Taipa

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Taipa 氹仔 - Tam Chai in Cantonese, Tanzai in Mandarin was one of the islands in China's Special Administrative Region of Macau.

As an island, Taipa was situated between Macau Peninsular and Coloane island but is now joined with Coloane by the Cotai Strip which was reclaimed from the sea. It is still separated from Macau Peninsular by the Pearl River, although three bridge provide road links between Taipa and the mainland.

Taipa used to be rural but massive development towards the end of the 20th century has seen the island transformed into an alternative city to the Peninsular. It boast many hotels, casinos, shopping malls and is home to the Macau Jockey Club racecourse.

The Macau International Airport is built on reclaimed land off the north-eastern end of Taipa.