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All Cities in Macau. Base Camp in Macau :
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Macau Description Macau
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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 Macau
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NEGL
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Population Macau
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567,957 (July 2010 est.)
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Macau 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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Macau Education Macau expenditures
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2.4% of GDP (2005)
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Government Macau type
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none (special administrative region of the People's Republic of China)
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Independence
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National Day (Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China), 1 October (1949); note - 20 December 1999 is celebrated as Macau Special Administrative Region Establishment Day
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Macau Economy - overview
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Investment Macau
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Industries Macau
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1.424 billion kWh (2009 est.)
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Airports Macau
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