Cotai

Cotai Lộ 氹 thành Cotai
Zone
Cotai
Zona do Aterro de Cotai in Macau
Concelho	Concelho das Ilhas
SAR	Macau
Sovereign state	People's Republic of China
Area
• Total	5.8 km2(2.2 sq mi)
Population (2016)
• Total	~300
Time zone	UTC+8(Macau Standard)
Area code	0

Cotai Landfill Zone
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	Lộ 氹 điền hải khu
Simplified Chinese	Lộ đăng điền hải khu
Jyutping	lou6 tam5 tin4 hoi2 keoi1
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lùdàng Tiánhǎi Qū IPA [lûtâŋʈʂʰə̌ŋ xàɪtɕʰý] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Louhtáhm Tìhnhói Kēui Jyutping lou6 tam5 tin4 hoi2 keoi1 IPA [lɔw˨.tʰɐm˩˧ tʰin˩.hɔj˧˥ kʰɵɥ˥]
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese	Lộ 氹 thành
Jyutping	lou6 tam5 sing4
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lùdàng Chéng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping lou6 tam5 sing4
Portuguese name
Portuguese	Zona do Aterro de Cotai

Cotai(Chinese:Lộ 氹 thành;Cantonese Yale:Louhtáhm Sìhng;Portuguese:Cotai) is a 5.2-square-kilometer (2.0 sq mi) piece ofreclaimed landon the top of theSeac Pai BaybetweenTaipaandColoaneislands inMacauthat has connected two independent islands since 2005. The name, which is aportmanteauof Coloane and Taipa, can also refer to the island formed by the reclamation. In the second sense, theSpecial Administrative Region of Macaunow consists of the Macau Peninsula, plus Cotai Island, about a mile to the south.

Cotai was created to provide Macau with a newgamblingandtourismarea, since Macau is so densely populated and land is scarce. Many hotels and casinos can now be found on the island.In 2006, a new hospital was founded in the Cotai area, theMUST Hospital,which is associated with theMacau University of Science and Technology Foundation.

History

In 1968, acauseway(Estrada do Istmo) connectingTaipaandColoanewas inaugurated.Throughout the 1990s, a series of landfill works expanded this isthmus, and after the 1999transfer of sovereignty over MacaufromPortugaltoChina,further landfills began to expand this small isthmus further.

Hotels and casinos

See also:Cotai Strip

The "Cotai Strip"is a name designating the entire hotel-casino area, where the term" Cotai Strip "has been trademarked by Las Vegas Sands Corporation, which coined the phrase (USPTO Registration Nos. 4396486 and 4396486 for gambling and hotel services), and only applies to its properties.

Galaxy Entertainment Group's Grand Waldo Hotel was the first casino to commence operations in Cotai, opening its doors in May 2006.The largest property on Cotai so far isLas Vegas Sands'The Venetian Macao,which opened its doors on August 28, 2007.Melco PBL Holdingsopened theCity of Dreamsdirectly across the street from the Venetian on June 1, 2009.The construction of additional casinos and hotel projects is currently underway.

List of hotels and casinos

• Four Seasons Hotel Macao
• Broadway Macau
• City of Dreams
• Galaxy Macau
• Grand Lisboa Palace
• Lisboeta Macau
• MGM Cotai
• Pousada Marina Infante
• Studio City Macau
• The Londoner Macao
• The Parisian Macao
• The Plaza Macao
• The Venetian Macao
• Wynn Palace

Tourist attractions

• Macau East Asian Games Dome

Transportation

See also:Transport in Macau

• Cotai Jet– high speedcatamaranowned by The Venetian Macao, operating ferry services betweenTaipa Ferry TerminalandHong Kong–Macau Ferry Terminal,Hong Kong
• Macau Light Rapid Transit- a mass transit system in Macau that began partial operations in 2019. Planned expansions will serve the Macau Peninsula, Taipa and Cotai, serving major border checkpoints such as the Border Gate, the Outer Harbor Ferry Terminal, the Lotus Bridge Border, and the Macau International Airport. The Ocean-to-Taipa-Ferry-Terminal line began operations in late 2019.

Gallery

• 
  Ferry piers in Cotai
• 
  Cotai Stripunder construction in 2007
• 
  Cotai in 2007
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  MUST Hospital

See also

• Gambling in Macau
• One Oasis

External links

• Cotaitravel guide from Wikivoyage
• Media related toCotaiat Wikimedia Commons