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Santo António, Macau - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 22°12′03″N 113°32′31″E / 22.2009°N 113.5420°E

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Santo António 花王堂區 Saint Anthony
Freguesia
Ruins of St. Paul's
Freguesia de Santo António in Macau
Country	Macau
Region	Municipality of Macau
Area
• Total	1.1 km² (0.4 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	129,800
• Density	120,000/km² (310,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (Macau Standard)

Freguesia de Santo António

Chinese name

Traditional Chinese

聖安多尼堂區

Simplified Chinese

圣安多尼堂区

Jyutping

Sing³ On¹ Do¹ Nei⁴ Tong⁴ Keoi¹

Hanyu Pinyin

Shèng'ānduōní Tángqū

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shèng'ānduōní Tángqū
IPA	[ʂə̂ŋˈántwónǐ tʰǎŋtɕʰý]
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Sing³ On¹ Do¹ Nei⁴ Tong⁴ Keoi¹
IPA	[siŋ˧ʔɔːn˥tɔː˥nei˧˩ tʰɔːŋ˧˩kʰɵy˥]

Alternative name

Traditional Chinese

花王堂區

Simplified Chinese

花王堂区

Jyutping

Faa¹ Wong⁴ Tong⁴ Koe¹

Hanyu Pinyin

Huāwáng Tángqū

Literal meaning

the gardener's parish

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Huāwáng Tángqū
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Faa¹ Wong⁴ Tong⁴ Koe¹
IPA	[fáːwɔ̏ːŋ tʰɔ̏ːŋkʰœ́ː]

Portuguese name

Portuguese

Freguesia de Santo António

Santo António is a civil parish (Portuguese: freguesia) in the western portion of the Macau Peninsula of Macau. It has the highest population density in Macau (98,776 persons per km²).

This parish was one of five in the former Municipality of Macau, one of Macau's two municipalities that were abolished on 31 December 2001 by Law No. 17/2001, following the 1999 transfer of sovereignty over Macau from Portugal to China. While their administrative functions have since been removed, these parishes are still retained nominally.

It is north of the parish of Sé, south of Nossa Senhora de Fátima parish, west of São Lázaro parish, and east of the Inner Harbor (Porto Interior).

Description

The entire area is reclaimed from the sea.

Population statistics as of 2006:

Area: 1.1. km² (16.4% of the peninsula)
Population: 109,000 (31.7% of the peninsular population)

It includes^{[clarification needed]}:

Sha Gong (沙崗)
San Kio (新橋)
Patane (沙梨頭)

Hotels

Sofitel Macau At Ponte 16

Healthcare

The parish houses a private hospital, Kiang Wu Hospital.^[1]

The Macau government operates the Fai Chi Kei Health Center (Centro de Saúde Macau Norte, 筷子基衛生中心) in Santo António, near Bairro Fai Chi Kei.^[2]

Education

Primary and secondary schools

All primary and secondary schools in Santo António are private.

In the tuition-free school network:

Colégio Mateus Ricci: One secondary campus and one primary/kindergarten campus^[3]^[4]
Kwong Tai Middle School branch campus^[5]
Sacred Heart Canossian College [zh]^[6] (Colégio do Sagrado Coração de Jesus; 嘉諾撒聖心中學) - Preschool through secondary school^[7]
Sacred Heart Canossian College English section - Primary and secondary school^[8]
Hou Kong Middle School Macau (Escola Hou Kong; 濠江中學) kindergarten and primary school campuses^[9]
Escola Shá Lei Tau Cham Son (沙梨頭浸信學校) - Preschool and primary school^[10]
Saint John de Brito School [zh]^[11] (Escola São João de Brito; 庇道學校) - Primary and secondary school^[12]
Tong Nam School [zh]^[13] (Escola Tong Nam; 東南學校) - Preschool through senior high school^[14]
Escola da Sagrada Família (聖家學校) - Preschool and primary school^[15]
The Workers' Children High School [zh]^[16] (Escola para Filhos e Irmãos dos Operários; 勞工子弟學校) - Santo António - Operated by the Union for Development^[17]

Not in the tuition-free network:

Chan Sui Ki Perpetual Help College (Branch)^[18] (Colégio Perpétuo Socorro Chan Sui Ki (Sucursal); 母佑會陳瑞祺永援中學(分校)) - Preschool and primary school^[19]

Former schools:

Tuition-free network:

Escola do Santíssimo Rosário - Preschool through junior high school^[20]

Public libraries

Macao Public Library operates three two branches in the parish:^[21]

Patane Library (Biblioteca do Patane; 沙梨頭圖書館)
- It occupies seven buildings first built in the 1930s and renovated by the Macau Cultural Affairs Bureau. The library itself opened on 9 December 2016.^[21]
Red Market Library (Biblioteca do Mercado Vermelho; 紅街市圖書館)
- It occupies 260 m² (2,800 sq ft) of a former post office, and first opened on 24 July 2012.^[21]
Wong Ieng Kuan Library in Luis de Camões Garden (Biblioteca de Wong Ieng Kuan no Jardim Luis de Camões; 白鴿巢公園黃營均圖書館)
- It is in a 675 m² (7,270 sq ft), two story facility that first opened in 1999. It is one of several libraries built with funding by Wong Ieng Kuan (黃營均), a Chinese Peruvian.^[21]

Tourist attractions

References

^ Home. Kiang Wu Hospital. Retrieved on April 21, 2018. "地址：鏡湖醫院位於澳門連勝街" (Estr. de Coelho do Amaral)
^ "Contacte-Nos." Macau Health Bureau. Retrieved on April 21, 2018. "Centro de Saúde Macau Norte (Bairro Fai Chi Kei) Estrada Marginal de Patane, Macau" Chinese version: "筷子基衛生中心澳門沙梨頭海邊大馬路929號"
^ "Home page". Colégio Mateus Ricci. Retrieved April 9, 2017. 中學部:澳門大三巴巷一號A[...]幼初小部:白鴿巢前地4號
^ "School detailed list ." Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (Macau). Retrieved on April 9, 2017. "Colégio Mateus Ricci Travessa de S. Paulo, no.1A"
^ "我們在這裡" (We Are Here) Kwong Tai Middle School. Retrieved on 9 November 2018. "分校地址：澳門筷子基沙梨頭新街98號聯薪廣場三字樓 Rua Nova Patane, no. 98, Edifício "Luen San" Square C.C. R/C A3, Macau"
^ Home. Sacred Heart Canossian College [zh]. Retrieved on April 13, 2017.
^ "Colégio do Sagrado Coração de Jesus." Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (Macau). Retrieved on April 9, 2017. "Endereço : Avenida Coronel Mesquita, no.75, Macau" - Chinese profile: "澳門美副將大馬路75號"
^ "Colégio do Sagrado Coração de Jesus - Secção Inglesa." Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (Macau). Retrieved on April 9, 2017. "Endereço : Avenida Ouvidor Arriaga, no.86" - Chinese profile: "學校地址: 雅廉訪大馬路86號"
^ 濠江中學各校部通訊. Hou Kong Middle School Macau. Retrieved April 11, 2017. "小學地址:亞豐素雅布基街25-27號" and "幼稚園地址:鏡湖馬路73-75號" (73-75 Estr. do Repouso)
^ "Escola Shá Lei Tau Cham Son." Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (Macau). Retrieved on April 9, 2017. "Rua Ribeira do Patane, no.169S" - Chinese profile: "學校地址: 沙梨頭海邊街169號S"
^ Home. Saint John de Brito School. Retrieved on April 15, 2017.
^ "Escola São João de Brito." Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (Macau). Retrieved on April 9, 2017. "Endereço : Rua Pedro Coutinho, no.118" - Chinese profile: "學校地址: 高地烏街118號"
^ "0003.jpg." Tong Nam School [zh]. Retrieved on April 15, 2017.
^ "Escola Tong Nam." Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (Macau). Retrieved on April 9, 2017. "Endereço : Rua do Almirante Costa Cabral, no.138" - Chinese profile: "學校地址: 賈伯樂提督街138號"
^ "Escola da Sagrada Família." Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (Macau). Retrieved on April 9, 2017. "Rua de Bráz da Rosa, no.15" - Chinese profile: "學校地址: 新橋羅白沙街十五號"
^ Home. The Workers' Children High School. Retrieved on April 15, 2017.
^ "Escola para Filhos e Irmãos dos Operários." Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (Macau). Retrieved on April 9, 2017. "Endereço : Rua 2 do Bairro de Concórdia no.163" - Chinese profile: "學校地址: 和樂坊第二街163號"
^ Home. Chan Sui Ki Perpetual Help College Branch. Retrieved on April 9, 2017.
^ "Colégio Perpétuo Socorro Chan Sui Ki - Sucursal." Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (Macau). Retrieved on April 9, 2017. "Travessa dos Bombeiros, no.9G" - Chinese profile: "學校地址: 消防隊巷九號G"
^ " Escola do Santíssimo Rosário." Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (Macau). Retrieved on April 9, 2017. "Endereço : Largo da Companhia, No. 14, Macau" Chinese profile: "學校地址: 老人院前地14號"
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Branch Libraries." Macao Public Library. Retrieved on April 16, 2017. Portuguese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Santo António.

"Parishes." Cartography and Cadastre Bureau. Portuguese version, Traditional Chinese version

Santo António, Macau

Landmarks

Education

Colégio Mateus Ricci
Chan Sui Ki Perpetual Help College Branch Campus
Kwong Tai (Guang Da) Middle School Branch Campus

Closed	Escola do Santíssimo Rosário

Parishes of Macau

Parishes

Macau Peninsula	Santo António São Lázaro São Lourenço Sé Nossa Senhora de Fátima
Islands District	Nossa Senhora do Carmo São Francisco Xavier

Other zones

Defunct subdivisions

Defunct territories

Lapa, Dom João, and Montanha

Note: The civil parishes are purely symbolic. There are currently no political administrative subdivisions in Macau, and instead, the Municipal Affairs Bureau handles some of the functions formerly handled by the abolished municipalities, the former had replaced the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau that was formed in 2002.

22°12′03″N 113°32′31″E / 22.2009°N 113.5420°E / 22.2009; 113.5420

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