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noun - a former Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea
MACAO - Macau (Chinese: , Cantonese: [u.mn], ( listen); Portuguese: Macau), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of C...
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| In an 1887 treaty China recognized Portugal's claim to this territory |
| China wants Portugal to return this colony no later than 1997, the year they'll get Hong Kong |
| About half of the visitors to this former Portuguese colony are mainland Chinese coming to gamble |
| In April, Portugal agreed to give China sovereignty over this territory on December 20, 1999 |
| The historic Barrier Gate separates China from this Portuguese territory |
| In an 1887 treaty, China recognized Portugal's sovereignty over this territory west of Hong Kong |
| In 1887 the Protocol of Lisbon confirmed that this colony was a free port under the control of Portugal |
| In December 1999 the Portuguese returned this small territory to China |
| Now a special administrative region of China, its legal system is based on Portuguese civil law |
| In 1999, 400 years after establishing a permanent settlement there, Portugal returned this overseas territory to China |
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| a Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea reverts to China in 1999 |
| A special administrative region on the south-eastern coast of China on the west side of the Pearl River estuary opposite Hong Kong formerly a Portuguese dependency and comprising the Macao peninsula and the islands of Taipa and Cologne population 588,000 (estimated 2015) official languages, Portuguese and Cantonese capital, Macao City. Visited by Vasco da Gama in 1497, Macao was developed by the Portuguese as a trading post and became the chief centre of trade between Europe and China in the 18th century. Under the terms of a 1987 agreement sovereignty passed to China in 1999. |
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| Macao, Ilhas, MACAU |
| Macao, La Altagracia, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
| Macao, Likouala, CONGO |
| Macao, Anhui, CHINA |
| Macao, Amazonas, BRAZIL |
| Macao, Negros Occidental, PHILIPPINES |
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Macau (Chinese: , Cantonese: [u.mn], ( listen); Portuguese: Macau), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory on the western side of the Pearl River estuary in East Asia. Along with Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, and several other major cities in Guangdong, the territory forms a core part of the Pearl River Delta metropolitan region, the most populated area in the world. With a population of 650,900 in an area of 30.5 km2 (11.8 sq mi), it is the most densely populated region in the world. * Macau was formerly a colony of the Portuguese Empire, after Ming China leased the territory as a trading post in 1557. Originally governing under Chinese authority and sovereignty, Portugal was given perpetual occupation rights for Macau in 1887. Macau remained under Portuguese control until 1999, when it was returned to China. As a special administrative region, Macau maintains a separate political and economic system ap |