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By the end of Portuguese rule, Lei n.º 17/2001 - Extinção dos municípios provisórios e dissolução dos órgãos municipais provisórios - RAEM
/ref> Since the abolition of the municipalities, parishes are still officially recognized divisions but for symbolic reasons only, while some of the municipal services are now handled by the Municipal Affairs Bureau.
/ref> The parishes of Nossa Senhora do Carmo and São Francisco Xavier are coterminous with the natural borders of the islands of
Decreto-Lei n.º 26/91/M
– Decree-law regarding the limits of the parishes of Macau peninsula {{Counties of China 01 Geography of Macau Municipalities of Macau Populated places in Macau
By the end of Portuguese rule, Macau
Macau or Macao is a special administrative regions of China, special administrative region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). With a population of about people and a land area of , it is the most List of countries and dependencies by p ...
was administratively divided into two municipalities: Macau
Macau or Macao is a special administrative regions of China, special administrative region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). With a population of about people and a land area of , it is the most List of countries and dependencies by p ...
and Ilhas, and seven civil parishes (). Parishes were administrative subdivisions of the municipalities.
After the 1999 transfer of sovereignty over Macau
The handover of Macau from the Portuguese Republic to the People's Republic of China was at midnight on 20 December 1999. This event ended 442 years of Portuguese rule in the former settlement, which began in 1557.
Macau was settled by Por ...
from Portugal to China, municipalities were formally abolished on 31 December 2001 by Law No. 17/2001./ref> Since the abolition of the municipalities, parishes are still officially recognized divisions but for symbolic reasons only, while some of the municipal services are now handled by the Municipal Affairs Bureau.
Parishes
Prior to the dissolution of the municipalities in 2001, the first five parishes listed in the table below fell under the Municipality of Macau while the remaining two fell under the Municipality of Ilhas, totalling to seven parishes.Situação Geográfica de Macau dscc.gov.mo/ref> The parishes of Nossa Senhora do Carmo and São Francisco Xavier are coterminous with the natural borders of the islands of
Taipa
Taipa ( zh, t=氹仔, ; , ) is an area in Macau, connected to Coloane through the area known as Cotai, which is largely built from reclaimed land. Located on the northern half of the island, Taipa's population is mostly suburban. Administrativ ...
and Coloane
Coloane ( Chinese: 路環, Portuguese: ''Coloane'') is the southernmost area in Macau, connected to Taipa through the area known as Cotai, which is largely built from reclaimed land. Known as “''Lou Wan''” in Cantonese, Coloane forms the sou ...
, respectively.
Former municipalities
Each municipality was run by a municipal chamber (), with a supervising municipal assembly ().See also
*Geography of Macau
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Macau is a Special Administrative Region on the southern coast of China. It is located at the south of Guangdong Province, on the tip of the peninsula formed by the Zhujiang (Pearl River) estuary on the east and the Xijiang (West Ri ...
References
External links
Decreto-Lei n.º 26/91/M
– Decree-law regarding the limits of the parishes of Macau peninsula {{Counties of China 01 Geography of Macau Municipalities of Macau Populated places in Macau