Cotai
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Cotai 路氹城 Cotai |
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Cotai
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 Zona do Aterro de Cotai in Macau |
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| Country | Macau |
| Region | Municipality of das Ilhas |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.8 km2 (2.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | ~300 |
| Time zone | Macau Standard (UTC+8) |
| Area code(s) | 0 |
| Cotai Landfill Zone | |||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 路氹填海區 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 路凼填海区 | ||||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | Lùhdàhng Tìhnhói Kēui | ||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Lùdàng Tiánhǎi Qū | ||||||||||||||
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| Portuguese | Zona do Aterro de Cotai | ||||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Lùdàng Tiánhǎi Qū |
| IPA | [lûtâŋʈʂʰə̌ŋ xàitɕʰý] |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Lùhdàhng Tìhnhói Kēui |
| IPA | [lòu tʰɐ̬m sɪ̏n hɔ̌ːi kʰœ́ː] |
Coordinates: 22°08′27″N 113°33′47″E / 22.14082°N 113.56310°E
Cotai (Chinese: 路氹城) (Port. Zona do Aterro de Cotai) is a 5.2 square kilometres (2.0 sq mi) piece of newly reclaimed land on top of Seac Pai Bay between Taipa and Coloane islands in Macau, that has not yet been assigned to any of the freguesias. The Chinese and Portuguese names are a portmanteau of the two islands, Coloane and Taipa.
Cotai was created to provide Macau with a new gambling and tourism area since Macau is so densely populated and land is scarce, and many hotels and casinos can be found in the vicinity of the "Cotai Strip". In 2006, a new hospital was founded in the Cotai area, the MUST Hospital, which is associated with the Macau University of Science and Technology Foundation.
The "Cotai Strip" is a name dubbed to the entire hotel-casino area, when the term "Cotai Strip" has been trademarked by Las Vegas Sands Corporation, which coined the phrase (USPTO Registration Nos. 4396486 and 4396486 for gaming and hotel services), and only applies to its properties.
Galaxy Entertainment Group's Grand Waldo Hotel was the first casino to commence operations in Cotai, opening its doors in May, 2006. The construction of many other casino and hotel projects is currently underway. The largest and most notable property on Cotai so far is Las Vegas Sands' Venetian Macao, which opened its doors on August 28, 2007.Melco PBL Holdings opened the City of Dreams directly across the street from the Venetian on June 1, 2009.
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