Dr. Sun Yat Sen Municipal Park ( zh, t=紀念孫中山市政公園; ) is an urban park in Nossa Senhora de Fátima,

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. The park is named for the founding father of the

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, Dr

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. The park is a urban park located in northern

in Our Lady of Fatima Parish along the border with

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. The park is located next to Canal dos Patos, but access to the former canal is closed off, and Barrier Gate. It was originally called Canal dos Patos Park to commemorate the friendship between

and

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in 1987. The park is one of forty three parks in the world to bear this name. The park features: * old gate that marked the entrance to Macau from the mainland * aviary * Victorian greenhouse *

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s * feng shui forest * swimming pool * playground * multi use sports fields File:Swimming Pool at Jardim Municipal Dr. Sun Yat Sen.jpg, Swimming pool File:New Wong Ieng Kuan Library at Parque Municipal Dr. Sun Yat Sen.jpg, Wong Ieng Kuan Library File:Forever handshake.jpg, Forever Handshake

Public library

The

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Wong Ieng Kuan Library in Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Municipal Park (; ) occupies of space in a former restaurant in the park. One of several created with funding by Chinese Peruvian Wong Ieng Kuan (黃營均), it opened in a separate building in the park in 1996 and moved to its current building on 24 January 2014.Branch Libraries
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Sun Yat Sen Park, Macau

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Public library

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