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  2. Macau - Wikipedia

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    Macau [e] or Macao [f] is a ... and the region maintains a regulated border with the rest of the country. [85] All travellers between Macau and China and Hong Kong ...

  3. Outline of Macau - Wikipedia

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    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

  4. Geography of Macau - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. List of IOC country codes - Wikipedia

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    Macau, China: Associação Recreativa dos Deficientes de Macau ... Two athletes from the country gained the opportunity to in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, ...

  6. Special administrative regions of China - Wikipedia

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    The two special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau (created in 1997 and 1999 respectively) each have a codified constitution called Basic Law. [8] The law provides the regions with a high degree of autonomy, a separate political system, and a capitalist economy under the principle of "one country, two systems" proposed by Deng ...

  7. Xi Jinping visits Macau to mark 25 years of Chinese rule - AOL

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    A special administrative region of China, Macau is the only place in the country where gambling is legal, and its economy is heavily dependent on the Xi Jinping visits Macau to mark 25 years of ...

  8. Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao - Wikipedia

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    Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao, [a] also known as Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan [b] is the collective term used by the People's Republic of China for its two special administrative regions Hong Kong and Macao, as well as the Taiwan region, which is claimed as sovereign territory by the PRC but is actually governed by the government of the Republic of China (Taiwanese authorities).

  9. History of Macau - Wikipedia

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    St. Paul's Cathedral in the 19th century by George Chinnery (1774–1852). Macau is a special administrative region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China.It was leased to Portugal in 1557 as a trading post in exchange for a symbolic annual rent of 500 tael.