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Highly detailed 18th century French map of Macau. With the loss of trade with Japan, Manila and other locations that were once Portuguese possessions and with the rise of Dutch and later English merchants in the eastern seas, Portuguese traders based in Macau made several adjustments to their trade routes.
Macau [e] or Macao [f] is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). With a population of about 710,000 people [12] and a land area of 32.9 km 2 (12.7 sq mi), it is the most densely populated region in the world.
Map of the Macau Peninsula, 1635.. During the age of discovery Portuguese sailors explored the coasts of Africa and Asia. The sailors later established posts at Goa in 1510, and conquered Malacca in 1511, driving the Sultan to the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula from where he kept making raids on the Portuguese.
Pre-colonial records show that Macau totalled only 2.78 km 2 (1.07 sq mi) but began to increase as a result of Portuguese settlement. Land growth has accelerated since the last quarter of the 20th century, from 15 km 2 (5.8 sq mi) in 1972 to 16.1 km 2 (6.22 sq mi) in 1983 to 21.3 km 2 (8.22 sq mi) in 1994.
The Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region, commonly known as the Macao Government, is the executive authorities of Macau. Formed on 20 December 1999 in accordance with the Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration , it is headed by secretariats or commissioners and report directly to the chief executive .
Politics of Macau. Form of government: as a Special administrative region of the People's Republic of China, Macau is a city-state and a multi-party limited democracy One country, two systems. PRC controls the foreign affairs and defense of Macau; Macau has its own 3-branch government, partly elected, partly appointed Empowered by Macau Basic ...
Map of Asia and Oceania c.1550. The Portuguese presence in Asia was responsible for what would be the first of many contacts between European countries and the East, starting on May 20, 1498 with the trip led by Vasco da Gama to Calicut, India [1] (in modern-day Kerala state in India).
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.