the Peoples Republic of China. ... Peninsula A peninsula (from Latin paene insula, almost island) is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body, surrounded by water on three sides. ...

The peninsula corresponds to the historical Concelho de Macau, which is divided into five regions, nominally parishes, with no authority: In Portugal, concelho is an alternative name for a municipality, see Municipalities of Portugal. ... A freguesia (pron. ...

• Our Lady Fatima Parish
• St. Anthony Parish
• St. Lazarus Parish
• Cathedral Parish
• St. Lawrence Parish

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. ...

External links

• Satellite image of Macao Peninsula by Google Maps