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Ethnic groups |
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Demonym(s) | Macanese |
Government | Special administrative region |
Ho Iat Seng | |
Cheong Weng Chon | |
Sam Hou Fai | |
Kou Hoi In | |
Legislature | Legislative Assembly |
Establishment | |
• Portuguese administration | 1557 |
• Portuguese colony | 1 December 1887 |
20 December 1999 | |
Area | |
• Total | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (235th) |
• Water (%) | 0 |
Population | |
• 2012a estimate | 568,700 (167th) |
• 2011 census | 552,503 (167th) |
• Density | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (1st) |
GDP (PPP) | 2011 estimate |
• Total | US$47.19 billion (98th) |
• Per capita | US$82,400 (4th) |
GDP (nominal) | 2012 estimate |
• Total | US$44.300 billion (98th) |
• Per capita | US$77,353 (4th) |
HDI (2007) | 0.944 very high · 25th |
Currency | Macanese pataca (MOP) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | not observed |
Driving side | left |
Calling code | +853 |
ISO 3166 code | MO |
Internet TLD | .mo |
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Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 澳門 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 澳门 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cantonese Jyutping | ou3mun4*2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cantonese Yale | Oumùhn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Àomén | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | Bay gate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Macao Special Administrative Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 name | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portuguese | Região Administrativa Especial de Macau for "Macau Special Administrative Region" |
The Macao Special Administrative Region (Macau or Macao, simplified Chinese: 澳门; traditional Chinese: 澳門; Mandarin Pinyin: Aomen; Jyutping: Ou Mun) is one of China's two Special Administrative Regions. (The other one is Hong Kong). Macau is a small city in the southern coast in China. Like Hong Kong, Macau also has a large amount of autonomy, with its own passport, currency, economic rules, and constitution.