Nossa Senhora de Fátima is the northernmost and largest

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in the

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. It has an area of and a population of 126,000, which constitutes about 40.3% of the peninsula's land mass and one-third of the population. This parish was one of five in the former

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

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from Portugal to China. While their administrative functions have since been removed, these parishes are still retained nominally. It is northeast of the parishes of

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and São Lázaro. It borders the Chinese city of

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to the north.

Description

The parish consists mostly of land reclaimed from the sea. Natural land comprises only a quarter of its current size. It was developed from farmlands in the 1960s and 1970s, to become an industrial area. Forty-one percent of Macau's factories are located in the parish.

Places and attractions

The following places and attractions are in the parish * Ilha Verde (青洲, "Green Island") * Toi San (台山 "Table Hill") * Hipódromo (" Hippodrome", 馬場 "Horse Farm") *

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("Black Sand", 黑沙環 "Black-sand Ring") *

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(望廈 "View Amoy"), the

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was signed here * Bairro "Fai Chi Kei" (筷子基 "

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Base") * Iao Hon (祐漢 "Blessing the Han")

Infrastructure

* Macau Power Station

Healthcare

The Macau government operates the Centro de Saúde Areia Preta (黑沙環衛生中心) in Areia Preta (Hac Sa Wan).

Tourist attractions

* Canidrome * Communications Museum * Garden of Montanha Russa * Kun Iam Temple * Lin Zexu Memorial Museum of Macau * Macau Design Centre * Macau Mosque and Cemetery * Mong-Há Fort * Portas do Cerco * Sun Yat Sen Park

Education

Primary and secondary schools

; Public schools: *

Zheng Guanying Official School Zheng Guanying Official School (, pt, Escola Oficial Zheng Guanying, EOZGY) is a primary and secondary school in Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Macau.Escola Luso-Chinesa Técnico-Profissional (中葡職業技術學校) - Secondary school *Escola Primária Luso-Chinesa do Bairro Norte (北區中葡小學) **It opened on 1 November 1990. *Jardim de Infância Luso-Chinês "Girassol" (樂富中葡幼稚園) :*It occupies a 260 student-capacity, area on two floors of the Edifício U Wa (裕華大廈). It opened in the Edifício “Lok Fu San Chun” on 27 March 1989 and moved to its current location in September 1997. ; Tuition-free private schools: * Colégio Dom Bosco (Yuet Wah) (鮑思高粵華小學) - Preschool and primary school ** The current school building opened in 1963, and Yuet Wah College merged into it in 2000. The school has English and Chinese sections; its Portuguese section closed in 1999. * (MBC; ''Escola Cham Son de Macau''; 澳門浸信中學) - Preschool through secondary school ** Previously its secondary campus was located in a different area of Nossa Senhora de Fátima, respectively * Escola Chong Tak de Macau (澳門中德學校) - Preschool and primary school * Escola Fukien (澳門福建學校) - Preschool and primary school *

Hou Kong Middle School Macau Hou or HOU may refer to: * -hou, a place-name element * Hou (surname) * Hou (currency) (Chinese: ), a unit of currency in Greater China * Hou (Odder Municipality), a town in Denmark * Hou (title) (Chinese: ), a title in ancient China * Denglong ...

(''Escola Hou Kong''; 濠江中學) main campus, which houses secondary school * (海暉學校) - Preschool and primary school * Escola Ilha Verde da Associação Comercial de Macau (歡迎光臨青洲小學) - Preschool and primary school *

Keang Peng School Keang Peng School (, pt, Escola Keang Peng) is a private school in Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Macau, with two campuses, one each for preschool/primary and secondary levels.

(''Escola Keang Peng'') - Preschool through secondary school * Kwong Tai (Guang Da) Middle School, main campus. - Preschool to secondary school * Escola Lin Fong Pou Chai (蓮峰普濟學校) - Preschool and primary school * Escola Madalena de Canossa (瑪大肋納嘉諾撒學校) - Preschool and primary school * Our Lady of Fatima Girls' School (''Escola Nossa Senhora de Fátima''; 化地瑪聖母女子學校) - Preschool through secondary school * (澳門聖保祿學校) - Preschool through secondary school * (澳門工聯職業技術中學) - Has both junior high (Ensino secundário-geral/初中教育) and senior high (Ensino secundário-complementar/高中教育) levels * Escola Tak Meng (德明學校) - Preschool and primary school - Located on the first floor of the Edifício Lok Fu San Chun (樂富新村) * Fu Luen School (''Escola da Associação Geral das Mulheres de Macau''; 澳門婦聯學校) - Preschool and primary school * Escola da Associação para Filhos e Irmãos dos Agricultores or (菜農子弟學校 "Choi Nong Chi Tai Hoc Hau") - Preschool through secondary school * (聖德蘭學校) - Preschool and primary school * (澳門坊眾學校) - Preschool through senior high * Jardim Infantil da Cáritas (明愛幼稚園) - Preschool - Located in Edf. Kam Hoi San Garden (金海山花園) * Sheng Kung Hui Choi Kou School MacauHome
Sheng Kung Hui Choi Kou School Macau. Retrieved on April 15, 2017. "中學部及小學部 ..��址: 澳門馬揸度博士大馬路266號" (''Sheng Kung Hui Escola Choi Kou (Macau)''; 聖公會(澳門)蔡高中學) primary school and day secondary school campus ; Non-free private schools: * Colégio Diocesano de São José 5 - Preschool through secondary school *

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(''Escola Secundária Nocturna Xin Hua''/新華夜中學) * (商訓夜中學), an evening secondary school

Colleges and universities

University of Saint Joseph has its main campus in Ilha Verde, Nossa Senhora de Fátima. It moved into this campus in September 2017.

Public libraries

New Wong Ieng Kuen Library at Jardim Municipal Dr

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operates five branches in the parish:Branch Libraries
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/ref> * Ilha Verde Library (''Biblioteca da Ilha Verde''; 青洲圖書館) **The library, which opened in 1995, occupies of space on the fourth floor of the Edf. May Fair Garden (美居廣場). * Mong Há Library (''Biblioteca de Mong Há''; 望廈圖書館) **It occupies of space on the third floor of the Edifício Mong Sin (望善樓) in the Habitação Social de Mong Há (望廈社屋). It first occupied a three storey building in the Bairro Social de Mong-Há (望廈新邨) upon opening in 1988; this location closed in April 2011 and it reopened in its current location in December 2011. * Wong Ieng Kuan Library in (''Biblioteca de Wong Ieng Kuan no Jardim da Areia Preta''; 黑沙環公園黃營均圖書館) **One of several parks funded by

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Wong Ieng Kuan (黃營均), it has an area with of space. Its opening occurred in 2004. * Wong Ieng Kuan Children's Library in Areia Preta Urban Park (''Biblioteca Infantil Wong Ieng Kuan no Jardim da Areia Preta''; 黑沙環公園黃營均兒童圖書館) ** The library occupies a space of and is directly across from the main library in the same park. It uses a theme from the Mainland Chinese television programme '' Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf''. It first opened on 2 July 2011. The library, prior to receiving its current theme on 1 December 2012, originally had an ''

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'' theme. * Wong Ieng Kuan Library in Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Municipal Park (''Biblioteca de Wong Ieng Kuan no Parque Dr. Sun Yat Sen''; 紀念孫中山公園黃營均圖書館) ** It occupies of space in a former restaurant in the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Municipal Park. One of several created with funding by Dr. Wong Ieng Kuan, it opened in a separate building in the park in 1996 and moved to its current building on 24 January 2014.

Religion

Christianity

* Our Lady of Fátima Church (1967)

References

External links

Macau freguesias
{{DEFAULTSORT:Freguesia de Nossa Senhora de Fatima (Macau) Freguesias of Macau Macau Peninsula