Macau is located in Eastern Asia,
bordering the South China Sea and China
Lowest Point: South China Sea
0 m
Highest Point: Coloane Alto
172.4 m
Religion: Buddhist 50%, Roman
Catholic 15%, none and other 35%
Languages Spoken: Cantonese
87.9%, Hokkien 4.4%, Mandarin
1.6%, other Chinese dialects 3.1%, other 3%
See also: Languages
spoken in Asia, Languages of the
world
Introduction - Brief History
Colonized by the Portuguese in the
16th century, Macau was the first European settlement in the Far East.
Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and Portugal on 13 April 1987,
Macau became the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China on
20 December 1999. China has promised that, under its "one country, two
systems" formula, China's socialist economic system will not be practiced
in Macau, and that Macau will enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters
except foreign and defense affairs for the next 50 years. |
Macau
