Macau
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| Offeecial leid | Cheenese, Portuguese, | ||||
| Govrenment - Chief executive - Preses o the Court o Final Appeal - Preses o the Legislative Assembly |
Special admeenistrative region Fernando Chui Sam Hou Fai Lau Cheok Va |
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| Aurie - Total - % watter |
29.5 km²/11.30 sq mi neglible |
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| Population - 2010 - 2009 census - Density |
544,600 434,235 18,568/km² |
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| Foondin - Transfer o sovereignty tae the FRC |
20 December 1999 | ||||
| Siller | Macanese patanca | ||||
| Time zone | MST (UTC+8) | ||||
| Naitional anthem | March of the Volunteers | ||||
| Internet TLD | .mo | ||||
| Cawin code | +853 | ||||
Macau (), also spelled Macao (
/məˈkaʊ/), is, alang wi Hong Kong, ane o the twa special admeenistrative regions o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae. It lies on the wastren side o the Pearl River Delta, borderin Guangdong province tae the north an facin the Sooth Cheenae Sea tae the east an sooth.[1]
The territory's economy is hivily dependent on gamblin an tourism but includes manufacturin an aw.
Macau wis a Portuguese colony an baith the first an last European colony in Cheenae.[2][3] Portuguese traders first settled in Macau in the 16t century an subsequently admeenistered the region till the haundower on 20 December 1999. The Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration an the Basic Law o Macau stipulate that Macau operates wi a hie degree o autonomy till at least 2049, fifty years efter the transfer.[4]
Unner the policy o "ane kintra, twa seestems", the PRC's Central Fowr Govrenment is responsible for the territory's defense an foreign affairs, while Macau maintains its awn legal seestem, polis force, monetary seestem, customs policy, an immigration policy. Macau participates in mony internaitional organizations an events that dae no require members tae possess naitional sovereignty.[4][5] Accordin tae the CIA factbeuk, Macau haes the heichest life expectancy in the warld.[6]
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Etymology [edit]
- Main airticle: Names o Macau
Afore the Portuguese settlement in the early 16t century, Macau wis kent as Haojing (Oyster Mirror) or Jinghai (Mirror Sea).[7] The name Macau is thought tae be derived frae the A-Ma Temple (), a temple built in 1448 dedicatit tae Matsu — the goddess o seafarers an fishermen. It is said that when the Portuguese sailors laundit at the coast juist ootside the temple an asked the name o the place, the natives replied "媽閣" (jyutping:Maa1 Gok3). The Portuguese then named the peninsula "Macau".[8] The present Chinese name (澳門) means "Inlet Gates".
Internaitional relations [edit]
Twin touns — Sister ceeties [edit]
Macau is twinned wi:
São Paulo, Brazil[9][10]
Lisbon, Portugal
Kolkata, Indie- Porto, Portugal
Brussels, Belgium
Linköping, Swaden
References [edit]
- ↑ Macau Yearbook 2007, 475.
- ↑ Fung, 5.
- ↑ "Macau and the end of empire", BBC News, 1999-12-18. Retrieved on 7 Januar 2008..
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Content of Basic Law of Macau. University of Macau. Retrieved on 7 Januar 2008. .
- ↑ Joint declaration of the Government of the People's Republic of China and The Government of the Republic of Portugal on the question of Macau. GPB Govt of Macau. Retrieved on 7 Januar 2008. .
- ↑ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2102.html
- ↑ Macau Yearbook 2007, 517.
- ↑ Fung, 298.
- ↑ Prefeitura.Sp — Descentralized Cooperation
- ↑ International Relations — São Paulo City Hall — Official Sister Cities
Freemit airtins [edit]
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 Zhuhai |
Shenzhen Pearl River /  Hong Kong |
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| Sooth Cheenae Sea | Sooth Cheenae Sea | Sooth Cheenae Sea |
- Macau
- Ceeties in Cheenae
- Port ceeties an touns in Cheenae
- Populatit coastal places in Cheenae
- Umwhile Portuguese colonies
- Gamblin in Cheenae
- Historic Jewish commonties
- Pearl River Delta
- States an territories established in 1999
- Cheenese-speakin kintras an territories
- Portuguese-speakin kintras
- Special admeenistrative regions o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
- Alliance for Healthy Ceeties
