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Macau

Eastern Asia

A special administrative region of China consisting of the Macau Peninsula, the islands of Taipa and Coloane, the Cotai reclamation zone between them, and several smaller islets, bordering Zhuhai to the north and west and lying west of Hong Kong across the Pearl River estuary. With a population of about 720,000 people in a land area of 32.9 square kilometers, it is the most densely populated region in the world.

Facts
Population
712,651 1
Area (sq km)
119.3 1
Total jurisdictional area including 85 km2 of maritime waters newly placed under Macau administration in 2025 (71.25 percent of the total is now water per the same infobox); land area alone is 32.9 km2.
Founding Year
1557 1
Marks the start of the Portuguese lease and trading settlement at Macau per the infobox established_date (Portuguese lease) field, not a claim about a specific founding ceremony or the area pre-colonial habitation.
Population Estimate Year
2024 1
Elevation (m)
22 2
Latitude
22.19 degrees north 1
Longitude
113.54 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Coastal
Yes 1
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+08:00 3
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Galinha à africana

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Source Galinha à africana (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph
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African chicken (traditional Chinese: 非洲雞; simplified Chinese: 非洲鸡), also known as galinha à africana (Portuguese: [ɡɐˈlĩɲaafɾiˈkɐ̃nɐ], is a Macanese chicken dish.
Macanese Cuisine

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Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Limited

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Sands China Ltd

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Andrew Kim Taegon

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Source Wikipedia: Andrew Kim TaegonArticle text
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After being baptized at age 15, Kim studied at a seminary in the Portuguese colony of Macau.

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Hong Kong Sign Language

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Legal system of Macau

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Macau law is broadly based on Portuguese law, and therefore part of the civil law tradition of continental European legal systems.
Sources
1. Macau (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox: population_estimate
    712,651
  • Infobox: population_estimate_year
    2024
  • Infobox: area_km2
    119.3
  • Infobox: established_date
    1557
  • Infobox coordinates
    22.19 N 113.54 E
  • Article text
    Macau is located on China's southern coast
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2. Macau (Wikidata)
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 22 m
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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3. GeoNames: Macau - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 1821274
    22.20056 113.54611 P PPLC MO 02 649335 28 Asia/Macau
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 28 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 22.25, 113.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 22.25, 113.75
22.25 113.75 Cwa
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Wikidata: Macau
Wikidata Q14773, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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