Macau Special Administrative Region
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Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
中華人民共和國澳門特別行政區
Região Administrativa Especial de Macau da República Popular da China |
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City flower
Nelumbo nucifera (蓮花) |
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| Status | Special administrative region | ||||
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| Demonym | Macanese | ||||
| Sovereign state | China | ||||
| Government | Special administrative region | ||||
| Fernando Chui | |||||
| Sonia Chan | |||||
| Sam Hou Fai | |||||
| Ho Iat Seng | |||||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly | ||||
| Establishment | |||||
| 1557 | |||||
| 1 December 1887 | |||||
| 20 December 1999 | |||||
| Area | |||||
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• Total
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30.5 km2 (11.8 sq mi) (235th) | ||||
| Population | |||||
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• August 2016 census
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650,900 | ||||
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• Density
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21,411/km2 (55,454.2/sq mi) (1st) | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2013 estimate | ||||
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• Total
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$80.765 billion (85th) | ||||
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• Per capita
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$142,599 (1st) | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2013 estimate | ||||
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• Total
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$51.753 billion (81st) | ||||
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• Per capita
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$91,376 (4th) | ||||
| HDI (2014) |
 0.894very high · 18th |
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| Currency | Macanese pataca (MOP) | ||||
| Time zone | MST (UTC+8) | ||||
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not observed (UTC) | ||||
| Drives on the | left | ||||
| Calling code | +853 | ||||
| ISO 3166 code | MO | ||||
| Internet TLD | .mo | ||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 澳門 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 澳门 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Bay gate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 澳門特別行政區 (or 澳門特區) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 澳门特别行政区 (or 澳门特区) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Portuguese | Região Administrativa Especial de Macau (for "Macau Special Administrative Region") pronounced: [ʁɨʒiˈɐ̃w̃ ɐdminiʃtɾɐˈtivɐ (ɨ)ʃpɨsiˈaɫ dɨ mɐˈkaw] |
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Àomén |
| IPA | [ɑ̂ʊ̯mə̌n] |
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| Xiao'erjing | اَوْمٍ |
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| Romanization | au去men平 |
| Hakka | |
| Romanization | Au4 mun2 |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Oumùhn |
| IPA | [ʔōu mǔːn] |
| Jyutping | ou3mun4*2 |
| Canton Romanization | ou3mun4*2 |
| Southern Min | |
| Hokkien POJ | Ò-mn̂g |
| Eastern Min | |
| Fuzhou BUC | Ó̤-muòng |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Àomén Tèbié Xíngzhèngqū (Àomén Tèqū) |
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| Romanization | au去men平 deh入bih入 ghan平tsen去chiu平 |
| Hakka | |
| Romanization | Au4mun2 Tet6piet6 hang2zin4ki1 (Au4mun2 Tet6ki1) |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Ou-mún dahk-biht hàhng-jing keūi |
| IPA | [ōumǔːn tɐ̀k̚piːt̚ hɐ̭ŋtsēːŋ kʰɵ́y] |
| Jyutping | Ou3mun4*2 Dak6bit6 Hang4zing3 Keoi1 |
| Canton Romanization | Ou3mun4*2 Deg6bid6 Heng4jing3 Kêu1 |
| Southern Min | |
| Hokkien POJ | Ò-mn̂g Te̍k-pia̍t Hêng-chèng-khu |
| Historic Centre of Macao | |
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| Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List | |
Clockwise from top right:
Ruins of St. Paul's; Casino Lisboa; St. Joseph Seminary Church; Governor Nobre de Carvalho Bridge; A-Ma Temple; Guia Fortress; Macau Tower. |
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| Location | Macau |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | ii, iii, iv, vi |
| Reference | 1110 |
| UNESCO region | Asia-Pacific |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 2005 (29th Session) |
Macau (
i/məˈkaʊ/; ; ; literally: "Bay Gate"), also spelled Macao, officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory of China on the western side of the Pearl River Delta in East Asia. Macau is bordered by the city of Zhuhai in Mainland China to the north and the Pearl River Estuary to the east and south. Hong Kong lies about 64 kilometres (40 mi) to its east across the Delta. With a population of 650,900 living in an area of 30.5 km2 (11.8 sq mi), it is the most densely populated region in the world.
Macau was administered by the Portuguese Empire and its inheritor states from the mid-16th century until late 1999, when it constituted the last remaining European colony in Asia. Portuguese traders first settled in Macau in the 1550s. In 1557, Macau was leased to Portugal from Ming China as a trading port. The Portuguese Empire administered the city under Chinese authority and sovereignty until 1887, when Macau, through a mutual agreement between the two countries, became a colony. Sovereignty over Macau was transferred back to China on 20 December 1999. The Joint Declaration on the Question of Macau and Macau Basic Law stipulate that Macau operate with a high degree of autonomy until at least 2049, fifty years after the transfer.
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