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    Macau was a Portuguese colony from the establishment of the first official Portuguese settlement of Macau in 1557 to its handover to China in 1999. It...
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    Formerly a Portuguese colony, the territory of Portuguese Macau was first leased to Portugal by the Ming dynasty as a trading post in 1557. Portugal paid an...
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    Macanese Portuguese (Portuguese: português macaense) is a Portuguese dialect spoken in Macau, where Portuguese is co-official with Cantonese. Macanese...
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    remaining under Chinese sovereignty and authority, the Portuguese came to consider and administer Macau as a de facto colony. Following the signing of the...
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    The governor of Macau (Portuguese: Governador de Macau; Chinese: 澳門總督) was a Portuguese colonial official who headed the colony of Macau, before 1623 called...
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    of Macau from the Portuguese Republic to the People's Republic of China was at midnight on 20 December 1999. This event ended 442 years of Portuguese rule...
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    Flag of the Portuguese Governor of Macau Proposed flag for Portuguese Macau (1932) Proposed flag for Portuguese Macau (1965) Emblem of Macau List of Chinese...
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    Macau was under Portuguese rule from 1557 until 1999. During the final period of colonial administration prior to the handover of Macau to China, Portugal...
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    By the end of Portuguese rule, Macau was administratively divided into two municipalities (Portuguese: concelhos) and seven civil parishes (freguesias)...
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  • The University of Macau (UM or UMAC) is an international comprehensive research public university of Macau. The university campus is located in Hengqin...
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    Macau International Airport (IATA: MFM, ICAO: VMMC) is an international airport in the special administrative region of Macau, situated at the eastern...
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    government of Macau by Portugal". According to National Geographic, "Macau may never have existed if not for Tamão" where the Portuguese learned "how China...
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    Catholics who were expelled by shōguns, also live in Macau. The official languages are Portuguese and Cantonese Chinese. The residents commonly (85.7%)...
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  • Air Macau Stake". Macau Daily Times. 2009-07-19. Archived from the original on 2012-02-25. () "Portuguese carrier offloads Air Macau stake." Macau Business...
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  • The Macanese people (Portuguese: Macaense, Maquista) are a multiracial East Asian ethnic group that originated in Macau in the 16th century, consisting...
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    (Chinese: 大三巴牌坊; Portuguese: Ruínas de São Paulo) are the ruins of a 17th-century Catholic religious complex in Santo António, Macau, China. They include...
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    beyond East Timor and Macau in the Far East. Portuguese-based creole languages also developed during this era. Today, Portuguese continues to thrive outside...
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    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...
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    The Municipality of Macau (Portuguese: Concelho de Macau) was one of two municipalities of Macau, along with the Municipality of Ilhas. Its bodies were...
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    St. Paul's College of Macau (Portuguese: Colégio de São Paulo; Chinese: 聖保祿學院), also known as College of Madre de Deus (Mater Dei in Latin), was a university...
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  • Look up Macau or Macao in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Macau is the official name in Portuguese language of the Macao Special Administrative Region...
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    Galaxy Macau (Chinese: 澳門銀河綜合渡假城, Portuguese: Galáxia Macau) is a casino resort located in Cotai, Macau. Construction on the Cotai project began in 2002...
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  • the Macau people and the Macanese people, respectively. Attempts by the Portuguese Macau government in the mid-1990s to redefine the Portuguese and English...
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    The Macau national football team (Chinese: 澳門足球代表隊; Portuguese: Selecção Macaense de Futebol) represents the Chinese special administrative region of Macau...
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    The economy of Macau is a highly developed market economy. Macau's economy has remained one of the most open in the world since its handover to China...
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  • Macau is an autonomous territory within China. A Portuguese colony until 1999, Macau has a diverse culture firmly rooted in Cantonese culture, with a mix...
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    Battle of Macau in 1622 was a conflict of the Dutch–Portuguese War fought in the Portuguese settlement of Macau, in southeastern China. The Portuguese, outnumbered...
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    The Macau Grand Prix (Portuguese: Grande Prémio de Macau; Chinese: 澳門格蘭披治大賽車) is an annual motorsport road racing event for automobiles and motorcycles...
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  • de Macau (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-05-14. Macau SAR Government Portal (in English) Political Structure of Macau SAR (in Portuguese) Casa...
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    to Legislative Assembly of Macau. Official website Members of the Assembly of Macau (in Portuguese) The Basic Law of Macau: The Legislature (Government...
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