Macau

The Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, ?Chinese:??????????????? short form Macau or Macao (short form of Chinese: ???also informally known as "??") (see Names), is a small territory on the southern coast of China. It is 70 km southwest of Hong Kong and 145 km from Guangzhou. It was the oldest European colony in China, dating back to the 16th century. The Portuguese government transferred sovereignty over Macau to the People's Republic of China in 1999, and it is now run as a Special Administrative Region of the PRC. Residents of Macau mostly speak Cantonese natively; Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, and English are also spoken.

External links

• {{zh icon}} Documentary by RTHK on fifth anniversary of Macao SAR
• Profile of Macau on BBC News
• Profile of Macau on the CIA World Factbook
• Expatriate Guide
• {{zh icon}} {{pt icon}} {{en icon}} Portal of the government of Macau
• Guide to Macau
• Hongkong-Macau.info
• Library of Congress - Country Study: Macau data as of August 2000
• BlogMacau.info (an independent weblog about Macau)
• Nate's guide to Macau
• Open Directory Project - Macau directory category
• Yahoo! - Macau directory category
• Macau Heritage Net - List of Historic Centre of Macao
• Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao Special Administrative Region
• {{zh icon}} Traditional Chinese version
• {{zh icon}} Simplified Chinese version
• {{pt icon}} Portuguese version
• {{en icon}} English version
• Satellite map of Macau from Google Maps
• Mondophoto.net - 119 Public Domain photos of Macau