Macau | Canton macau
CityandspecialadministrativeregionofChinaSpecialadministrativeregioninPeoplesRepublicofChinaMacauorMacao(;Chinese:澳門;Cantonese: [ōu.mǔːn];Portuguese: [mɐˈkaw]),officiallytheMacaoSpecialAdministrativeRegionofthePeoplesRepublicofChina(MSAR),[d]isacityandspecialadministrativeregionofthePeoplesRepublicofChinainthewesternPearlRiverDeltabytheSouthChinaSea.Withapopulationofabout680,000[9]andanareaof32.9 km2(12.7 sq mi),itisthemostdenselypopulatedregionintheworld.FormerlyaPortuguesecolony,theterri...
City and special administrative region of China
Special administrative region in Peoples Republic of China
Macau or Macao (; Chinese: 澳門; Cantonese: [ōu.mǔːn]; Portuguese: [mɐˈkaw]), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China (MSAR),[d] is a city and special administrative region of the Peoples Republic of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a population of about 680,000[9] and an area of 32.9 km2 (12.7 sq mi), it is the most densely populated region in the world.
Formerly a Portuguese colony, the territory of Portuguese Macau was first leased to Portugal as a trading post by the Ming dynasty in 1557. Portugal paid an annual rent and administered the territory under Chinese sovereignty up until 1887. Portugal later gained perpetual colonial rights in the Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peking. The colony remained under Portuguese rule until 1999, when it was transferred to China. Macau is a spec...