Portas do Cerco

Chinese name

關閘

关闸

Literal meaning

border gate

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Guānzhá
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	gwaan¹ zaap⁶

Portuguese name

Portuguese

Portas do Cerco

Portas do Cerco is an area on the northern tip of the Macau Peninsula known by its border gate built in 1849, after a clash between China and Portugal over the death of Macau's governor Ferreira do Amaral. This small battle won for Portugal by Coronel Mesquita led to the extension of Macau northwards by the Portuguese.^[1] At the limit of said expansion the historic Portas do Cerco were built with the inscription "A pátria honrai, que a pátria vos contempla" (Portuguese for: "Honor your motherland, for your motherland looks over you") on the façade, and 1849 on its inner arch. For the next 155 years the gate would serve as the border between Macau and Canton.

Macau, now a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China still has an official border with Zhuhai in Mainland China a few meters behind the old barrier gate. The new Posto Fronteiriço das Portas do Cerco (border gate border building) was opened on January 15, 2004.

History

The first formalised border crossing was built in 1573, which was subsequently repaired and rebuilt several times until the present border gate was erected in 1870.^[2]

During the 1950s and 1960s the Portas do Cerco was also referred to as Far Eastern Checkpoint Charlie with a major border incident happening in 1952 with Portuguese African Troops exchanging fire with Chinese Communist border guards.^[3] According to reports, the exchange lasted for 1-and-three-quarter hours leaving one dead and several dozens injured on Macau side and more than 100 casualties claimed on the Communist Chinese side.^[4]

Gallery

The old Barrier Gate (Portas do Cerco) with the new Barrier Gate Frontier Checkpoint building in the background.

Transport

Transmac

2, 3A, 5, 9, 9A, 28C, 34, AP1

TCM

10, 10B, 17, 18, 25, 30, AP1

References

↑
↑ Wordie, Jason (2013). "1. Portas do Cerco". Macao - People and Places, Past and Present. Hong Kong: Angsana Limited. p. 2. ISBN 978-988-12696-0-7. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Wordie, Jason (2013). "1. Portas do Cerco". Macao - People and Places, Past and Present. Hong Kong: Angsana Limited. pp. 6–7. ISBN 978-988-12696-0-7. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Macao Portuguese Fire Over Border". The West Australian (Perth: Perth, W. A. : A. Davidson, for the West Australian, 1879). 1952-07-31. Retrieved 2013-12-02.

External links

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Satellite image of Portas do Cerco and the vicinity by Google Maps

Mainland China – Macau border crossings

Mainland China	Gongbei Port Hengqin Port Wanzai Port Zhuhai-Macau Cross Border Industrial Zone Port

Macau	Border Gate Checkpoint Cotai Checkpoint Inner Harbor Checkpoint Zhuhai-Macau Cross-border Industrial Zone Checkpoint Outer Harbour

See also: Portas do Cerco Ponte Flor de Lótus

Portuguese overseas empire

North Africa

15th century

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1458–1550	Alcácer Ceguer (El Qsar es Seghir)
1471–1550	Arzila (Asilah)
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1489	Graciosa

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1506–1525	Aguz (Souira Guedima)
1506–1769	Mazagan (El Jadida)
1513–1541	Azamor (Azemmour)
1515–1541	São João da Mamora (Mehdya)
1577–1589	Arzila (Asilah)

Sub-Saharan Africa

15th century

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1470–1975	São Tomé¹
1471–1975	Príncipe¹
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1482–1637	Elmina (São Jorge da Mina)
1482–1642	Portuguese Gold Coast
1508–1547²	Madagascar³
1498–1540	Mascarene Islands

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1501–1975	Portuguese Mozambique
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1503–1698	Zanzibar
1505–1512	Quíloa (Kilwa)
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1557–1578	Accra
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1588–1974	Cacheu⁴
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1687–1974	Bissau⁴

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19th century

1879–1974	Portuguese Guinea
1885–1975	Portuguese Congo

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² Or 1600.
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16th century

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1498–1545

Laccadive Islands
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• 1510–1961	Goa
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• 1518–1619	Portuguese Paliacate outpost (Pulicat)
• 1521–1740	Chaul

	(Portuguese India)
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• 1528–1666	Chittagong (Porto Grande De Bengala)
• 1531–1571	Chaul
• 1531–1571	Chalé
• 1534–1601	Salsette Island
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• 1568–1659	Mangalore

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1518–1521	Maldives
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17th century
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• 1687–1749

Mylapore

18th century
Portuguese India

• 1779–1954

Dadra and Nagar Haveli

East Asia and Oceania

16th century

1511–1641	Portuguese Malacca
1512–1621	Maluku
• 1522–1575	Ternate
• 1576–1605	Ambon
• 1578–1650	Tidore
1512–1665	Makassar
1537–1999	Macau
1571–1639	Decima (Dejima / Nagasaki)

17th century

1642–1975

Portuguese Timor (East Timor)¹

19th century
Portuguese Macau

• 1864–1999	Coloane
• 1849–1999	Portas do Cerco
• 1851–1999	Taipa
• 1890–1999	Ilha Verde

20th century
Portuguese Macau

• 1938–1941

Lapa and Montanha (Hengqin)

¹ 1975 is the year of East Timor's Declaration of Independence and subsequent invasion by Indonesia. In 2002, East Timor's independence was fully recognized.

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Coordinates: 22°12′53″N 113°32′56″E / 22.2147°N 113.5488°E / 22.2147; 113.5488

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