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Affiliation:
(overseas territory of Portugal)

@Macau, Geography

Location:
Eastern Asia, 27 km west-southwest of Hong Kong on the southeast coast
of China bordering the South China Sea
Map references:
Asia, Oceania, Southeast Asia, Standard Time Zones of the World
Area:
total area:
16 sq km
land area:
16 sq km
comparative area:
about 0.1 times the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries:
total 0.34 km, China 0.34 km
Coastline:
40 km
Maritime claims:
not specified
International disputes:
none
Climate:
subtropical; marine with cool winters, warm summers
Terrain:
generally flat
Natural resources:
negligible
Land use:
arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
meadows and pastures:
0%
forest and woodland:
0%
other:
100%
Irrigated land:
NA sq km
Environment:
current issues:
NA
natural hazards:
NA
international agreements:
party to - Ozone Layer Protection
Note:
essentially urban; one causeway and one bridge connect the two islands
to the peninsula on mainland

@Macau, People

Population:
484,557 (July 1994 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.35% (1994 est.)
Birth rate:
14.78 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Death rate:
4.12 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Net migration rate:
2.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
5.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
79.75 years
male:
77.33 years
female:
82.3 years (1994 est.)
Total fertility rate:
1.46 children born/woman (1994 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Macanese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Macau
Ethnic divisions:
Chinese 95%, Portuguese 3%, other 2%
Religions:
Buddhist 45%, Roman Catholic 7%, Protestant 1%, none 45.8%, other 1.2%
(1981)
Languages:
Portuguese (official), Cantonese is the language of commerce
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1981)
total population:
90%
male:
93%
female:
86%
Labor force:
180,000 (1986)
by occupation:
NA

@Macau, Government

Names:
conventional long form:
none
conventional short form:
Macau
local long form:
none
local short form:
Ilha de Macau
Digraph:
MC
Type:
overseas territory of Portugal scheduled to revert to China in 1999
Capital:
Macau
Administrative divisions:
2 districts (concelhos, singular - concelho); Ilhas, Macau
Independence:
none (territory of Portugal; Po