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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.
Street scene in Macau in the 1840s, by George Chinnery. 1888 German map of Hong Kong, Macau, and Canton (now Guangzhou) After China ceded Hong Kong to the British in 1842, Macau's position as a major regional trading centre declined further still because larger ships were drawn to the deep-water port of Victoria Harbour. [29]
The map also shows Macau's maritime boundaries, the western end of the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, the leased territory in Zhuhai (the University of Macau) and Macau Light Rapid Transit. Geographic coordinates : 22°10′N 113°33′E / 22.167°N 113.550°E / 22.167; 113
After the exemptions, Macau emerged as the mandatory residence or intermediate stop for all foreigners participating in trade with China through Canton. This caused many European commercial companies to establish themselves in Macau, increasing the city's revenue. In conclusion, Macau thus became Europe's outpost in China.
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1999 December 20 — Macau transferred to China by Portugal as a special administrative region. 2002 May 20 — East Timor gains independence 3 years after the end of its occupation by Indonesia. 2004 — Russia ceded Tarabarov Island and the eastern part of Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island to China as part of a permanent border demarcation.
The Outline of the Post-War New World Map was a map completed before the attack on Pearl Harbor [1] and self-published on February 25, 1942 [2] by Maurice Gomberg of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It shows a proposed political division of the world after World War II in the event of an Allied victory in which the United States of America, the ...
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.