Macau
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| Basic Facts |
| Country name |
conventional long form: Macau Special Administrative Region
conventional short form: Macau local long form: Aomen Tebie Xingzhengqu (Chinese); Regiao Administrativa Especial de Macau (Portuguese) local short form: Aomen (Chinese); Macau (Portuguese) |
| Gevernment type | limited democracy |
| Capital |
name: Kabul
geographic coordinates: 34 31 N, 69 12 E time difference: UTC+4.5 (9.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
| Flag description | light green with a lotus flower above a stylized bridge and water in white, beneath an arc of five gold, five-pointed stars: one large in center of arc and four smaller |
| Currency | pataca (MOP) |
| Internet country code | .mo |
| Ports and terminals | Macau |
| Agriculture products | only 2% of land area is cultivated, mainly by vegetable growers; fishing, mostly for crustaceans, is important; some of the catch is exported to Hong Kong |
| Industries | tourism, gambling, clothing, textiles, electronics, footwear, toys |
| Geography |
| Location | Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China |
| Coordinates | 22 10 N, 113 33 E |
| Continent | Southeast Asia |
| Area |
total: 28.2 sq km
land: 28.2 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Boundaries |
total: 0.34 km
regional border: China 0.34 km |
| Coastline | 41 km |
| Climate | subtropical; marine with cool winters, warm summers |
| Terrain | generally flat |
| Natural resources | NEGL |
| Natural hazards | typhoons |
| People |
| Population | 453,125 (July 2006 est.) |
| Ethnic groups | Chinese 95.7%, Macanese (mixed Portuguese and Asian ancestry) 1%, other 3.3% (2001 census) |
| Religions | Buddhist 50%, Roman Catholic 15%, none and other 35% (1997 est.) |
| Languages | Cantonese 87.9%, Hokkien 4.4%, Mandarin 1.6%, other Chinese dialects 3.1%, other 3% (2001 census) |
