Nossa Senhora do Carmo | |
Other Name: | Our Lady of Carmel |
Settlement Type: | Freguesia |
Mapsize: | 250x250px |
Coordinates: | 22.1597°N 113.5594°W |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Type2: | Sovereign state |
Subdivision Name1: | (special administrative region) |
Subdivision Name: | Concelho das Ilhas |
Subdivision Type: | Concelho |
Area Total Km2: | 7.9 |
Population Total: | 102,759 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Macau Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Freguesia de Nossa Senhora do Carmo | |
Showflag: | yj |
Por: | Freguesia de Nossa Senhora do Carmo |
T: | 嘉模堂區 |
Y: | Gā'mòuh Tòhng Kēui |
J: | Gaa1mou4 Tong4 Koei1 |
Poj: | Ka-bô Tông-khu |
S: | 嘉模堂区 |
P: | Jiāmú Tángqū |
Freguesia de Nossa Senhora do Carmo is a civil parish (freguesia) in the Macao Special Administrative Region. The major part of the freguesia is located in Taipa but it runs through to Hengqin Island in mainland China. The freguesia is named after the Our Lady of Carmel Church. It is the largest freguesia in Macau with an area of .[1]
It is a common misconception that Freguesia de Nossa Senhora do Carmo equals Taipa. When Macau was still under the colonial rule of Portugal, there were no freguesias defined on the islands of Taipa and Coloane by the Portuguese Macau government, but the Diocese of Macau established the Paróquia de Nossa Senhora do Carmo (Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish), covering Taipa Island.[2] The delineation of the freguesia is later adopted by the government from the name of the existing parish. Several reclamations were carried out along the coast of Taipa Island through different periods; the freguesia now not just only includes the area of Taipa, but is further expanded to an island called, which houses the control tower of Macau International Airport. In 2013, the University of Macau was moved from Taipa to a new campus on Hengqin (pt|Ilha da Montanha). The campus area applies Macau Law and is included in the freguesia,[3] yet the island Zhuhai.
The southern boundary of the freguesia is the road of Estrada da Baía de Nossa Senhora da Esperança, the reclaimed land south of the road, although commonly treated as a part of Taipa, belongs to Zona do Aterro de Cotai and it does not belong to any part of Macau's freguesia.