Freguesia de Nossa Senhora do Carmo

Freguesia de Nossa Senhora do Carmo is a civil parish (freguesia) in the Macao Special Administrative Region. The major part of the freguesia is located in Taipa but it runs through to Hengqin Island in mainland China. The freguesia is named after the Our Lady of Carmel Church. It is the largest freguesia in Macau with an area of 7.9 square kilometres (3.1 sq mi).^[1]

Nossa Senhora do Carmo 嘉模堂區 Our Lady of Carmel
Freguesia
Area of Freguesia de Nossa Senhora do Carmo
Coordinates: 22°9′35″N 113°33′34″E
Concelho	Concelho das Ilhas
Country	Macau (special administrative region)
Sovereign state	People's Republic of China
Area
• Total	7.9 km2 (3.1 sq mi)
Population  (2016[needs update])
• Total	102,759
• Density	13,000/km2 (34,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (Macau Standard)

Freguesia de Nossa Senhora do Carmo
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	嘉模堂區
Simplified Chinese	嘉模堂区
Cantonese Yale	Gā'mòuh Tòhng Kēui
Jyutping	Gaa1mou4 Tong4 Koei1
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jiāmú Tángqū IPA [tɕjámǔ tʰǎŋtɕʰý] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Gā'mòuh Tòhng Kēui Jyutping Gaa1mou4 Tong4 Koei1 IPA [ka˥.mɔw˩.tʰɔŋ˩ kʰɵɥ˥] Southern Min Hokkien POJ Ka-bô Tông-khu
Portuguese name
Portuguese	Freguesia de Nossa Senhora do Carmo

History and geography

Formerly an isolated island, Ilha Kai Kiong is now a part of Freguesia de Nossa Senhora do Carmo.

The new campus of University of Macau is on Hengqin (Ilha da Montanha) of China, but it is also a part of the freguesia.

It is a common misconception that Freguesia de Nossa Senhora do Carmo equals Taipa.^{[citation needed]} When Macau was still under the colonial rule of Portugal, there were no freguesias defined on the islands of Taipa and Coloane by the Portuguese Macau government, but the Diocese of Macau established the Paróquia de Nossa Senhora do Carmo (Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish), covering Taipa Island.^[2] The delineation of the freguesia is later adopted by the government from the name of the existing parish. Several reclamations were carried out along the coast of Taipa Island through different periods; the freguesia now not just only includes the area of Taipa, but is further expanded to an island called Ilha Kai Kiong [zh; ceb], which houses the control tower of Macau International Airport. In 2013, the University of Macau was moved from Taipa to a new campus on Hengqin (Portuguese: Ilha da Montanha). The campus area applies Macau Law and is included in the freguesia,^[3] yet the island is owned by^[clarify] Zhuhai.

The road Estrada da Baía de Nossa Senhora da Esperança (left in the photo) marks the southern boundary of the Freguesia de Nossa Senhora do Carmo.

The southern boundary of the freguesia is the road of Estrada da Baía de Nossa Senhora da Esperança, the reclaimed land south of the road, although commonly treated as a part of Taipa, belongs to Zona do Aterro de Cotai and it does not belong to any part of Macau's freguesia.

See also

• Our Lady of Carmel Church, Macau
• Municipality of Ilhas

References

1. Macao Special Administrative Region Cartography and Cadastre Bureau. "Geographical location/Parishes". Retrieved 22 June 2020.
2. Chan, Chan U (March 2008). "As freguesias de Macau — Uma discussão sobre a viabilidade da divisão geográfica para os Centros de Prestação de Serviços ao Público". Revista de Administração Pública de Macau (in Portuguese). 21 (1). Macau: Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau: 137–139. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
3. Macao Special Administrative Region Printing Bureau (14 August 2013). "Avisos e anúncios oficiais". Boletim Oficial da Região Administrativa Especial de Macau (in Portuguese). 33 (2).

External links

• Official site of the Catholic Diocese of Macau