Hengqin

Hengqin, also referred to as Ilha da Montanha, is an that lies mostly in , a prefecture-level city and special economic zone in of China.
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  • Type: Locality with 48,000 residents
  • Description: island and district in Zhuhai, China
  • Also known as: “Dom João e Montanha”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chapel of Saint Francis Xavier and Eduardo Marques Square.

Church
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Chapel of St. Francis Xavier is a church located on the island of , Macau. The chapel, built in 1928, is located on the southwestern coast of the island and stands near a monument commemorating a victory over pirates in 1910.

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Park
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is a park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coloane and Cotai.

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is the southern-most island of . It used to be separated from to the north but the two are now joined by the reclaimed land of the to form one huge island.

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, also known as the Strip, is advertised as the "Las Vegas Strip of the East", and not without reason: it houses huge hotels and casinos, upscale shopping, sports facilities, golf courses and more.

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is the centremost of the three regions of . is situated between the and island but is now joined with Coloane by , which was reclaimed from the sea.

Hengqin

Latitude
22.11538° or 22° 6′ 55″ north
Longitude
113.54312° or 113° 32′ 35″ east
Population
48,000
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CN HGQ
Open location code
7PJM4G8V+56
Geo­Names ID
6895574
Wiki­data ID
Q5117990
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Hengqin” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هينغكون”
  • Catalan: “Hengqin”
  • Cebuano: “Hengqin Dao”
  • Chinese: “Hoâiⁿ-khîm-tó”
  • Chinese: “横琴”
  • Chinese: “横琴岛”
  • Chinese: “橫琴”
  • Chinese: “橫琴島”
  • French: “Hengqin”
  • French: “Ville nouvelle de Hengqin”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Vàng-khìm-sîn-khî”
  • Indonesian: “Hengqin”
  • Japanese: “横琴島”
  • Korean: “헝친섬”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hoâiⁿ-khîm-tó”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hengqin”
  • Norwegian: “Hengqin”
  • Persian: “هنگکین”
  • Portuguese: “Hengqin”
  • Russian: “Хэнцинь”
  • Spanish: “Hengqin”
  • Swedish: “Hengqin Dao”
  • Ukrainian: “Хенцинь”
  • Urdu: “ہینگکن”
  • Wu Chinese: “横琴”
  • Yue Chinese: “橫琴”

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