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}} |other_name = Saint Francis Xavier |settlement_type = Freguesia |image_skyline = Hac Sa Beach 01.JPG |imagesize = |image_caption = Hac Sa Bay Park |image_map = Freguesia do Sao Francisco Xavier.PNG |map_caption = Freguesia de São Francisco Xavier in Macau |mapsize = 250x250px |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Macau |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = ''Municipality of das Ilhas'' |area_code = 0 |area_total_km2 = 7.6 |population = |population_as_of = 2013 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_total = 9,300 |latNS = |latd = |latm = |lats = |longEW = |longd = |longm = |longs = |elevation_ft = |elevation_m = |timezone = Macau Standard |utc_offset = +8 |area_code_type = |area_code = |website = }} Coloane, officially Freguesia de São Francisco Xavier, is one of the two main islands of the Macau Special Administrative Region in China. The island is located directly south of Macau's other main island, Taipa (氹仔), and east of Hengqin Island of Zhuhai in Guangdong province. Coloane was known in Cantonese as ''Gau Ou Saan'' (九澳山, ''lit.'' "Nine-inlet Mountain", transcribed in Portuguese as Ká-Hó) and ''Yim Zou Waan'' (鹽灶灣, ''lit.'' "Salt-stove Bay"). The Portuguese name "Coloane" is derived from the Cantonese pronunciation of ''Gwo Lou Waan'' (過路環, ''lit.'' "Passing-road Ring"). ==Geography== Coloane has an area of }, is long and is from the Macau Peninsula. It is connected to Taipa by a causeway, the Estrada do Istmo, however land reclamation has physically connected the two islands and a new town called Cotai has been built between Taipa and Coloane, which is home to the Cotai Strip and many other casinos under development. The narrowest part of Coloane is . The highest points in Macau are eastern and central Coloane, with the highest point being the ''Alto de Coloane'' (Chin.: 疊石塘山, Port.: Alto de Coloane ). The northern shore of the island is deep, and is the site of the Macau Deepwater Port. The eastern Hac Sa Beach (Chin.: 黑沙海灘, Port.: Baía de Hác Sá) and the southern Cheoc Van Bay (Chin.: 竹灣, Port.: Baía de Cheoc Van) are popular swimming beaches. At Baía de Hác Sá there is a Portuguese restaurant called "Fernando", famous amongst locals in Macau and tourists from Hong Kong. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Coloane」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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