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  2. Portuguese Macau - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Macau - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Historic Centre of Macau - Wikipedia

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    The Historic Centre of Macao (Portuguese: Centro Histórico de Macau, Chinese: 澳門歷史城區) is a collection of over twenty locations that witness the unique assimilation and co-existence of Chinese and Portuguese cultures in Macau, a former Portuguese colony. It represents the architectural legacies of the city's cultural heritage ...

  5. History of Macau - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Category:Portuguese Macau - Wikipedia

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    Portuguese Macau (1557–1999) — the former Portuguese colony and overseas province period of the history of Macau, located on the Pearl River Delta in Southeast China The main article for this category is Portuguese Macau .

  7. Fort Nossa Senhora do Bom Parto - Wikipedia

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    The Fort Nossa Senhora do Bom Parto (Forte da Nossa Senhora do Bom Parto in Portuguese) is a former fort of the Portuguese Empire located in Penha Hill in Macau, China.. It was among the first forts built by the Portuguese in Macau, erected between 1608 and 1615. [1]

  8. Municipalities and parishes of Macau - Wikipedia

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    Municipality of Macau Concelho de Macau 澳門市: Coterminous with the Macau Peninsula. Its seat was also known as Cidade do (Santo) Nome de Deus de Macau (= City of the (Holy) Name of God of Macau, full motto: Cidade do (Santo) Nome de Deus de Macau, Não Há Outra Mais Leal, lit. City of the (Holy) Name of God of Macau, None Is More Loyal)

  9. Handover of Macau - Wikipedia

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    Macau continues to drive on the left unlike mainland China, all of which has driven on the right since 1946, or Portugal and most other Portuguese colonies, which switched to the right in 1928. [52] Vehicle registration plates continued to follow the old Portuguese format , with white characters on a black plate. [ 53 ]