Description
Hotel overview
Fishermen from Fujian and farmers from Guangdong were the first known settlers in Macau, when it was known as Ou Mun, or ‘trading gate’.
In the early 1550s the Portuguese reached Ou Mun, which the locals also called A Ma Gao, ‘place of A Ma’, in honour of the Goddess of Seafarers, whose temple stood at the entrance to the sheltered Inner Harbour. The Portuguese adopted the name, which gradually change into the name Macau.
Today Macau is a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, and, like Hong Kong, benefits from the principle of “one country, two systems”. The tiny SAR is growing in size – with more building on reclaimed land – and in the number and diversity of its attractions. The greatest of these continues to be Macau’s unique society, with communities from the East and West complementing each other, and the many people who came to visit.
Macau is located in Guangdong province, on the western bank of the Pearl River Delta, at latitude 22°14’ North, longitude 113°35’ East and connected to the Gongbei District by the Border Gate (Portas do Cerco) isthmus.
The Macau Special Administrative Region has an area of 25.8 sq. km, comprised of the Macau Peninsula, the islands of Taipa and Coloane and the reclaimed area COTAI. Three bridges connect Macau to Taipa. The Friendship Bridge leads directly to Macau International Airport located on the Island of Taipa. The islands are connected by a causeway which is 2.2 km long.
Besides the Border Gate (Portas do Cerco) – the visitor can access Mainland China through the COTAI Frontier Post
The total population is estimated at around 450,000, about 95% are ethnic Chinese. The remaining 5% includes Portuguese, Europeans and other regions.