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Taipa (氹仔島; in the People's Republic Of China . It is 2.5 Kilometre s away from Peninsular Macau and is east of the Lesser Hengqin Island of Zhuhai , Guangdong Province. Its Chinese name is ''Tamzai''
Chinese settlers mostly arrived in Taipa in Southern Song Dynasty . The Portuguese came in 1851. Before land-fill, Taipa consisted of two islands: the Greater Taipa and the Lesser Taipa. The 159.1-metre Big Taipa Hill (大氹山) situates to the east, and Small Taipa Hill (小氹山) to the west. Central Taipa is plain as a result of Siltation and Land Reclamation . It was connected to Coloane Island only by the Estrada Do Istmo (路氹連貫公路); but the town Cotai, built on reclaimed land, has now essentially connected the two islands into one piece of land, having new constructions of mega-resorts, casinos, and Convention and Exhibition centers as of 2006. Taipa is connected to the peninsular Macau by Nobre Governador Carvalho Bridge , Friendship Bridge and the Sai Van Bridge . Taipa is mainly a growing up-scale residential area, with many new apartment complexes underconstruction as of 2006. THE NAMES OF TAIPA Taipa used to be known as Longhuan (龍環 " Dragon Ring"), Jijing (雞頸 "Chicken's neck"), Tanzai (潭仔 "Pool"), and Longtouhuan (龍頭環 "Dragon's-Head Ring"). There is a saying about the origin of the name "Taipa". A long time ago, the early Portuguese settlers on Taipa asked the Chinese settlers the name ("nome" in Portuguese) of the place. The Chinese settlers that they asked were actually the shopkeepers of a grocery. The shopkeepers did not know Portuguese and thought they said "糯米" in Cantonese Chinese - which meant "sticky rice" - since "nome" and "糯米" had similar pronunciations. The shopkeepers thought the Portuguese settlers were asking whether they sold sticky rice, and so they replied "大把" (pronounced as "dai ba") in Cantonese - which meant "a lot". The Portuguese thought this was the name of the place. After that, "Taipa", which had similar pronunciation, became the common Portuguese name of the place. However, there is no historical evidence to show that the saying is true. It is also worth noting that, as the great majority of the population in Taipa and Macau is Chinese, most people refer to this island by its Chinese name "Tamzai", and most taxi drivers and bus drivers will not understand if asked how to go to "Taipa". TOURISM Religious:
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