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Coloane (Traditional Chinese|Traditional: 路環島, Simplified Chinese|Simplified: 路环岛, Pinyin: L?hu?n Dǎo, Jyutping: Lou6-waan4 Dou2, literally "Road Ring") is an island of Macau in the People's Republic of China.

• Area: 1 E6 m?|8.07 km? (4-km long)

Coloane was known as Jiuhaoshan (九澳山 "Nine-inlet Mountain"), Yanzaowan (鹽灶灣 "Salt-stove Bay"), and Guoluhuan (過路環 "Passing-road Ring").

South of Taipa (connected to it by the 2.2-km land-fill bridge, the Estrada do Istmo) and east of Greater Hengqing Island (大横琴岛) of Zhuhai, Coloane is 5.6 from peninsular Macau. The narrowest part of Coloane is 300 metres. Eastern and central Coloane is the highest part of Macau, with the highest point being the 171-metre Zhongdie Shitang Mountain (中疊石塘山). The northern shore of the island is 4.5 deep, and will be the site of the Macau Deepwater Port. The eastern Heisha Bay (黑沙灣 "Black-sand" - or "Hac Sa Wan") and the southern Zhu Bay (竹灣 "Bamboo") are popular swimming areas. At Hac Sa beach there is a Portuguese restaurant called Fernandos, famous amongst locals in Macau and expatriates in Hong Kong.

During the Song Dynasty and until the Portugal|Portuguese arrival in 1864, Coloane provided salt for China.

Last Modified:   2005-04-13