This island has begun to be populated by Chinese century since.
XII. The Portuguese arrived in this island in 1851 and occupied it. Then
incorporated it into the colony of Macau , and today continues to be an
integral part of the MSAR. Taipa is connected to the Macau peninsula by
Governor Nobre de Carvalho Bridge , the Friendship Bridge and Sai Van
Bridge . It is also connected to the island of Coloane by "Road
Isthmus", built on the isthmus of Cotai .
The Taipa always been a
sparsely populated island. But this situation changed in October of
1974 , when the Governor Nobre de Carvalho Bridge was completed. From
this date, the island has experienced and continues to experience, a
great development and substantial increase in population. Today is a
great residential area
