St. Lazarus Parish

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This article concerns the Parish. For other uses of the name Lazarus, see Lazarus (disambiguation).

St. Lazarus Parish (Port. Freguesia de São Lázaro) is an east-central region of Macau Peninsula, in the former Portuguese colony of Macau, in the People's Republic of China. It is the smallest sub-district.

• Area: 0.64 km² (9% of the peninsula)
• Population: 32,600
• Population density: 52,370 persons per km² (second in Macau, after St. Anthony Parish)

It is surrounded by Our Lady Fatima Parish, St. Anthony Parish, and Cathedral Parish. One-third of its region is covered by Guia Hill (Portuguese: Colina da Guia, Chinese: 松山 or 東望洋山). The south is commercial district, central common residential district, north and east are high-rise buildings. Only 3% of factories in Macau are here.

[edit] See also

• Fortaleza da Guia (Guia Fortress)
• Parque Municipal da Colina da Guia (Guia municipal park)
• Teleférico da Guia (Guia cable car)
• Jardim da Flora (二龍喉花園)
• Guia Tunnel
• Estrada de Cacilhas
• Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida (肥利喇亞美打大馬路, also known as 荷蘭園大馬路)

[edit] External links

• Freguesias da RAEM
• Ferreira de Almeida

v • d • e Freguesias of Macau Macau Peninsula: Our Lady of Fatima Parish · St. Anthony Parish · St. Lazarus Parish · Cathedral Parish · St. Lawrence Parish The Islands: Our Lady of Carmel Parish · St. Francis Xavier's Parish · Cotai Landfill Note: These Freguesias are purely symbolic there are no political administrative subdivisions in Macau since 2001.

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