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Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Macau

Nossa Senhora de Fátima
花地瑪堂區
Our Lady of Fátima
Freguesia
The old Portas do Cerco
The old Portas do Cerco
Freguesia de Nossa Senhora de Fátima in Macau
Freguesia de Nossa Senhora de Fátima in Macau
Country Macau
Region Municipality of Macau
Area
 • Total 3.2 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Population (2013)
 • Total 237,500
 • Density 74,000/km2 (190,000/sq mi)
Time zone Macau Standard (UTC+8)
Area code(s) 0
Freguesia de Nossa Senhora de Fátima
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 花地瑪堂區
Simplified Chinese 花地玛堂区
Cantonese Yale Fáadeihmáah Tòngkeú
Hanyu Pinyin Huādìmǎ Tángqū
Portuguese name
Portuguese Freguesia de Nossa Senhora de Fátima
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Freguesia de Nossa Senhora de Fátima is the northernmost and largest freguesia (parish) in Macau Peninsula, Macau. It has an area of 2.7 square kilometers (1.0 sq mi) and a population of 126,000, which constitutes about 40.3% of the peninsula's land mass and one-third of the population. It 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.

It is northeast of Freguesia de Sto. António and Freguesia de S. Lázaro.It borders the Chinese city of Zhuhai to the north.

The following places and attractions are in the freguesia



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