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Macau 澳門 | |||||||
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| Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China Other official names
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 Location of Macau within China | |||||||
| Sovereign state | People's Republic of China | ||||||
| Portuguese lease | 1557 | ||||||
| Treaty of Peking | 1 December 1887 | ||||||
| Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration | 26 March 1987 | ||||||
| Handover of Macau | 20 December 1999 | ||||||
| Largest parish by population | Nossa Senhora de Fátima | ||||||
| Official languages | |||||||
| Ethnic groups (2016) | 88.4% Han Chinese 4.6% Filipino 2.4% Vietnamese 1.7% Portuguese 2.8% other[3] | ||||||
| Demonym(s) | Macau[c] | ||||||
| Government | Devolved executive-led government within a unitary one-party state[6] | ||||||
| Ho Iat Seng | |||||||
| André Cheong Weng Chon | |||||||
| Kou Hoi In | |||||||
| Sam Hou Fai | |||||||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly | ||||||
| National representation | |||||||
| 12 deputies | |||||||
| 29 delegates[7] | |||||||
| Area | |||||||
• Total | 115.3 km2 (44.5 sq mi) | ||||||
• Water (%) | 73.7 | ||||||
| Highest elevation | 172.4 m (565.6 ft) | ||||||
| Population | |||||||
• 2022 estimate | 672,800 | ||||||
• Density | 20,300/km2 (52,576.8/sq mi) (1st) | ||||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2023 estimate | ||||||
• Total |  $69.565 billion[8] (115th) | ||||||
• Per capita | $98,157[8] (9th) | ||||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2023 estimate | ||||||
• Total | $38.480 billion[8] (100th) | ||||||
• Per capita | $54,295[8] (23rd) | ||||||
| Gini (2018) | 36.0[9] medium | ||||||
| HDI (2019) | 0.922[d] very high · 17th | ||||||
| Currency | Macanese pataca (MOP) | ||||||
| Time zone | UTC+08:00 (Macau Standard Time) | ||||||
| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy yyyy年mm月dd日 | ||||||
| Mains electricity | 220 V–50 Hz | ||||||
| Driving side | left | ||||||
| Calling code | +853 | ||||||
| ISO 3166 code | |||||||
| Internet TLD | |||||||
| Licence plate prefixes | None for local vehicles, 粤Z for cross-boundary vehicles | ||||||
Macau[e] or Macao[f] is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China. With a population of about 680,000[11] and an area of 32.9 km2 (12.7 sq mi), it is the most densely populated region in the world.
Formerly a Portuguese colony, the territory of Portuguese Macau was first leased to Portugal by the Ming dynasty as a trading post in 1557. Portugal paid an annual rent and administered the territory under Chinese sovereignty until 1887.
Portugal later gained perpetual colonial rights in the Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peking. The colony remained under Portuguese rule until the 1999 handover to China. Macau is a special administrative region of China, which maintains separate governing and economic systems from those of mainland China under the principle of "one country, two systems".[12] The unique blend of Portuguese and Chinese architecture in the city's historic centre has resulted in its inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2005.[13]
Originally a sparsely populated collection of coastal islands,[14] Macau, often referred to as the "Las Vegas of the East", since the late 20th century has become a major resort city and a top destination for gambling tourism. Its gambling industry is seven times larger than that of Las Vegas.[15] The city has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world, US$43,770 in 2021,[16] and its GDP per capita by purchasing power parity is one of the highest in the world.[17][18]
It has a very high Human Development Index, as calculated by the Macau government,[10] and the fourth-highest life expectancy in the world.[19] The territory is highly urbanised; two-thirds of the total land area is built on land reclaimed from the sea.[20]
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- ^ "What are the characteristics of Macanese people?". Macau Daily Times. 10 October 2012. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ^ Clayton, Cathryn H. (2010). Sovereignty at the Edge: Macau & the Question of Chineseness. Harvard University Press. pp. 110–113. ISBN 978-0674035454.
- ^ "China (People's Republic of) 1982 (rev. 2004)". Constitute project. Archived from the original on 17 July 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ "Local NPC Deputies' Election Slated for Dec 17". Macau News. 27 November 2017. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b c d "World Economic Outlook Database, October 2023 Edition. (Macao)". IMF.org. International Monetary Fund. 10 October 2023. Archived from the original on 6 November 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ "The World Factbook". CIA.gov. Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
- ^ a b Macao in Figures 2021, p. 4
- ^ "Macao Population (2020)". Worldometer. Archived from the original on 23 December 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ Landler 1999.
- ^ "Historic Centre of Macao". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ du Cros 2009, p. 75.
- ^ Sheng & Gu 2018, p. 72.
- ^ "Macao: GDP per capita 2000-2027". Statista. Archived from the original on 6 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "'GDP per capita, PPP (current international $)', World Development Indicators database". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
- ^ Sheng & Gu 2018, pp. 77–78.
- ^ "Macau". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ Grydehøj 2015, p. 102.
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