Santo António is a civil parish in the western portion of the Macau Peninsula of Macau. It has the highest population density in Macau (98,776 persons per kmò).
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. kmò (16.4% of the peninsula)
- Population: 109,000 (31.7% of the peninsular population)
It includes:
Hotels
Healthcare
The parish houses a private hospital, Kiang Wu Hospital.
The Macau government operates the Fai Chi Kei Health Center (, ) in Santo António, near Bairro Fai Chi Kei.
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
* Kwong Tai Middle School branch campus
* (; ) - Preschool through secondary school
* Sacred Heart Canossian College English section - Primary and secondary school
* Hou Kong Middle School Macau (; ) kindergarten and primary school campuses
* Escola Shá Lei Tau Cham Son () - Preschool and primary school
* (; ) - Primary and secondary school
* (; ) - Preschool through senior high school
* Escola da Sagrada FamÃÂlia () - Preschool and primary school
* (; ) - Santo António - Operated by the Union for Development
Not in the tuition-free network:
* Chan Sui Ki Perpetual Help College (Branch) (; ) - Preschool and primary school
Former schools:
Tuition-free network:
* Escola do SantÃÂssimo Rosário - Preschool through junior high school
Public libraries
Macao Public Library operates three two branches in the parish:
- Patane Library (; )
- 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.
- Red Market Library (; )
- It occupies of a former post office, and first opened on 24 July 2012.
- Wong Ieng Kuan Library in Luis de Camões Garden (; )
- It is in a , two story facility that first opened in 1999. It is one of several libraries built with funding by Wong Ieng Kuan (), a Chinese Peruvian.
Tourist attractions
See also
References
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