The Posto Fronteiriço das Portas do Cerco (

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for ''Border Post of Portas do Cerco'') is an

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and

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checkpoint in the

Portas do Cerco The Portas do Cerco is an area in Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Macau, China. Located on the northern tip of the Macau Peninsula, it is known by the Barrier Gate separating Macau from mainland China. The Portuguese built the gate in 1849 to replace a ...

area in northern

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, on its border with mainland China's

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. It is one of three border crossings between Macau and

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, the others being Qingmao Port-Macau Frontier Post Building and the

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between Macao's

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and mainland China's Hengqin Island. Travellers entering Macau pass through immigration and customs on the ground floor of the building, while those departing Macau pass through customs and immigration on the first floor. Its counterpart in Zhuhai is Gongbei Port, through which travellers must pass before or after

History

The gate was opened on 15 January 2004 replacing the old Portas do Cerco checkpoint built in 1870.

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History

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