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Municipalities and parishes of Macau

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Municipalities and parishes of Macau
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By the end of Portuguese rule, Macau was administratively divided into two municipalities: Macau and Ilhas, and seven civil parishes (freguesias). Parishes were administrative subdivisions of the municipalities.

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Civil parishes of Macau (in English)
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Civil parishes of Macau (in Chinese)

After the 1999 transfer of sovereignty over Macau from Portugal to China, municipalities were formally abolished on 31 December 2001 by Law No. 17/2001.[1] Since the abolition of the municipalities, parishes are still officially recognized divisions but for symbolic reasons only, while some of the municipal services are now handled by the Municipal Affairs Bureau.

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Parishes

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Prior to the dissolution of the municipalities in 2001, the first five parishes listed in the table below fell under the Municipality of Macau while the remaining two fell under the Municipality of Ilhas, totalling to seven parishes.[2] The parishes of Nossa Senhora do Carmo and São Francisco Xavier are coterminous with the natural borders of the islands of Taipa and Coloane, respectively.

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Former municipalities

Each municipality was run by a municipal chamber (câmara municipal), with a supervising municipal assembly (assembleia municipal).

Municipality of Macau
Concelho de Macau
澳門市
Coterminous with the Macau Peninsula.
Its seat was also known as Cidade do (Santo) Nome de Deus de Macau (= City of the (Holy) Name of God of Macau, full motto: Cidade do (Santo) Nome de Deus de Macau, Não Há Outra Mais Leal, lit. City of the (Holy) Name of God of Macau, None Is More Loyal)
Municipality of Ilhas
Concelho das Ilhas
海島市
Coterminous with the islands of Taipa and Coloane.
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