Santo António, Macau
Santo António
花王堂區 Saint Anthony | |
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Ruins of St. Paul's | |
Freguesia de Santo António in Macau | |
| Country | China |
| Region | Macao |
| 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 | |||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||
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| 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).