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Macau [e] or Macao [f] is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.With a population of about 710,000 people [11] and a land area of 32.9 km 2 (12.7 sq mi), it is the most densely populated region in the world.
The location of Macau An enlargeable map of Macau, showing Macau Peninsula, Cotai, Taipa and Coloane The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Macau: The Macau Special Administrative Region [ 1 ] of the People's Republic of China – one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China ...
The main island is located to the south of the Macau Peninsula and to the east of Hengqin Island of the Pearl River (Zhujiang), Guangdong Province, China. The island has remained unnamed since its creation in the late 1990s, after the reclamation project of Cotai, which filled up the channel between the islands of Coloane and Taipa.
Current map of the Macau Special Administrative Region.To the west are the island of Hengqin and the peninsula of Wanzai.. Wanzai, Small Hengqin and Great Hengqin (Portuguese names: Lapa, Dom João and Montanha) are three islands located to the west of the Macau Peninsula and the Macau islands of Taipa and Coloane that were under Portuguese influence.
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Macau is situated 60 km (37 mi) west of Hong Kong, and 145 km (90 mi) southwest of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province. It is situated immediately east and south of Zhuhai. The region comprises the Macau Peninsula and the islands of Taipa and Coloane. Macau was once an island but gradually a connecting sandbar turned into a narrow isthmus.
The Macau Peninsula is the historical and most populous part of Macau. It has an area of 8.5 square kilometers (3.3 sq mi) (4 by 1.8 kilometers (2.5 mi × 1.1 mi)) and is geographically connected to Guangdong Province at the northeast through an isthmus 200 meters (660 ft) wide.
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