A country code top-level domain is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country ....
: .mo.mo is the Internet country code top-level domain for Macau. The inclusion of the letter "o" in the TLD refers to an alternate spelling of the Chinese special administrative region - Macao....
- Macau is a:
- City
A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement, particularly a large urban settlement. Although there is no agreement on technical definitions distinguishing a city from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status...
- City-state
A city-state is an independent republican country whose territory consists of a city which is not administered as part of another local government....
- Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the most populous in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately one-fifth of the world's population...
- Peninsula
A peninsula is a piece of land that is nearly surrounded by water but connected to mainland via an isthmus. Word origin: Latin paenīnsula : paene, almost + īnsula, island.A peninsula can also be a headland, cape, island promontory, bill, point, or spit....
and two islandAn island or isle is any piece of land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls are called islets. A key or cay is another name for a small island or islet. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot, .There are two main types of islands:...
s (one of which is both an artificial islandAn artificial island is an island that has been constructed by humans rather than formed by natural means. They are created by expanding existing islets, construction on existing reefs, or amalgamating several natural islets into a bigger island....
and an airport)
- Location:
- Northern Hemisphere
The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of the equator—the word hemisphere literally means 'half sphere'. It is also that half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator...
- Eurasia
Eurasia is a large landmass covering about 52,990,000 km 2 or about 10.6% of the Earth's surface...
- Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.6% of the earth's total surface area and with approximately 4 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population.Asia is traditionally defined as part of the...
- East Asia
East Asia or Eastern Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms. Geographically and geo-politically, it covers about , or about 28 percent of the Asian continent, about 15 percent bigger than the area of Europe, though some categorize Tibet, Xinjiang,...
- Time zone
A time zone is a region of the earth that has uniform standard time, usually referred to as the local time. By convention, time zones compute their local time as an offset from UTC . Local time is UTC plus the current time zone offset for the considered location.-Introduction:Time zones are...
: China Standard Time (UTC+08)
- Extreme points of Macau
- High: Coloane Alto
Coloane Alto is the highest point of Macau, a former Portuguese colony in China, at 172 metres above sea level.-External links: , iTouchMap....
- Low: South China Sea
The South China Sea is a marginal sea*south of mainland China and Taiwan,*west of the Philippines,*north west of Sabah , Sarawak and Brunei,*north of Indonesia,*north east of the Malay peninsula and Singapore, and...
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- Population of Macau: 520,400 people (2007 estimate) - 167th most populous country
- Area of Macau: (about the size of Washington DC) - not ranked
- Atlas of Macau
- Climate of Macau: subtropical
- Bridges of Macau
- Ponte de Amizade
The Ponte de Amizade is a four-lane, two-way bridge in Macau that connects Macau Peninsula near the Reservatório and Taipa Island at Pac On....
- Ponte de Sai Van
Ponte de Sai Van is a cable-stayed bridge in Macau inaugurated on December 19 2004. The bridge measures long and is the third one that connects Taipa Island and Macau Peninsula...
- Ponte Governador Nobre de Carvalho
Governor Nobre de Carvalho Bridge , also known as the Macau-Taipa Bridge , is a dual-lane two-way bridge connecting Macau Peninsula near Casino Lisboa and the island of Taipa at the northern slope of Taipa Pequena...
- Cotai
Cotai is a 5.2 km2 piece of newly reclaimed land between Taipa and Coloane islands in Macau, that has not yet been assigned to any of the freguesias. The Chinese and Portuguese names are a portmanteau of the two islands, Coloane and Taipa....
- Coloane
Coloane is one of the two main islands of Macau, located directly south of Macau's other main island, Taipa , and east of Hengqin Island of Zhuhai in Guangdong province, People's Republic of China....
- Macau International Airport
Macau International Airport situated at the eastern end of Taipa island and neighbouring waters, is the only airport in Macau, which opened for commercial operations in November 1995...
- artificial islandAn artificial island is an island that has been constructed by humans rather than formed by natural means. They are created by expanding existing islets, construction on existing reefs, or amalgamating several natural islets into a bigger island....
(reclaimed landLand reclamation is either of two distinct practices. One involves creating new land from sea or riverbeds, the other refers to restoring an area to a more natural state have made it unusable, though its the former definition for which the phrase is most widely used.-Creating new land:-For...
)
- Macau Peninsula
Macau Peninsula is the oldest and most populous part of the former Portuguese territory of Macau, now a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China. It has an area of 8.5 km² and is geographically connected to Zhuhai, Mainland China, at the northeast, through an isthmus...
- Taipa
Taipa is the smaller of the two islands in Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China . It is 2.5 kilometres from Macau Peninsula and east of the Lesser Hengqin Island of Zhuhai, Guangdong Province...
- World Heritage sites in Macau: None
- Main article: Municipalities of Macau
The councils and assemblies of the municipalities of Macau were abolished on 1 January, 2002, and their functions transferred to the Instituto para os Assuntos Cívicos e Municipais, slightly more than 2 years after Macau became a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China...
- Capital of Macau: Not applicable.
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The Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of ChinaThe People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the most populous in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately one-fifth of the world's population...
is one of the two special administrative regionsA Special Administrative Region is a provincial-level administrative division in the People's Republic of China. Each SAR has a governmental chief executive as head of the region and head of government. The People's Republic of China, at present, has two Special Administrative Regions, Hong Kong...
of the People's Republic of ChinaThe People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the most populous in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately one-fifth of the world's population...
, the other being Hong KongHong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a highly autonomous territory of the People's Republic of China, facing Guangdong to the north and the South China Sea to the east, west and south...
. Macau lies on the western side of the Pearl River DeltaThe Pearl River Delta in southern People's Republic of China is the low-lying area alongside the Pearl River estuary where the Pearl River flows into the South China Sea. Since economic liberalisation was adopted by the Chinese government in the late 1970s, the delta has become one of the leading...
, bordering Guangdong province in the north and facing the South China SeaThe South China Sea is a marginal sea*south of mainland China and Taiwan,*west of the Philippines,*north west of Sabah , Sarawak and Brunei,*north of Indonesia,*north east of the Malay peninsula and Singapore, and...
in the east and south. The territory has thriving industries such as textiles, electronics and toys, and a notable tourist industry that boasts a wide range of hotels, resorts, stadiums, restaurants and casinos.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Macau:
General reference
- Pronunciation
The International Phonetic Alphabet ["The acronym 'IPA' strictly refers [...] to the 'International Phonetic Association'. But it is now such a common practice to use the acronym also to refer to the alphabet itself that resistance seems pedantic...]
:
- Common English country name: Macau
The Macau Special Administrative Region , commonly known as Macau or Macao , is one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China, the other being Hong Kong...
- Official English country name: The Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the most populous in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately one-fifth of the world's population...
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Macanese
The word Macanese may mean:* Related to Macau ; especially a resident or native of the territory...
- Demonym(s):
- Etymology
Etymology is the study of the history of words and how their form and meaning have changed over time.For languages with a long written history, etymologists make use of texts in these languages, and texts about the languages, to gather knowledge about how words were used at earlier stages, and...
: Name of Macau
- International rankings of Macau
- ISO country codes: MO, MAC, 446
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:MO
ISO 3166-2:MO is the entry in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of Macau .Currently no subdivisions are assigned codes.As a special administrative region of...
- Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standardized Internet Protocol Suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
country code top-level domainborder="0" align="right" cellspacing="5" width="20%"> A country code top-level domain is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country ....
: .mo.mo is the Internet country code top-level domain for Macau. The inclusion of the letter "o" in the TLD refers to an alternate spelling of the Chinese special administrative region - Macao....
Geography of Macau
- Macau is a:
- City
A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement, particularly a large urban settlement. Although there is no agreement on technical definitions distinguishing a city from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status...
- City-state
A city-state is an independent republican country whose territory consists of a city which is not administered as part of another local government....
- Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the most populous in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately one-fifth of the world's population...
- Peninsula
A peninsula is a piece of land that is nearly surrounded by water but connected to mainland via an isthmus. Word origin: Latin paenīnsula : paene, almost + īnsula, island.A peninsula can also be a headland, cape, island promontory, bill, point, or spit....
and two islandAn island or isle is any piece of land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls are called islets. A key or cay is another name for a small island or islet. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot, .There are two main types of islands:...
s (one of which is both an artificial islandAn artificial island is an island that has been constructed by humans rather than formed by natural means. They are created by expanding existing islets, construction on existing reefs, or amalgamating several natural islets into a bigger island....
and an airport)
- Location:
- Northern Hemisphere
The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of the equator—the word hemisphere literally means 'half sphere'. It is also that half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator...
- Eurasia
Eurasia is a large landmass covering about 52,990,000 km 2 or about 10.6% of the Earth's surface...
- Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.6% of the earth's total surface area and with approximately 4 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population.Asia is traditionally defined as part of the...
- East Asia
East Asia or Eastern Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms. Geographically and geo-politically, it covers about , or about 28 percent of the Asian continent, about 15 percent bigger than the area of Europe, though some categorize Tibet, Xinjiang,...
- Time zone
A time zone is a region of the earth that has uniform standard time, usually referred to as the local time. By convention, time zones compute their local time as an offset from UTC . Local time is UTC plus the current time zone offset for the considered location.-Introduction:Time zones are...
: China Standard Time (UTC+08)
- Extreme points of Macau
- High: Coloane Alto
Coloane Alto is the highest point of Macau, a former Portuguese colony in China, at 172 metres above sea level.-External links: , iTouchMap....
- Low: South China Sea
The South China Sea is a marginal sea*south of mainland China and Taiwan,*west of the Philippines,*north west of Sabah , Sarawak and Brunei,*north of Indonesia,*north east of the Malay peninsula and Singapore, and...
0 m
- Population of Macau: 520,400 people (2007 estimate) - 167th most populous country
- Area of Macau: (about the size of Washington DC) - not ranked
- Atlas of Macau
- Climate of Macau: subtropical
Geographic features of Macau
- Bridges of Macau
- Ponte de Amizade
The Ponte de Amizade is a four-lane, two-way bridge in Macau that connects Macau Peninsula near the Reservatório and Taipa Island at Pac On....
- Ponte de Sai Van
Ponte de Sai Van is a cable-stayed bridge in Macau inaugurated on December 19 2004. The bridge measures long and is the third one that connects Taipa Island and Macau Peninsula...
- Ponte Governador Nobre de Carvalho
Governor Nobre de Carvalho Bridge , also known as the Macau-Taipa Bridge , is a dual-lane two-way bridge connecting Macau Peninsula near Casino Lisboa and the island of Taipa at the northern slope of Taipa Pequena...
- Cotai
Cotai is a 5.2 km2 piece of newly reclaimed land between Taipa and Coloane islands in Macau, that has not yet been assigned to any of the freguesias. The Chinese and Portuguese names are a portmanteau of the two islands, Coloane and Taipa....
- Coloane
Coloane is one of the two main islands of Macau, located directly south of Macau's other main island, Taipa , and east of Hengqin Island of Zhuhai in Guangdong province, People's Republic of China....
- Macau International Airport
Macau International Airport situated at the eastern end of Taipa island and neighbouring waters, is the only airport in Macau, which opened for commercial operations in November 1995...
- artificial islandAn artificial island is an island that has been constructed by humans rather than formed by natural means. They are created by expanding existing islets, construction on existing reefs, or amalgamating several natural islets into a bigger island....
(reclaimed landLand reclamation is either of two distinct practices. One involves creating new land from sea or riverbeds, the other refers to restoring an area to a more natural state have made it unusable, though its the former definition for which the phrase is most widely used.-Creating new land:-For...
)
- Macau Peninsula
Macau Peninsula is the oldest and most populous part of the former Portuguese territory of Macau, now a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China. It has an area of 8.5 km² and is geographically connected to Zhuhai, Mainland China, at the northeast, through an isthmus...
- Taipa
Taipa is the smaller of the two islands in Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China . It is 2.5 kilometres from Macau Peninsula and east of the Lesser Hengqin Island of Zhuhai, Guangdong Province...
- World Heritage sites in Macau: None
Administrative divisions of Macau
- Main article: Municipalities of Macau
The councils and assemblies of the municipalities of Macau were abolished on 1 January, 2002, and their functions transferred to the Instituto para os Assuntos Cívicos e Municipais, slightly more than 2 years after Macau became a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China...
- Capital of Macau: Not applicable. As a semi-autonomous
Autonomy is a concept found in moral, political, and bioethical philosophy. Within these contexts, it refers to the capacity of a rational individual to make an informed, un-coerced decision...
city-stateA city-state is an independent republican country whose territory consists of a city which is not administered as part of another local government....
, Macau doesn't have a capital, it is its own capital.
- Municipality of Macau (coterminous with Macau Peninsula)
- Our Lady of Fatima Parish
Our Lady of Fatima Parish is the northernmost and largest freguesia in Macau Peninsula, Macau. It has an area of and a population of 126,000, which constitutes about 40.3% of the peninsula's land mass and one-third of the population....
- St. Anthony Parish
St. Anthony Parish is a western region of the Macau Peninsula, in the former Portuguese colony of Macau, in the People's Republic of China. It has the highest population density in Macau . The entire area is reclaimed from sea.* Area: 1.1...
- St. Lazarus Parish
St. Lazarus Parish is an east-central region of Macau Peninsula, in the former Portuguese colony of Macau, in the People's Republic of China. It is the smallest sub-district.* Area: 0.64 km²...
- Cathedral Parish
Cathedral Parish is a southeast region of Macau Peninsula in the former Portuguese colony of Macau, now a Special Administrative Region of China...
- St. Lawrence Parish
St. Lawrence Parish is a southwestern region of Macau Peninsula, in the former Portuguese colony of Macau, in the People's Republic of China.* Area: 0.9 km² * Population: 45,600* Population density: 50,904 persons per km²It is...
- Municipality of the Islands
- Our Lady of Carmel Parish, coterminous with the island of Taipa
Taipa is the smaller of the two islands in Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China . It is 2.5 kilometres from Macau Peninsula and east of the Lesser Hengqin Island of Zhuhai, Guangdong Province...
- St. Francis Xavier's Parish, coterminous with the island of Coloane
Coloane is one of the two main islands of Macau, located directly south of Macau's other main island, Taipa , and east of Hengqin Island of Zhuhai in Guangdong province, People's Republic of China....
(CotaiCotai is a 5.2 km2 piece of newly reclaimed land between Taipa and Coloane islands in Macau, that has not yet been assigned to any of the freguesias. The Chinese and Portuguese names are a portmanteau of the two islands, Coloane and Taipa....
, the reclaimed landLand reclamation is either of two distinct practices. One involves creating new land from sea or riverbeds, the other refers to restoring an area to a more natural state have made it unusable, though its the former definition for which the phrase is most widely used.-Creating new land:-For...
between the islands of Taipa and Coloane, had not been assigned to any of the parishes ).
Demography of Macau
- Main article: Demographics of Macau
This article is about the demographic features of the population of Macau, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population....
Population: 503,000 (2006 Qtr2 est.)
- Males: 245,600 (2006 Qtr2 est.)
- Females: 257,400 (2006 Qtr2 est.)
Government and politics of Macau
- Main article: Government of Macau
The Government of the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China , are headed by secretariats or commissioners and report directly to the Chief Executive of Macau...
and Politics of MacauPolitics of Macau takes place in a framework of a political system dominated by the People's Republic of China, an own legislature, the Chief Executive as the head of government, and of a multi-party system...
- Form of government
A form of government, or form of state governance, refers to the set of political institutions by which a government of a state is organized in order to exert its powers over a body politic. Synonyms include "regime type" and "system of government"...
: as a Special administrative regionA special administrative region, or SAR may be:People's Republic of China* Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, self-governing subnational entity in Hong Kong and Macau...
of the People's Republic of ChinaThe People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the most populous in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately one-fifth of the world's population...
, Macau is a city-stateA city-state is an independent republican country whose territory consists of a city which is not administered as part of another local government....
and a multi-partyA multi-party system is a system in which three or more political parties have the capacity to gain control of government separately or in coalition....
limited democracy
- One country, two systems
"One country, two systems" is an idea originally proposed by Deng Xiaoping, then Paramount Leader of the People's Republic of China , for the reunification of China during the early 1980s...
- PRC controls the foreign affairs and defense of Macau
- Macau has its own 3-branch government, partly elected, partly appointed
- Empowered by Macau Basic Law
The Basic Law of the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China is the constitution of Macau, replacing the Estatuto Orgânico de Macau, which was effective since 1976, on 20 December, 1999....
until 2049
- Capital of Macau: Not applicable. As a semi-autonomous
Autonomy is a concept found in moral, political, and bioethical philosophy. Within these contexts, it refers to the capacity of a rational individual to make an informed, un-coerced decision...
city-stateA city-state is an independent republican country whose territory consists of a city which is not administered as part of another local government....
, Macau doesn't have a capital, it is its own capital.
- Elections in Macau
Macau elects on national level a legislature. The Legislative Assembly is made up of 29 members, of whom 12 are elected by popular vote and proportional representation, 10 elected from functional constituencies and 7 appointed by the Chief Executive....
- Mainland and Macau Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement
- Political parties in Macau
- Political scandals of Macau
- Taxation in Macau
Executive branch of the government of Macau
- Head of state
Head of state is the generic term for the individual or collective office that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state...
: President of ChinaThe President of the People's Republic of China , literally Chairman of the Chinese People's Republic, or abbreviated Guójiā Zhǔxí 国家主席, literally State Chairman) is the head of state of the People's Republic of China. The office was created by the 1982 Constitution...
, Hu JintaoHu Jintao is currently the Paramount Leader of the People's Republic of China, holding the titles of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China since 2002, President of the People's Republic of China since 2003, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission since 2004, succeeding Jiang...
- Head of government
Head of government is the chief officer of the executive branch of a government, often presiding over a cabinet. In a parliamentary system, the head of government is often styled Prime Minister, President of the Government, Premier, etc...
: Chief Executive of MacauThe Chief Executive of Macau is the head of the government of Macau, a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China and a former Portuguese overseas province.Under the Basic Law of Macau, the CE's role is:...
, Edmund HoEdmund Ho Hau Wah, GCIH is the Chief Executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China....
.
- Cabinet: Executive Council of Macau
- Ho Veng On - Secretary General
- Secretariat for Administration and Justice
The Secretariat for Administration and Justice is a department of the government of Macau. The secretariat is responsible for the civil service, legal affairs, and municipal affairs in the region...
- Florinda da Rosa Silva ChanFlorinda da Rosa Silva Chan is the current Secretary for Administration and Justice and second most senior government official in Macau....
- Secretariat for Economy and Finance
The Secretariat for Economy and Finance is a department of the Macau GovernmentThe Secretariat is responsible for economic, financial and labour affairs the region....
- Francis Tam Pak YuenFrancis Tam Pak Yuen is the Secretariat for Economy and Finance . Tam has held the position since 1999.-Education:Born in Macau, Tam obtained a British Senior diploma in business management, a diploma in Law of China, and a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of East...
- Secretariat for Security
The Secretariat for Security is the government department responsible for public safety and security in Macau.The role replaced the former post of Secretary for Public Security...
- Cheong Kuoc VáCheong Kuoc Vá is the Secretary for Security in Macau.Born in Macau, Cheong joined the Forças de Segurança de Macau upon graduation from Yuet Wah College in 1975...
- Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture
The Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture is a department of the Macau Government...
- Fernando Chui Sai OnFernando Chui Sai On is the Secretary for Social and Cultural Affairs and the Chief Executive Elect for the Macau Special Administrative Region.-Education:...
- Secretariat for Transport and Public Works
The Secretariat for Transport and Public Works is the department of the Macau Government responsible for overseeing a number of the region's important services....
- Lau Si IoLau Si Io is a civil servant in Macau and the current Secretariat for Transport and Public Works since 2007.- Biography :Lau was born and raised in Macau, high school graduated from Yuet Wah College. He obtained an engineering graduate from the University of Calgary...
Other departments of the government of Macau
- Commission Against Corruption
The Commission Against Corruption of the Macau was established with the Special Administrative Region in 1999 after China resumes sovereignty, pursuant to article 59 of the its Basic Law and modelled after the Independent Commission Against Corruption of Hong Kong.The CCAC replaced the High...
- Cheong UCheong U MPA, BPA is the head of the Commission Against Corruption in Macau.Born in China, Cheong went to Hou Kong Secondary School and obtained his bachelor's degree in public administration at the University of Macau's National Institute of Public Administration of Portugal and a Master of...
- Commission of Audit
Commission of Audit is the auditor for the government of Macau to aid accountability by conducting independent audits of the government operations...
- Fátima ChoiFátima Choi aliás Choi Mei Lei MSc, BSc is the current Director of Audit in Macau.Born in Macao. Choi obtained a Master of Science degree in statistics and Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from the University of Essex....
Legislative branch of the government of Macau
- Legislative Assembly of Macau
- Parliament of Macau (bicameral)
- Upper house
An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house.- Possible specific characteristics :An upper house is usually distinct from the lower house in at least one of the following respects:...
: Senate of Macau
- Lower house
A lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.Despite its theoretical position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide the lower house has come to wield more power...
: House of Commons of Macau
Judicial branch of the government of Macau
Foreign relations of Macau
- United States-Macau relations
International organization membership
The Macau Special Administrative Region is a member of:
- International Hydrographic Organization
The International Hydrographic Organization was originally established in 1921 as the International Hydrographic Bureau . The present name was adopted in 1970 as a result of a revised international agreement among member nations...
(IHO)
- International Maritime Organization
The International Maritime Organization , formerly known as the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization , was established in Geneva in 1948, and came into force ten years later, meeting for the first time in 1959...
(IMO) (associate)
- International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund is an international organization that oversees the global financial system by following the macroeconomic policies of its member countries, in particular those with an impact on exchange rates and the balance of payments...
(IMF)
- International Organization for Standardization
The International Organization for Standardization , widely known as ISO , is an international-standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards organizations. Founded on 23 February 1947, the organization promulgates worldwide proprietary industrial and commercial...
(ISO) (correspondent)
- United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (associate)
- Universal Postal Union
The Universal Postal Union is an international organization that coordinates postal policies among member nations, and hence the worldwide postal system. Each member country agrees to the same set of terms for conducting international postal duties...
(UPU)
- World Customs Organization
]The World Customs Organization is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. With its worldwide membership, the WCO is recognized as the voice of the global customs community...
(WCO)
- World Federation of Trade Unions
The World Federation of Trade Unions was established in the wake of the Second World War to bring together trade unions across the world in a single international organization, much like the United Nations...
(WFTU)
- World Meteorological Organization
The World Meteorological Organization is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 188 Member States and Territories. It originated from the International Meteorological Organization , which was founded in 1873...
(WMO)
- World Tourism Organization
The World Tourism Organization , based in Madrid, Spain, is a United Nations agency dealing with questions relating to tourism. It compiles the World Tourism rankings. The World Tourism Organization is a significant global body, concerned with the collection and collation of statistical information...
(UNWTO) (associate)
- World Trade Organization
The World Trade Organization is an international organization designed by its founders to supervise and liberalize international capital trade. The organization officially commenced on January 1, 1995 under the Marrakesh Agreement, replacing the General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade , which...
(WTO)
Law and order in Macau
- Main article: Legal system of Macau
Macau law is broadly based on Portuguese law, and therefore part of the civil law tradition of continental European legal systems. Portuguese law is itself highly influenced by German law...
- Macau Basic Law
The Basic Law of the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China is the constitution of Macau, replacing the Estatuto Orgânico de Macau, which was effective since 1976, on 20 December, 1999....
- Capital punishment in Macau
- Constitution of Macau
- Crime in Macau
- Human rights in Macau
Human rights in Macau is a situation that reflects its status as a former Portuguese possession that reverted to Chinese administration in 1999. As a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China , Macau enjoys a high degree of autonomy except in defense and foreign affairs, and...
- LGBT rights in Macau
- Freedom of religion in Macau
- Law enforcement in Macau
Military of Macau
- Main article: Military of Macau
- Macau does not have a military of its own, and is a protectorate
A protectorate, in international law, is an autonomous territory that is protected diplomatically or militarily against third parties by a stronger state or entity. In exchange for this, the protectorate usually accepts specified obligations, which may vary greatly, depending on the real nature of...
of the PRC
- Defense: responsibility of the PLA
The People's Liberation Army is the unified military organization of all land, sea, and air forces of the People's Republic of China. The PLA was established on 1 August 1927—celebrated annually as "PLA Day"—as the military arm of the Communist Party of China...
of the PRC
- People's Liberation Army Macau Garrison
History of Macau
- Main article: History of Macau
Macau is a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. It was administered by Portugal for 442 years, first as a trading post, and subsequently as a Portuguese territory, until its handover to China in 1999...
and Current events of Macau
- Municipal Council of Macau
Municipal Council of Macau was the local government structure in Macau during Portuguese rule in Macau. Following the handover in 1999, the Council was replaced by a Provisional Municipal Council and finally replaced by the Institute for Civic and Municipal Affairs of the Macau .The Institute...
- Municipalities of Macau
The councils and assemblies of the municipalities of Macau were abolished on 1 January, 2002, and their functions transferred to the Instituto para os Assuntos Cívicos e Municipais, slightly more than 2 years after Macau became a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China...
- Military of Macau under Portuguese rule
Prior to the handover, Portugal had limited military personnel in Macau; the last major military presence was in 1974. No Portuguese troops had been stationed in Macau since the Carnation Revolution in 1974...
- Transfer of the sovereignty of Macau
Culture of Macau
- Main article: Culture of Macau
A distinct feature in Macau has been the fusion between the Portuguese and Chinese cultures. With most of the population being Chinese, one would expect the total assimilation of the Portuguese over the past four centuries . However, this has not been the case at least until the past decade or so...
- Cuisine of Macau
- Events and festivals in Macau
-Chinese New Year :The Chinese in Macau celebrate the same religious festivals as their counterparts in Hong Kong and other regions in Asia.-Feast of the God Toutei :Tou Tei is the Earth God and he is said to be everywhere...
- Gambling in Macau
Gambling in Macau has been legal since the 1850s when the Portuguese government legalized the activity in the colony. Since then, Macau has become known worldwide as the "Monte Carlo of the Orient", and gambling has become a significant part of the city's economy...
- Languages of Macau
- Media of Macau
Media in Macau are available to the public in the forms of: television and radio, newspapers, magazines and the Internet. They serve the local community by providing necessary information and entertainment. Macau's media market is rather small...
- Museum of Macau
The Museum of Macau is on the hill of the Fortaleza do Monte, a 16th century fort in Macau. The museum presents the history of the city and territory of the former Portuguese colony of Macau, now a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.Planning for the museum started in...
- National symbols of Macau
- Emblem of Macau
- Flag of Macau
The Regional flag of the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China , is light green with a lotus flower above the stylized Governor Nobre de Carvalho Bridge and water in white, beneath an arc of five gold, five-pointed stars: one large in the center of the arc and four...
- National anthem of Macau
- Public holidays in Macau
The following is a list of the public holidays in Macau , as set by the Ordem Executiva nº 60/2000 ....
- Religion in Macau
- World Heritage sites in Macau: None
Art in Macau
- Art in Macau
- Cinema of Macau
- Literature of Macau
- Music of Macau
Macau is a Special Administrative Region of the China. It was formerly a colony of Portugal, which left a legacy of linguistic and other cultural elements.The music is called Macanese music, a mixture of Chinese and Portuguese music....
- Television in Macau
- Theatre in Macau
Sports in Macau
- Main article: Sport in Macau
Macau residents participate in a wide variety of sports for recreation and competition. Soccer, basketball, volleyball, jogging, swimming, table tennis, and badminton are among the most popular in the community...
- Macau Grand Prix
The Macau Grand Prix is a motor-racing event held annually in November in the streets of Macau. It is known for being the only street circuit racing event in which both car and motorcycle races are held...
- Macau national football team
Macau national football team represents the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China in international football . The team is supervised by the Macau Football Association . The Macau football team has a ranking that is one of the lowest among the FIFA members...
(soccer)
- Macau national rugby union team
The Macau national rugby union team represents Macau in international rugby union. Macau are a member of the International Rugby Board , and have yet to play in a Rugby World Cup tournament....
Economy of Macau
- Main article: Economy of Macau
The economy of Macau has remained one of the most open in the world since its reversion to China in 1999. Apparel exports and gambling-related tourism are mainstays of the economy. Since Macau has little arable land and few natural resources, it depends on mainland China for most of its food, fresh...
- Agriculture in Macau: None (it's a city)
- Banking in Macau
- Communications in Macau
Owing to Macau's population and its small market, only a few options are available for the local people on media. With the fact that radio signals, newspapers and magazines from Hong Kong are available in Macau, the local media are always a minority group in terms of sales and number of...
- Companies in Macau
- Currency of Macau
In economics, the term currency can refer either to a particular currency, for example the US dollar, or to the coins and banknotes of a particular currency, which comprise the physical aspects of a nation's money supply...
: PatacaThe pataca is the currency of Macau. It is subdivided into 100 avos , with 10 avos called ho in Cantonese...
- ISO 4217
ISO 4217 is the international standard describing three-letter codes to define the names of currencies established by the International Organization for Standardization...
: MOPMOP may refer to:* M.O.P., or Mash Out Posse, an American rap duo* Macanese pataca, the currency of Macau, ISO 4217 code MOP* Maintenance Operations Protocol, in computer networks* Means of production, or MoP, a Marxist concept in economics...
- Economic history of Macau
- Energy policy of Macau
- Mining in Macau: None (it's a city)
- Oil industry in Macau
- Tourism in Macau
Macau is famous for the blend of Portuguese and Chinese cultures and its gambling industry, which includes Casino Lisboa, Macau, Sands Macau, The Venetian Macao, and Wynn Macau.-External links:*...
- Transport in Macau
Education in Macau
- Main article: Education in Macau
Most of the schools in Macau are private or subsidized schools. There are only a few government or public schools, in which Portuguese is used as a medium of instruction or taken as a compulsory subject in Macau...
- University of Macau
The University of Macau , established in 1981, was the first and currently the largest university in Macau, a former Portuguese colony and now a Special Administrative Region of China. It was formerly known as University of East Asia , and was renamed the University of Macau in 1991...
- Macau Child Development Association
Macau Child Development Association is a non-profit group created in 2004 to help children with developmental disorders and learning disabilities. MCDA offers therapy services for young children and organizes seminars and conferences in Macau. The group operates a child development center on...
Infrastructure of Macau
- Buildings
- Communications in Macau
Owing to Macau's population and its small market, only a few options are available for the local people on media. With the fact that radio signals, newspapers and magazines from Hong Kong are available in Macau, the local media are always a minority group in terms of sales and number of...
- Energy in Macau
- Health care in Macau
- Transportation in Macau
Transport in Macau includes road, sea and air transport. Road transport is the primary mode of transport within Macau itself, as there are no railways at present. The main forms of public transport are buses and taxis...
- Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Pier, Macau
Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Pier is located in Porto Exterior, Macau Peninsula, in the former Portuguese colony of Macau, now a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, near the reservoir on Avenida da Amizade.-History:The pier was formerly located near present-day Yaohan Store...
- Airports in Macau
- Macau International Airport
Macau International Airport situated at the eastern end of Taipa island and neighbouring waters, is the only airport in Macau, which opened for commercial operations in November 1995...
- Macau Light Transit System
The Macau Light Transit System , officially known as the Macau Light Rapid Transit, is a proposed mass transit system within the Special Administrative Region of Macau...
- Water supply and sanitation in Macau
See also
- Index of Macau-related articles
- List of Macau-related topics
- List of international rankings
- Outline of Asia
- Outline of China
right|188pxthumb|An enlargeable map of the [[People's Republic of China]]The People's Republic of China is the most extensive country in East Asia and the third or fourth most extensive country in the world...
- Outline of geography
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