Sé is a southeast

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

( pt, freguesia) in the

Macau Peninsula The Macau Peninsula is the most populous and historical part of Macau. It has an area of () and is geographically connected to Guangdong Province at the northeast through an isthmus wide. The peninsula, together with downtown Zhuhai, sits o ...

Macau Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a pop ...

. It is the second largest peninsular district in

after the civil parish of Nossa Senhora de Fátima. The parish area is named for the Igreja da Sé. This parish was one of five in the former

Municipality of Macau The Municipality of Macau ( pt, Concelho de Macau) was one of two municipalities of Macau, along with the Municipality of Ilhas. Governance Its bodies were the Municipal Council of Macau, municipal council (''Câmara Municipal de Macau'') and ...

, one of Macau's two municipalities that were abolished on 31 December 2001 by Law No. 17/2001, following the 1999

transfer of sovereignty over Macau The transfer of sovereignty of Macau (; pt, Transferência da soberania de Macau) from Portugal to the People's Republic of China (PRC) occurred on 20 December 1999. Macau was settled by Portuguese merchants in 1557, during the Ming dynasty ...

from Portugal to China. While their administrative functions have since been removed, these parishes are still retained nominally. Its western part is the historic financial center of Macau. Praia Grande

Central Business District A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...

() is in the south-central part of the district. All banks (over 20) in Macau have offices here. There are numerous quality restaurants, 4-star and 5-star hotels in this district. High-rise buildings exist on the eastern ZAPE and NAPE zone, which was

reclaimed Land reclamation, usually known as reclamation, and also known as land fill (not to be confused with a waste landfill), is the process of creating new Terrestrial ecoregion, land from oceans, list of seas, seas, Stream bed, riverbeds or lak ...

from the sea, with a

ferry terminal A passenger terminal is a structure in a port which services passengers boarding and leaving water vessels such as ferries, cruise ships and ocean liners. Depending on the types of vessels serviced by the terminal, it may be named (for example) ...

located on the eastern edge of the parish. *

Area Area is the quantity that expresses the extent of a region on the plane or on a curved surface. The area of a plane region or ''plane area'' refers to the area of a shape A shape or figure is a graphics, graphical representation of an obje ...

: *

Population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...

: 29,000 (least populated region on the peninsula) *

Population density Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopul ...

: 20,881 persons per km² (the least on the peninsula)

Institutions

Macau government: *

Legislative Assembly of Macau The Legislative Assembly of the Macau Special Administrative Region (; ) is the organ of the legislative branch of Macau. It is a 33-member body comprising 14 directly elected members, 12 indirectly elected members representing functional con ...

Macau General Post Office The Macau General Post Office (; pt, Edificio Sede dos CTT) is a 3-storey building at the intersection of Senado Square and Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro in Sé, Macau, China. The current building was built in 1929. See also * CTT (Macau) ...

* Various government agencies in China Plaza, including the Identification Services Bureau *

Statistics and Census Service The Statistics and Census Service ( pt, Direcção dos Serviços de Estatística e Census, DSEC; ) is the statistics agency of Macau. Its head office is on the 17th floor of Dynasty Plaza (皇朝廣場) in Sé (Cathedral Parish).Education and Youth Affairs Bureau Education and Youth Affairs Bureau ( pt, Direcção dos Serviços de Educação e Juventude or DSEJ; ) was the education agency of Macau. It merged with the Higher Education Bureau, becoming the Education and Youth Development Bureau, in 2021. H ...

head office *

Civil Aviation Authority A civil aviation authority (CAA) is a national or supranational statutory authority that oversees the regulation of civil aviation, including the maintenance of an aircraft register. Role Due to the inherent dangers in the use of flight vehicles, ...

head office: 18th floor of the Cheng Feng Commercial Center (, pt, Centro Comercial Cheng Feng) PRC Central Government: * Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macau SAR * Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the Macao Special Administrative Region Diplomatic missions: *

Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Macau The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Macau (TECO; ) is the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office, representative office of the Republic of China in Macau. Its counterpart body in Taiwan is the Macau Economic and Cultural Offic ...

Philippine Consulate General in Macau SAR The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

Consulate General of Portugal in Macau and Hong Kong A consulate is the office of a consul. A type of diplomatic mission, it is usually subordinate to the state's main representation in the capital of that foreign country (host state), usually an embassy (or, only between two Commonwealth count ...

Consulate General of Angola Macau SAR A consulate is the office of a consul. A type of diplomatic mission, it is usually subordinate to the state's main representation in the capital of that foreign country (host state), usually an embassy (or, only between two Commonwealth count ...

Consulate General of Mozambique in Macau SAR A consulate is the office of a consul. A type of diplomatic mission, it is usually subordinate to the state's main representation in the capital of that foreign country (host state), usually an embassy (or, only between two Commonwealth count ...

Economy

Within the parish is the Edifício CNAC (), the head office of

Air Macau Air Macau Company Limited (, Portuguese language, Portuguese: Companhia de Transportes Aéreos Air Macau, S.A.R.L.) is the flag carrier airline of Macau. It operates services to 24 destinations in Mainland China, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Tai ...

. Previously the Air Macau head office was in the Edifício Tai Wah () in Sé.

Media

'' O Clarim'' has its head office in Edf. Ngan Fai (銀輝大廈) in Sé. '' Ponto Final'' has its head office at Travessa do Bispo, nº1.

Healthcare

Macau's public hospital, Conde S. Januário Hospital, is in Sé. The Macau government also operates the Centro de Saúde Porto Interior (海傍區衛生中心) in Hoi Pong Koi.

Education

Macao Polytechnic University Macao Polytechnic University (MPU; ; pt, Universidade Politécnica de Macau) was established in 1981. It is located in the Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) of the People's Republic of China. MPU is a public Higher education institutio ...

in Sé provides tertiary education. Prior to 1998 the school's central building was used as the

Liceu de Macau Liceu de Macau () was a Portuguese-curriculum public secondary school in Sé, Macau. It was the territory's only public Lusophone secondary school.Clayton, Cathryn H. '' Sovereignty at the Edge: Macau & the Question of Chineseness'' (Volume 324 o ...

, a public Portuguese-curriculum secondary school.Clayton, Cathryn H. ''Sovereignty at the Edge: Macau & the Question of Chineseness'' (Volume 324 of Harvard East Asian monographs, ISSN 0073-0483).

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Primary and secondary schools

The sole public school currently in operation in Sé is the Macao Conservatory School of Dance,Contactos
" . Retrieved on April 9, 2017. Address: "Escola de Dança Endereço:Alameda Dr. Carlos d'Assumpção, n.os 335-341, Edifício Centro Hotline, 3.º e 4.º andares, Macau" and "Escola de Teatro Endereço:Avenida da Amizade (Praceta de Miramar, n.º 87 r/c), Edifício Jardim San On, Macau"
Traditional Chinese
"舞蹈學校地址：澳門新口岸宋玉生廣場335至341號獲多利中心三、四樓" and "戲劇學校地址：澳門海景花園新安花園87號U(友誼大馬路)" as it is categorized by the

Education and Youth Affairs Bureau Education and Youth Affairs Bureau ( pt, Direcção dos Serviços de Educação e Juventude or DSEJ; ) was the education agency of Macau. It merged with the Higher Education Bureau, becoming the Education and Youth Development Bureau, in 2021. H ...

as a public secondary school program.Conservatório de Macau
"

Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (Macau) Education and Youth Affairs Bureau ( pt, Direcção dos Serviços de Educação e Juventude or DSEJ; ) was the education agency of Macau. It merged with the Higher Education Bureau, becoming the Education and Youth Development Bureau, in 2021. ...

. Retrieved on April 9, 2017.
Chinese profile
"學校地址: 澳門高士德大馬路" It is located on the 3rd and 4th floor of the Edifício Centro Hotline (獲多利中心). The conservatory's theater school is also in Sé, within the Edificio Jardim San On (新安花園). ;Tuition-free private primary and secondary schools: * (聖羅撒女子中學) Chinese section - Preschool through secondary school * Colégio de Santa Rosa de Lima English section (聖羅撒英文中學) - Primary and secondary school * Concordia School for Special Education (''Escola Concórdia para Ensino Especial''; 協同特殊教育學校) - Preschool through secondary school and special education, located on the ground floor to third floor of Edificio Chu Kuan (珠光大廈) * Kao Yip Middle School - Preschool through secondary school * Lingnan Middle School (''Escola Ling Nam''; 澳門嶺南中學) - Preschool through secondary school * (''Escola Pui Tou de Macau''; 澳門培道中學) - Main campus, preschool through secondary school * Escola Tong Sin Tong (同善堂中學) - Preschool through secondary * Sheng Kung Hui Choi Kou School Macau (''Sheng Kung Hui Escola Choi Kou (Macau)''; 聖公會(澳門)蔡高中學) Preschool and night secondary school campusHome
Sheng Kung Hui Choi Kou School Macau. Retrieved on April 15, 2017. "夜中學及幼稚園 ..��門白馬行(伯多祿局長街)53號" (53 R. de Pedro Nolasco da Silva) Previously the nursery/primary campus of (MBC; ''Escola Cham Son de Macau''; 澳門浸信中學) was located in Sé. ;Private non-free preschools and primary and secondary schools: * (聖若瑟教區中學) * Millennium Secondary School (''Escola Secundária Millennium''/創新中學) - Senior high school *

Macau Portuguese School The Macau Portuguese School ( pt, Escola Portuguesa de Macau, EPM, ) is a private, non-profit Portuguese international school located in Macau, China. It serves grades 1–12,University of Saint Joseph The University of Saint Joseph (USJ; ; pt, Universidade de São José) is a Catholic university founded in 1996, previously known as Macau Inter-University Institute (; pt, Instituto Inter-Universitário de Macau; IIUM). It was jointly org ...

is in Sé. The main campus of the Macau Polytechnic University is also located in Sé.

Public library

The parish is home the

Macao Public Library The Macao Public Library (; pt, Biblioteca Pública de Macau) is the public library system of Macau. The head office is on the ground floor of the old building of the Sir Robert Ho Tung Library in São Lourenço (Saint Lawrence Parish). Hist ...

system's Library in Ho Yin Garden (''Biblioteca do Jardim Comendador Ho Yin''; 何賢公園圖書館). The library, a two story facility, first opened in 1993. It reopened on 10 February 2009 after it had been temporarily closed in 2005 for NAPE renovations.Branch Libraries
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. Retrieved on April 16, 2017
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Casino and hotels

* Casa Real Casino * Casino Lisboa *

Grand Lisboa Grand Lisboa (, Portuguese: Grande Lisboa) is a 47-floor, hotel in Sé, Macau. It is owned by Sociedade de Turismo e Diversões de Macau and designed by Hong Kong architects Dennis Lau and Ng Chun Man with the interiors created by Khuan Chew, ...

L'Arc Macau The L'Arc Macau is a hotel and casino in Sé, Macau, China. The casino and hotel is 53 floors, has 283 rooms, and is located across from the Wynn Hotel and Casino. The architecture is Portuguese-influenced, with a distinctively large pot of gol ...

Mandarin Oriental, Macau The Mandarin Oriental, Macau () is a luxury hotel on Avenida Dr. Sun Yat-sen in Sé, Macau, Special administrative regions of China. The hotel overlooks the Outer Harbour and Nam Van Lake, and is part of the One Central development connected to ...

MGM Macau MGM Macau (; formerly known as MGM Grand Macau) is a 35-story, 600-room casino resort in Sé, Macau. Under a sub concession approved by the Macau government, the project is owned and operated a ...

Wynn Macau Wynn Macau () is a luxury hotel and casino resort in the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China with two towers containing a total of 1,008 rooms and suites, approximately of casino space, over of retail space, e ...

Tourist attractions

* Comendador Ho Yin Garden * Dr Carlos d'Assumpcao Park * Garden of the Arts * Grand Prix Museum *

Handover Gifts Museum of Macao The Handover Gifts Museum of Macao (; pt, Museu das Ofertas sobre a Transferência de Soberania de Macau) is a museum to commemorate the transfer of sovereignty over Macau in Sé, Macau, Sé, Macau, China. History The construction of the muse ...

* Heritage Exhibition of a Traditional Pawnshop Business *

Kuan Tai Temple Sam Kai Vui Kun, known also as Kuan Tai Temple, () is located in front oSt. Dominic’s Market Complex near Senado Square in Sé, Macau, Sé, Macau, China. The temple was built in 1750. Kuan Tai () is the Anglicized spelling of Guan Yu, Lord Gua ...

Lotus Square The Lotus Square or Golden Lotus Square (; pt, Praça Flor de Lodão) is an open square in Sé, Macau, China. The area features the large bronze sculpture ''Lotus Flower In Full Bloom'' () and is somewhat akin to the Golden Bauhinia of neighbou ...

Macao Cultural Centre The Macao Cultural Centre (CCM; ; pt, Centro Cultural de Macau) is a cultural centre in Sé, Macau, China. History The cultural centre was founded in 1999 with a cost of US$100 million. In August 2017, the roof of the cultural center was dama ...

Macau Fisherman's Wharf The Macau Fisherman's Wharf (; pt, Doca dos Pescadores) is an integrated waterfront, hotel, convention, dining, retail and entertainment complex in Sé, Macau, China. History The construction of the theme park took 5 years, before an opening ...

Macau Forum Macau Forum (, pt, Forum de Macau) is a venue connected to the adjacent Macao Polytechnic University Multisport Pavilion and Media Centre located at Avenida de Marciano Baptista, in Sé, Macau, China. Macao Forum used to be the largest indoor ven ...

* Macau Military Club *

Macau Museum of Art The Macau Museum of Art (MAM; ; pt, Museu de Arte de Macau) is an art museum in Sé, Macau, China. History The museum was established on 19 March 1999. Architecture The museum building spans over 10,192 m2 with 4,000 m2 of exhibition area. ...

Macau Science Center The Macao Science Center also known as Macau Science Center (MSC; ; pt, Centro de Ciência de Macau) is a science center in Sé, Macau, China. The main building has a distinctive, asymmetrical, conical shape with a spiral walkway and a lar ...

Macau Tower The Macau Tower Convention and Entertainment Center (; pt, Centro de Convenções e Entretenimento da Torre de Macau), also known as Macau Tower (; pt, Torre de Macau) , is a tower located in Sé, Macau. The tower measures 338 m (1,109 ft ...

Macau Wine Museum The Macau Wine Museum (; pt, Museu do Vinho) is a wine museum in Sé, Macau, China. It is located next to the Grand Prix Museum. History The museum was inaugurated on 25 December 1995.

Nam Van Lake The Nam Van Lake (; pt, Lago Nam Van) is a man-made lake in Sé, Macau, Sé, Macau, China. It is one of two man made lakes in Macau. It is located at the southern end of Macau Peninsula. The lake was once part of a bay (Praia Grande (Macau), Pr ...

Sai Van Lake Sai Van Lake (; pt, Lago Sai Van) is a man-made lake in Sé, Macau. It is one of two man made lakes in Macau. It is located at the southern tip of Macau Peninsula. The lake was once a bay and closed off by infill. Sai Van means ''West Bay''. S ...

Sands Macao Sands Macao () is a hotel and casino resort located in Sé, Macau, SAR - China. It is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Sands Corporation, and was designed by Steelman Partners, LLP. It comprises a casino, and a 289-suite hotel. Las Vegas ...

Santa Casa de Misericórdia Santa Claus, also known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, or simply Santa, is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring children gifts during the late evening and overnight ...

* Sé Church *

Senado Square The Senado Square, or Senate Square (; pt, Largo do Senado), is a paved town square in Sé, Macau, China, and part of the UNESCO Historic Centre of Macau World Heritage Site. It is an elongated triangular shaped square and connects Largo do ...

* St. Dominic's Church

Transport

* Ferries to Hong Kong and mainland China leave from the

Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal The Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal ( pt, Terminal Marítimo de Passageiros do Porto Exterior; ), also known as the ''Macau Maritime Ferry Terminal'', ''Macau Ferry Terminal'' or ''Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Pier'' in Chinese (), is a ferry terminal loca ...

. * There is an extensive and frequent

bus network A bus network is a network topology in which nodes are directly connected to a common half-duplex link called a bus. A host on a bus network is called a ''station''. In a bus network, every station will receive all network traffic, and the tr ...

in the district, with key stops at Praça de Ferreira do Amaral, Rua do Campo, and Praceta 24 de Junho.

References

External links

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