Nossa Senhora de Fátima is the northernmost and largest civil parish in the Macau Peninsula of Macau. It has an area of and a population of 126,000, which constitutes about 40.3% of the peninsula's land mass and one-third of the population.

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 northeast of the parishes of Santo António and São Lázaro. It borders the Chinese city of Zhuhai to the north.

Description

The parish consists mostly of land reclaimed from the sea. Natural land comprises only a quarter of its current size. It was developed from farmlands in the 1960s and 1970s, to become an industrial area. Forty-one percent of Macau's factories are located in the parish.

Places and attractions

The following places and attractions are in the parish

  • Ilha Verde (, "Green Island")
  • Toi San ()
  • Hipódromo ("Hippodrome", )
  • Areia Preta ("Black Sand", "Black-sand Ring")
  • Mong Ha ( "View Amoy"), where the Treaty of Wanghia was signed
  • Bairro "Fai Chi Kei" ( "Chopsticks Base")
  • Iao Hon ( "Blessing the Han")

Infrastructure

  • Macau Power Station

Healthcare

The Macau government operates the Centro de Saúde Areia Preta () in Areia Preta (Hac Sa Wan).

Tourist attractions

  • Canidrome
  • Communications Museum
  • Garden of Montanha Russa
  • Kun Iam Temple
  • Lin Zexu Memorial Museum of Macau
  • Macau Design Centre
  • Macau Mosque and Cemetery
  • Mong-Há Fort
  • Portas do Cerco
  • Sun Yat Sen Park
  • Museum of Xian Xinghai

Education

Primary and secondary schools

; Public schools:

  • Zheng Guanying Official School - Preschool through secondary
  • Escola Luso-Chinesa Técnico-Profissional () - Secondary school
  • Escola Primária Luso-Chinesa do Bairro Norte ()
  • It opened on 1 November 1990.
  • Jardim de Infância Luso-Chinês "Girassol" ()

:*It occupies a 260 student-capacity, area on two floors of the Edifício U Wa (). It opened in the Edifício “Lok Fu San Chun” on 27 March 1989 and moved to its current location in September 1997.

; Tuition-free private schools:

  • Colégio Dom Bosco (Yuet Wah) () - Preschool and primary school
  • The current school building opened in 1963, and Yuet Wah College merged into it in 2000. The school has English and Chinese sections; its Portuguese section closed in 1999.
  • (MBC; Escola Cham Son de Macau; ) - Preschool through secondary school
  • Previously its secondary campus was located in a different area of Nossa Senhora de Fátima, respectively
  • Escola Chong Tak de Macau () - Preschool and primary school
  • Escola Fukien () - Preschool and primary school
  • Hou Kong Middle School Macau (Escola Hou Kong; ) main campus, which houses secondary school
  • () - Preschool and primary school
  • Escola Ilha Verde da Associação Comercial de Macau () - Preschool and primary school
  • Keang Peng School (Escola Keang Peng) - Preschool through secondary school
  • Kwong Tai (Guang Da) Middle School, main campus<!--正校 means main campus-->. - Preschool to secondary school
  • Escola Lin Fong Pou Chai () - Preschool and primary school
  • Escola Madalena de Canossa () - Preschool and primary school
  • Our Lady of Fatima Girls' School (Escola Nossa Senhora de Fátima; ) - Preschool through secondary school
  • () - Preschool through secondary school
  • () - Has both junior high (Ensino secundário-geral/) and senior high (Ensino secundário-complementar/) levels
  • Escola Tak Meng () - Preschool and primary school - Located on the first floor of the Edifício Lok Fu San Chun ()
  • Fu Luen School (Escola da Associação Geral das Mulheres de Macau; ) - Preschool and primary school
  • Escola da Associação para Filhos e Irmãos dos Agricultores or ( "Choi Nong Chi Tai Hoc Hau") - Preschool through secondary school
  • () - Preschool and primary school
  • () - Preschool through senior high
  • Jardim Infantil da Cáritas () - Preschool - Located in Edf. Kam Hoi San Garden ()
  • Sheng Kung Hui Choi Kou School Macau (Sheng Kung Hui Escola Choi Kou (Macau); 聖公會(澳門)蔡高中學) primary school and day secondary school campus
  • Xin Hua Evening Secondary School (Escola Secundária Nocturna Xin Hua/)
  • (), an evening secondary school

Colleges and universities

University of Saint Joseph has its main campus in Ilha Verde, Nossa Senhora de Fátima. It moved into this campus in September 2017.

Public libraries

thumb|Wong Ieng Kuan Library in [[Sun Yat Sen Park, Macau|Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Municipal Park]]

Macao Public Library operates five branches in the parish:

  • Ilha Verde Library (Biblioteca da Ilha Verde; )
  • The library, which opened in 1995, occupies of space on the fourth floor of the Edf. May Fair Garden ().