The major part of the freguesia is located in Taipa but it runs through to Hengqin Island in mainland China.

Several reclamations were carried out along the coast of Taipa Island through different periods; the freguesia now not just only includes the area of Taipa, but is further expanded to an island called Ilha Kai Kiong [zh; ceb], which houses the control tower of Macau International Airport.

In 2013, the University of Macau was moved from Taipa to a new campus on Hengqin (Portuguese: Ilha da Montanha).

The campus area applies Macau Law and is included in the freguesia,[3] yet the island is owned by[clarify] Zhuhai.

The southern boundary of the freguesia is the road of Estrada da Baía de Nossa Senhora da Esperança, the reclaimed land south of the road, although commonly treated as a part of Taipa, belongs to Zona do Aterro de Cotai and it does not belong to any part of Macau's freguesia.