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List All Cities Macau Listing cities Macau database :
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Description Macau by rbd.me
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Colonized by the Portuguese in the 16th century, Macau was the first European settlement in the Far East. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and Portugal on 13 April 1987, Macau became the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China on 20 December 1999. In this agreement, China promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's socialist economic system would not be practiced in Macau, and that Macau would enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign and defense affairs for the next 50 years.
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Location
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Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China
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Area - comparative
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less than one-sixth the size of Washington, DC
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Natural resources Macau
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generally flat
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Population Macau
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567,957 (July 2010 est.)
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Religions Macau
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Buddhist 50%, Roman Catholic 15%, none or other 35% (1997 est.)
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Languages
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Cantonese 85.7%, Hokkien 4%, Mandarin 3.2%, other Chinese dialects 2.7%, English 1.5%, Tagalog 1.3%, other 1.6% (2001 census)
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Education Macau expenditures
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2.4% of GDP (2005)
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Government Macau type
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special administrative region of China
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Independence
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none (special administrative region of the People's Republic of China)
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Macau Economy - overview
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none (special administrative region of China)
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Investment Macau
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3.6% (2009)
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Industries Macau
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tourism, gambling, clothing, textiles, electronics, footwear, toys
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Airports Macau
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244 (2009)
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