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Macao

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Background :

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 the People's Republic of China on 20 December 1999. In this agreement, China promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's socialist economic system would not be practiced in Macau, and that Macau would enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign and defense affairs for the next 50 years. 

Location :

Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China 

Geographic Coordinates Center :

22 10 N, 113 33 E  (Latitude, Longtitude)

Geographic Coordinates Rectangle :

West 113.53
North 22.22
East 113.57
South 22.18

Area :

total 28 square km
land 28 square km
water 0 square km

Land boundaries :

total:|0. 34 km
China 0. 34 km

Coastline :

41.00 km

Climate :

subtropical; marine with cool winters, warm summers 

Terrain :

generally flat 

Elevation extremes :

lowest point 0 metres
highest point 172 metres

Land use :

arable land 0.00 %
permanent crops 0.00 %
other 100.00 %

Population :

559 846 

Indicators :

Growth rate 2.00 %
Birth rate 8.88 births/1,000 population
Total fertility rate 0.91 children born/woman
Death rate 3.50 deaths/1,000 population
Net migration rate 14.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Age structure :

0-14 years 16.10 %
15-64 years 76.20 %
65 years and over 7.70 %

Median age :

total 35.20 years
male 35.90 years
female 34.60 years

Sex ratio :

at birth 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years 1.14 male(s)/female
15-64 years 0.88 male(s)/female
65 years and over 0.88 male(s)/female
total population 0.92 male(s)/female

Health :

Infant mortality rate 3.22 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth - total population 84.36 years
Life expectancy at birth - male 81.39 years
Life expectancy at birth - female 87.47 years

Religions :

Buddhist 50.00 %
Roman Catholic 15.00 %
none 35.00 %

Languages :

Cantonese 85.70 %
Hokkien 4.00 %
Mandarin Chinese 3.20 %
Chinese dialects 2.70 %
English 1.50 %
Tagalog 1.30 %

Literacy :

total population 91.30 %
male 95.30 %
female 87.80 %

Country name :

conventional long form Macau Special Administrative Region
conventional short form Macau
local long form Aomen Tebie Xingzhengqu

Country Codes :

ISO 3166 MO
ISO Numeric 446
ISO3 MAC
FIPS MC
ccTLD mo
English Macao

International organization participation :

IHO IMF
IMO (associate) ISO (correspondent)
UNESCO (associate) UNWTO (associate)
UPU WCO
WFTU WMO
WTO

National holiday :

National Day

1949-10-01

Executive branch :

President HU Jintao

Legislative branch :

Macau United Citizens' Association 12.00 %
Union for Development 14.90 %
Union for Promoting Progress 9.90 %
New Macau Development Union 9.90 %
New Hope 9.10 %
Macau Guangdong Union 7.30 %
Alliance for Change 5.50 %
others 12.00 %

GDP - Gross Domestic product :

PPP - Purchasing Power Parity 18 140 000 000 $
Official Exchange Rate 21 700 000 000
RGR - Real Growth rate 13.20 %
PPP - per capita 30 000 $

GDP Composition by sector :

agriculture 0.10 %
industry 2.80 %
services 97.10 %

Labor force - by occupation :

agriculture 27.70 %
services 2.10 %

Other Indicators :

Unemployment rate 3.00 %
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 6.20 %
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad 1 000 000 000 $
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home 11 000 000 000 $
Market value of publicly traded shares 2 300 000 000 $

Budget :

revenues 6 200 000 000 $
expenditures 2 900 000 000 $

Industries :

clothing electronics
footwear gambling
textiles tourism
toys

Energy :

Electricity Production 1 106 000 000 kWh
Electricity Consumption 3 311 000 000 kWh
Electricity Imports 2 215 000 000 kWh
Oil Consumption 16 000 bbl/day
Oil Imports 5 027 bbl/day
Natural gas Consumption 82 300 000 cubic metres
Natural gas Imports 81 900 000 cubic metres
Electricity Exports 300 000 cubic metres

Value :

2 000 000 000 $

Commodities :

clothing electronics
footwear machinery and parts
textiles toys

Value :

5 400 000 000 $

Commodities :

capital products consumer products
mineral fuels and oils raw materials and semi-manufactured products

Communications :

Telephons Main lines in use 171 360
Telephons Mobile, Cellular 1 036 999
FM Radio broadcast stations 2
Television broadcast stations 1
Internet Country code (ccTLD) mo
Internet Hosts 244
Internet Users 259 000

Transportation :

Airports with paved runways 1
Heliports 2
Roadways - total 404 km
Roadways - paved 404 km

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