Municipality of Macau
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| Traditional Chinese | 澳門市 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 澳门市 | ||||||||||
| Jyutping | Ou3 Mun4 Si5 | ||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Àoménshì | ||||||||||
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| Portuguese name | |||||||||||
| Portuguese | Concelho de Macau | ||||||||||
The Municipality of Macau (Portuguese: Concelho de Macau) was one of the two municipalities of Macau, along with the Municipality of Ilhas. Its bodies were the municipal council (Câmara Municipal de Macau) and the (Assembleia Municipal de Macau) (Câmara Municipal de Macau Provisória and Assembleia Municipal de Macau Provisória after December 20, 1999). Per Law No. 17/2001, the two municipalities were abolished on December 31, 2001 and replaced by the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (Instituto para os Assuntos Cívicos e Municipais) the following day.
Early history[]
In 1513, a Portuguese explorer, Jorge Álvares, arrived in the Pearl River Delta, in the Shenzhen area, which he called Tamão. A Portuguese settlement was started here and by 1535 the traders were allowed to anchor their ships in the Macau harbour. In 1887, the Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peking was signed, allowing "the perpetual occupation and government of Macau by Portugal".[1]
According to National Geographic, "Macau may never have existed if not for Tamão" where the Portuguese learned "how China, the Pearl River Delta, and the South China Sea worked". The settlement and Jorge Álvares "kickstarted a chain of events that ultimately spawned Macau". A large stone sculpture of Álvares still stands in downtown Macau.[2]
Freguesias[]
| Freguesia / Parish | 2013 Area (km²)[3] | 2013 Population[4] | Density (/km²) | |
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Nossa Senhora de Fátima (花地瑪) | 3.2 | 237,500 | 74,218 |
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Santo António (花王 / 聖安多尼) | 1.1 | 129,800 | 118,000 |
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São Lázaro (望德) | 0.6 | 33,100 | 55,166 |
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Sé (大) | 3.4 | 52,200 | 15,352 |
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São Lourenço (風順 / 聖老愣佐) | 1.0 | 51,700 | 51,700 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "The Origin of the Macao Question and Sino-Portuguese Negotiations for the Settlement of the Question". Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "The long lost city of Tamão is hiding in plain sight". Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Estatístico: Área de solos das freguesias". Direcção dos Serviços de Cartografia e Cadastro de Macau. Archived from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- ^ "Estatísticas: Demográficas e Estimativas da População". Direcção dos Serviços de Estatística e Censos de Macau. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
External links[]
- Law No. 17/2001 - Creation of the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (in Chinese) (in Portuguese) - Dissolution of the Câmaras Municipal and Assembleias Municipal, and Establishment of Instituto para os Assuntos Cívicos e Municipais
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Note: The civil parishes are purely symbolic. There are currently no political administrative subdivisions in Macau, and instead, the Municipal Affairs Bureau handles some of the functions formerly handled by the abolished municipalities, the former had replaced the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau that was formed in 2002. | ||||||
Coordinates: 22°11′36″N 113°32′22″E / 22.19333°N 113.53944°E
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