Santo António

Santo António is a civil parish in the western portion of the of . It has the highest population density in . 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.
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  • Type: Suburb with 137,000 residents
  • Description: civil parish in Macau
  • Also known as: “Saint Anthony”, “Santo Antonio”, “Santo António, Macau”, “St Anthony”, “St. Anthony”, and “花王堂區 Santo António”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ruins of St. Paul and Grand Lisboa.

Photo: Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Ruins of Saint Paul's are the remnants of a 17th-century Catholic religious complex in Santo António, . They include what was originally St. Paul's College and the Church of St.

Casino
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is a 47-floor, 261-metre-tall hotel in , . It is owned and operated by Sociedade de Jogos de Macau and was designed by architects Dennis Lau and Ng Chun Man with the interiors created by Khuan Chew, Design Principal of KCA International.

Buddhist temple
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The A-Má Temple is a temple to the Chinese sea-goddess Mazu located in , , . Built in 1488, the temple is one of the oldest in Macau and thought to be the settlement's namesake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Peninsula and Taipa.

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The Macau is the northern portion of 's Special Administrative Region of . Its 8.5 square km is almost totally built up, making it the most urbanized and populous district in the territory.

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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.

Suburb
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is the northernmost and largest civil parish in the of . It has an area of 3.2 square kilometers and a population of 126,000, which constitutes about 40.3% of the peninsula's landmass and one-third of the population.

Santo António

Latitude
22.2009° or 22° 12′ 3″ north
Longitude
113.542° or 113° 32′ 31″ east
Population
137,000
Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)
Open location code
7PJM6G2R+9Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3109980968
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
11875155
Wiki­data ID
Q1186688
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Santo António” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “Sèng An-to-nî Tn̂g-khu”
  • Chinese: “圣安多尼堂区”
  • Chinese: “聖安多尼堂區”
  • Chinese: “花王堂区”
  • Chinese: “花王堂區”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Sankta Antonio”
  • French: “Freguesia de Santo António”
  • German: “Santo António”
  • Japanese: “サント・アントニオ堂区”
  • Japanese: “聖安多尼堂区”
  • Korean: “산투안토니우 당구”
  • Korean: “산투안토니우”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Séng-ăng-dŏ̤-nà̤ Dòng-kṳ̆”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sèng An-to-nî Tn̂g-khu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Freguesia de Santo António”
  • Norwegian: “Freguesia de Santo António”
  • Polish: “Santo António”
  • Portuguese: “Freguesia de Santo António”
  • Portuguese: “Santo António”
  • Russian: “Приход Святого Антония”
  • Russian: “Санту-Антониу”
  • Scots: “Freguesia de Santo António”
  • Scots: “Santo António, Macau”
  • Spanish: “Freguesia de Santo António”
  • Spanish: “Santo António (Macao)”
  • Spanish: “Santo António”
  • Thai: “เขตซังตูอังตอนียู”
  • Urdu: “سانتر انتونیو”
  • Urdu: “سانتو انتونیو، مکاؤ”
  • Yue Chinese: “聖安多尼堂區”

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