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Cotai is a 5.2 km2 piece of newly reclaimed land between Taipa
Taipa

Taipa is the smaller of the two islands in Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China . It is 2.5 kilometres from Macau Peninsula and east of the Lesser Hengqin Island of Zhuhai, Guangdong Province....
 and Coloane
Coloane

Coloane is one of the two main islands of Macau, located directly south of Macau's other main island, Taipa , and east of Hengqin Island of Zhuhai in Guangdong province, People's Republic of China....
 islands in Macau
Macau

The Macau Special Administrative Region, , commonly known as Macau or Macao , is one of the two special administrative region of the People's Republic of China, the other being Hong Kong....
, that has not yet been assigned to any of the freguesia
Freguesia

"Freguesia" is the Portuguese language term for civil parish, a secondary local administrative unit in Portugal and in the former Portuguese Empire, and a former secondary local administrative unit in Macau....
s. The Chinese and Portuguese names are a portmanteau of the two islands, Coloane and Taipa.

Cotai was created to provide Macau with a new gambling and tourism area since Macau is so densely populated and land is scarce. The Cotai Strip
Cotai Strip

The Cotai Strip is the name of the casino and tourism project at the Cotai District, Macau, inspired by the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA....
 is the name used more commonly for this area in Cotai where the casinos and hotels are currently being built.

Galaxy entertainment's Grand Waldo Hotel was the first casino to commence operations in Cotai, opening its doors in May, 2006.






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Cotai is a 5.2 km2 piece of newly reclaimed land between Taipa
Taipa

Taipa is the smaller of the two islands in Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China . It is 2.5 kilometres from Macau Peninsula and east of the Lesser Hengqin Island of Zhuhai, Guangdong Province....
 and Coloane
Coloane

Coloane is one of the two main islands of Macau, located directly south of Macau's other main island, Taipa , and east of Hengqin Island of Zhuhai in Guangdong province, People's Republic of China....
 islands in Macau
Macau

The Macau Special Administrative Region, , commonly known as Macau or Macao , is one of the two special administrative region of the People's Republic of China, the other being Hong Kong....
, that has not yet been assigned to any of the freguesia
Freguesia

"Freguesia" is the Portuguese language term for civil parish, a secondary local administrative unit in Portugal and in the former Portuguese Empire, and a former secondary local administrative unit in Macau....
s. The Chinese and Portuguese names are a portmanteau of the two islands, Coloane and Taipa.

Cotai was created to provide Macau with a new gambling and tourism area since Macau is so densely populated and land is scarce. The Cotai Strip
Cotai Strip

The Cotai Strip is the name of the casino and tourism project at the Cotai District, Macau, inspired by the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA....
 is the name used more commonly for this area in Cotai where the casinos and hotels are currently being built.

Galaxy entertainment's Grand Waldo Hotel was the first casino to commence operations in Cotai, opening its doors in May, 2006. The construction of many other casino and hotel projects is currently underway. The most notable of which is Las Vegas Sands
Las Vegas Sands

Las Vegas Sands Corp. is a casino resort company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. At one point in 2007, it had a market capitalization of $43.7 billion, making its majority shareholder, Sheldon Adelson, one of the world's richest men....
' Venetian Macao, which opened its doors on August 28, 2007.

In 2006, a new hospital was founded in the Cotai area, the MUST Hospital, which is associated with the Macau University of Science and Technology
Macau University of Science and Technology

Macau University of Science and Technology s located in the Macau S.A.R....
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