Portas do Cerco
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Macau Peninsula
Macau Peninsula is the oldest and most populous part of Macau. It has an area of 8.5 km² and is geographically connected to Guandong province, at the northeast, through an isthmus 200-metre wide. The peninsula, together with the city centre of Zhuhai, sits on an island separated from the...
(built in 1849) http://www.asiarooms.com/travel-guide/macau/sightseeing-in-macau/barrier-gate.html, in the former Portuguese
Portugal
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colony
Portuguese Empire
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of Macau
Macau
Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...
, now a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
Special administrative region (People's Republic of China)
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, near the border checkpoint with the rest of
Mainland China
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the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
(PRC) at Gongbei, Zhuhai
Zhuhai
Zhuhai is a prefecture-level city on the southern coast of Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in the Pearl River Delta, Zhuhai borders Jiangmen to the northwest, Zhongshan to the north, and Macau to the south. Zhuhai was one of the original Special Economic Zones...
, Guangdong Province. The new Posto Fronteiriço das Portas do Cerco
Posto Fronteiriço das Portas do Cerco
The Posto Fronteiriço das Portas do Cerco is an immigration and customs checkpoint in the Portas do Cerco area in northern Macao, on its border with mainland China's Zhuhai....
(border gate border building) was opened on January 15, 2004.
Transport
TransmacTransmac
Transportes Urbanos de Macau S.A.R.L. , operates public transit buses in Macau SAR.In Mainland China, Transmac was known as Xinfuli, and it is operating in Xinhui and Wuhu now...
- 2, 3A, 5, 9, 9A, 28C, 34, AP1
TCM
Transportas Companhia de Macau
Sociedade de Transportes Colectivos de Macau is one of the bus operators in Macau .The company began as ferry operator in the 1950s, but did not enter bus operations until 1974 when a bridge connecting the mainland with Cotai and Taipa was finished.In late 2009, TCM was disqualified from a tender...
- 10, 10B, 17, 18, 25, 30, AP1
See also
- Praça das Portas do Cerco (border gate plaza)
- Avenidaa Norte do Hipódromo (horse drome avenue north)
- Avenida do Comendador Ho Yin
- Parque Municipal Doutor Sun Yat Sen
- Istmo Ferreira do Amaral
- Avenida Artur Tamagnini Barbosa
- Iao Hon