Macao Country Info - Asia

Description and Basic Information

Macao with its capital Macao is located in Asia (Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China). It covers some 255 square kilometres (less than one-sixth the size of Washington, DC) with 449,198 citizens. Chinese and Chinese are the the languages spoken by people in Macao.

Macao is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China. Located across the Pearl River estuary from Hong Kong, until 1999 Macau was an overseas territory of Portugal. Besides the city itself, Macau includes the islands of Taipa and Coloane, which are connected to Macau by bridges and to each other by a causeway, now built up into the Cotai Strip. Although best known for gambling, Macau is extremely rich in attractions and oozing with atmosphere, thanks to hundreds of years of fusion between European and Chinese cultures. Macau is a fascinating place to just walk around as the place is packed with churches, temples, fortresses and other old buildings bearing an interesting mix of Portuguese and Chinese characteristics.

Pictures from Capital (Macao)

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About Macao

The topography features generally flat. The average density of population is about 1,768 per km². The climate in Macao can be described as subtropical with marine with cool winters, warm summers. Potential natural disasters are typhoons.

To reach someone in Macao dial +853 prior to a number. There are 168,903 installed telephones. And there are 1,109,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".mo". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz. The following list are the 2 regions/states in Macao we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Chinese population grew at a rate of 0.89% (or by 5,055 citizens). With 2,045 deaths and 5,100 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 0.54%. 1,999 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Macao: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.