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Macau's gambling industry is the largest in the world, generating over MOP195 billion (US$24 billion) in revenue and about seven times larger than that of Las Vegas. [16] Macau's gambling revenue was $37 billion in 2018. [129] Taxes from gambling revenues fund a robust welfare system and an annual cash payment to Macau's citizens. [82]: 204
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 Law until 2049
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.
Macau is situated 60 km (37 mi) west of Hong Kong, and 145 km (90 mi) southwest of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province. It is situated immediately east and south of Zhuhai. The region comprises the Macau Peninsula and the islands of Taipa and Coloane. Macau was once an island but gradually a connecting sandbar turned into a narrow isthmus.
English: Location map of Macau (Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China) Geographic limits of the map: N: 22.22° N; S: 22.1067° N;
English: Map of Macau (Inkscape SVG). This W3C-unspecified vector image was created with Inkscape …important. Date: 30 September 2014: Source:
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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.