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| MACAU (Special Administrative Region) |
| Macau is a Special Administration Region of China since China
resumed its sovereignty from the Portuguese Government on the 20th
December 1999. |
| ABBREVIATION: Ao |
| POPULATION: 440,000; 96 percent are Chinese. |
| AREA: 23.5 Km² |
| ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS: Macao peninsula, Dangzai and Luhuan
Islands |
| PHYSICAL FEATURES: located on the South China Seashore, at
the southern tip of China's Pearl River Delta, connected with Zhuahai
city in Guangdong province. Hills, hilly lands constitute the terrain;
Luhuan Island is little higher; the highest mountain is Tashitang
Mountain, with an altitude of 172 meters. |
| CLIMATE: oceanic monsoonal climate, high temperature and a
lot of rain. |
| Average temperature: 14oC in January, 28.6C in July |
| Annual average rainfall: 2000 mm; |
| ECONOMY IN BRIEF: wildly known as “Gambling City”. Originally
its main industries were consuming industries, such as gambling,
tourism; currently a variety of economical entity has been formed by
trading, manufacturing, architecture, tourism and financial in certain
proportion; main industry firstly is garment, secondly toys; |
| Macao has been a big international trading port which connecting
west and east world, in recent years water paths and land transportation
between Guangdong and Hongkong has been well developed, especially the
opening of international airport make the inside and outside
interactions more convenient. |
| ATTRACTIONS: Ma Temple, Kwan-yin Temple, Dasanba Torii, Pope
Mountain, Big emplacement, East Viewing lighthouse etc; Bodhi Garden,
residential Museum, Horse-racing course, black-sand bay in Luhuan
island, Zhuwan seashore and Jiaoye Park Etc. |
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