Santo António, Macau Explained

Santo António
Other Name:	Saint Anthony
Settlement Type:	Freguesia
Mapsize:	250x250px
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Subdivision Type2:	Region
Subdivision Name2:	Municipality of Macau
Area Total Km2:	1.1
Population Total:	129,800
Population As Of:	2013
Population Density Km2:	auto
Timezone:	Macau Standard
Utc Offset:	+8

Freguesia de Santo António
Showflag:	jp
S:	圣安多尼堂区
T:	聖安多尼堂區
P:	Shèng'ānduōní Tángqū
J:	Sing^3 On^1 Do^1 Nei^4 Tong^4 Keoi^1
Ci:	pronounced as /siŋ˧ʔɔːn˥tɔː˥nei˧˩ tʰɔːŋ˧˩kʰɵy˥/
Por:	Freguesia de Santo António
Also Known As:	Alternative name
S2:	花王堂区
T2:	花王堂區
J2:	Faa^1 Wong^4 Tong^4 Koe^1
P2:	Huāwáng Tángqū
Ci2:	pronounced as /fáːwɔ̏ːŋ tʰɔ̏ːŋkʰœ́ː/
L2:	the gardener's parish

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:

• 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 Centro de Saúde Macau Norte (筷子基衛生中心 meaning "Fai Chi Kei Health Center") 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]

• ^[6] (Portuguese: Colégio do Sagrado Coração de Jesus; Chinese: 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 (Portuguese: Escola Hou Kong; Chinese: 濠江中學) kindergarten and primary school campuses^[9]

• Escola Shá Lei Tau Cham Son (Chinese: 沙梨頭浸信學校) - Preschool and primary school^[10]

• ^[11] (Portuguese: Escola São João de Brito; Chinese: 庇道學校) - Primary and secondary school^[12]

• ^[13] (Portuguese: Escola Tong Nam; Chinese: 東南學校) - Preschool through senior high school^[14]

• Escola da Sagrada Família (Chinese: 聖家學校) - Preschool and primary school^[15]

• ^[16] (Portuguese: Escola para Filhos e Irmãos dos Operários; Chinese: 勞工子弟學校) - Santo António - Operated by the Union for Development (Associação Geral dos Operarios de Macau)^[17]

Not in the tuition-free network:

• Chan Sui Ki Perpetual Help College (Branch)^[18] (Portuguese: Colégio Perpétuo Socorro Chan Sui Ki(Sucursal); Chinese: 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 260sqm 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 675sqm, two story facility that first opened in 1999. It is one of several libraries built with funding by Wong Ieng Kuan, a Chinese Peruvian.^[21]

Tourist attractions

• Camões Grotto
• Casa Garden
• Fire Services Museum
• Mount Fortress
• Macau Protestant Chapel
• Museum of Macau
• Museum of Sacred Art and Crypt
• Na Tcha Temple
• Old Protestant Cemetery
• Ruins of St. Paul's

See also

• List of the most densely populated administrative units in the world

External links

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.kwh.org.mo/ Home
2. "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"
3. Web site: Home page . Colégio Mateus Ricci . April 9, 2017 . "Chinese: 中學部:澳門大三巴巷一號A[...]幼初小部:白鴿巢前地4號".
4. "School detailed list ." Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (Macau). Retrieved on April 9, 2017. "Colégio Mateus Ricci Travessa de S. Paulo, no.1A"
5. "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"
6. http://www.shcc.edu.mo/ Home
7. "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: "Chinese: 澳門美副將大馬路75號"
8. "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: "Chinese: 學校地址: 雅廉訪大馬路86號"
9. Web site: http://www.houkong.edu.mo/contact.html . zh:濠江中學各校部通訊 . . April 11, 2017 . "Chinese: 小學 地址:亞豐素雅布基街25-27號" and "Chinese: 幼稚園 地址:鏡湖馬路73-75號" (73-75 Estr. do Repouso).
10. "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: "Chinese: 學校地址: 沙梨頭海邊街169號S"
11. http://www.brito.edu.mo/ Home
12. "Escola São João de Brito." Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (Macau). Retrieved on April 9, 2017. "Endereço : Rua Pedro Coutinho, no.118" - Chinese profile: "Chinese: 學校地址: 高地烏街118號"
13. "0003.jpg." . Retrieved on April 15, 2017.
14. "Escola Tong Nam." Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (Macau). Retrieved on April 9, 2017. "Endereço : Rua do Almirante Costa Cabral, no.138" - Chinese profile: "Chinese: 學校地址: 賈伯樂提督街138號"
15. "Escola da Sagrada Família." Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (Macau). Retrieved on April 9, 2017. "Rua de Bráz da Rosa, no.15" - Chinese profile: "Chinese: 學校地址: 新橋羅白沙街十五號"
16. https://web.archive.org/web/20010607085103/http://www.louhau.edu.mo/www/ Home
17. "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: "Chinese: 學校地址: 和樂坊第二街163號"
18. http://www.phcsuc.edu.mo/ Home
19. "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: "Chinese: 學校地址: 消防隊巷九號G"
20. " 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"
21. "Branch Libraries." Macao Public Library. Retrieved on April 16, 2017. Portuguese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese