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Our Lady of Fatima Parish
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| Traditional Chinese: | 花地瑪堂區 | ||||||||||
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| Portuguese: | Freguesia de Nossa Senhora de Fátima[Listen ] |
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Our Lady of Fatima Parish (Portuguese: Freguesia de Nossa Senhora de Fátima) is the northernmost and largest region of Macau Peninsula, in the former Portuguese colony of Macau, in the People's Republic of China.
- Area: 2.7 km² (40.3% of the peninsula)
- Population: 126,000 (one-third of the peninsular population)
It consists of mostly land reclaimed from the sea:
- Ilha Verde (青洲, "Green Island")
- Toi San (台山 "Table Hill")
- Hipódromo ("Hippodrome", 馬場 "Horse Farm")
- Areia Preta ("Black Sand", 黑沙環 "Black-sand Ring")
- Mong Ha (望廈 "View Amoy"), the Treaty of Wanghia was signed here
- Bairro "Fai Chi Kei" (筷子基 "Chopsticks Base")
- Portas do Cerco（關閘, "Border Gate"）
- Iao Hon（祐漢, "Blessing the Han"）
It was developed from farmlands in the 1970s. Nowadays, 41% of the factories are here.
It is northeast of St. Anthony Parish and St. Lazarus Parish.
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