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
Anthem:
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.
Official languages	Chinese Portuguese
	Cantonese Macanese Portuguese Macanese (Patuá)
	Traditional Chinese Latin alphabet
Ethnic groups	92.4% Chinese 2.7% Filipino 1.5% English 1.4% Portuguese 2.0% Other
Demonym(s)	Macanese
Government	Special administrative region
• Chief Executive	Ho Iat Seng
• Administration and Justice Secretary	Cheong Weng Chon
• Court President	Sam Hou Fai
• Assembly President	Kou Hoi In
Legislature	Legislative Assembly
Establishment
• Portuguese administration	1557
• Portuguese colony	1 December 1887
• Transfer of sovereignty	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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Macau
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	澳門
Simplified Chinese	澳门
Cantonese Jyutping	ou3mun4*2
Cantonese Yale	Oumùhn
Hanyu Pinyin	Àomén
Literal meaning	Bay gate
Transcriptions Hakka - Romanization Àu-mûn Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Àomén - IPA [ɑ̂ʊ̯mə̌n] Min - Hokkien POJ Ò-mn̂g - Min-dong BUC Ó̤-muòng Wu - Romanization au去men平 Cantonese (Yue) - Jyutping ou3mun4*2 - IPA [ʔōu mǔːn] - Yale Romanization Oumùhn
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)
Transcriptions Hakka - Romanization Àu-mûn Thi̍t-phe̍t Hàng-tsṳn-khî Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Àomén Tèbié Xíngzhèngqū (Àomén Tèqū) Min - Hokkien POJ Ò-mn̂g Te̍k-pia̍t Hêng-chèng-khu Wu - Romanization au去men平 deh入bih入 ghan平tsen去chiu平 Cantonese (Yue) - Jyutping Ou3mun4*2 Dak6bit6 Hang4zing3 Keoi1
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.