Taipa used to be known as Longhuan (龍環 "Dragon Ring"), Jijing (雞頸 "Chicken's neck"), Tanzi (潭仔 "Pool"), and Longtouhuan (龍頭環 "Dragon's-Head Ring"). Chinese settlers mostly arrived in Taipa in Southern Song Dynasty. The Portuguese came in 1851. Before land-fill, Taipa consisted of two islands: the Greater Taipa and the Lesser Taipa.
The 159.1-metre Big Taipa Hill (大氹山) situates to the east, and Small Taipa Hill (小氹山) to the east. Central Taipa is plain. It is connected to Coloane by the Estrada do Istmo (路氹公路 or 連貫公路), and to peninsular Macau by Nobre Governador Carvalho Bridge (嘉樂庇大橋 or 澳氹大橋, locally known as "Old Bridge") of 1974 and Friendship Bridge (中葡友誼大橋 Ponte de Amizade) of 1994.
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Religious:
Pou Tai Un Temple (菩提園 or 菩提襌院): named after bodhi tree
Taipa, which lies offshore to the south of Macau and is linked with it by an imposing high-arched bridge), was formerly a Chinese customs post for all vessels putting in at Macau, and is still the traditional site of fireworks factories.
On the north side of the island is Macau's renowned University, which has faculties of arts, social sciences and economics.
TaipaIsland Resort, a holiday and sports center opened in 1986, occupies an area of 13,000sq.m/15,500sq.yds adjoining the Hyatt Regency Hotel.
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