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Macao

Macao is a state in and has about 651,000 residents.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Ruins of St. Paul and Grand Lisboa.

Photo: Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Ruins of Saint Paul's are the remnants of a 17th-century Catholic religious complex in , . They include what was originally St. Paul's College and the Church of St.

Casino
Photo: WiNG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a 47-floor, 261-metre-tall hotel in , . It is owned and operated by Sociedade de Jogos de Macau and was designed by architects Dennis Lau and Ng Chun Man with the interiors created by Khuan Chew, Design Principal of KCA International.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The A-Má Temple is a temple to the Chinese sea-goddess Mazu located in , , . Built in 1488, the temple is one of the oldest in Macau and thought to be the settlement's namesake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Peninsula and Taipa.

Photo: yeowatzup, CC BY 2.0.
The Macau is the northern portion of 's Special Administrative Region of . Its 8.5 square km is almost totally built up, making it the most urbanized and populous district in the territory.

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is the centremost of the three regions of . is situated between the and island but is now joined with Coloane by , which was reclaimed from the sea.

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, also known as the Strip, is advertised as the "Las Vegas Strip of the East", and not without reason: it houses huge hotels and casinos, upscale shopping, sports facilities, golf courses and more.

Macao

Latitude
22.1758° or 22° 10′ 33″ north
Longitude
113.5514° or 113° 33′ 5″ east
Population
651,000
Elevation
28 metres (92 feet)
IATA airport code
MFM
United Nations Location Code
MO MFM
Open location code
7PJM5HG2+8H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4642463209
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1821274
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Zhuang—“Macao” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Makèë”
  • Albanian: “Makao”
  • Arabic: “ماكاو”
  • Azerbaijani: “Makao”
  • Belarusian: “Макаа”
  • Bishnupriya: “মাকাউ”
  • Bosnian: “Makao”
  • Breton: “Makao”
  • Bulgarian: “Макао”
  • Burmese: “မကာအို”
  • Chinese: “澳門”
  • Chinese: “澳门”
  • Chuvash: “Макао”
  • Croatian: “Makao”
  • Czech: “Macao”
  • Danish: “Macao”
  • Dhivehi: “މަކާއޫ”
  • Dutch: “Macau”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ماكاو”
  • Esperanto: “Makao”
  • Finnish: “Macao”
  • French: “Macao”
  • Gan Chinese: “澳門”
  • Georgian: “მაკაო”
  • German: “Macao”
  • Greek: “Macao”
  • Greek: “Μακάου”
  • Gujarati: “મકાઉ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Àu-mûn”
  • Hebrew: “מקאו”
  • Hindi: “मकाउ”
  • Hungarian: “Makaó”
  • Icelandic: “Makaó”
  • Ido: “Makau”
  • Indonesian: “Makau”
  • Italian: “Macao”
  • Japanese: “マカオ”
  • Javanese: “Makau”
  • Kannada: “ಮಕಾವು”
  • Kazakh: “Аумын”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Makawo”
  • Korean: “마카오”
  • Ladino: “Makao”
  • Latin: “Macaum”
  • Latvian: “Makao”
  • Limburgan: “Makau”
  • Lingala: “Makau”
  • Lithuanian: “Makao”
  • Macedonian: “Макао”
  • Malayalam: “മകൗ”
  • Marathi: “मकाओ”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Ó̤-muòng”
  • Mongolian: “Макао”
  • Norwegian: “Macao”
  • Novial: “Makau”
  • Ossetian: “Макао”
  • Panjabi: “ਮਕਾਉ”
  • Persian: “ماکائو”
  • Polish: “Makau”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade do Santo Nome de Deus de Macau”
  • Portuguese: “Macau”
  • Russian: “Макао”
  • Serbian: “Макао”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Makao”
  • Spanish: “Macao”
  • Sundanese: “Makau”
  • Swedish: “Macao”
  • Tagalog: “Makaw”
  • Tamil: “மக்காவு”
  • Telugu: “మకావు”
  • Tetum: “Makau”
  • Thai: “เขตบริหารพิเศษมาเก๊า”
  • Thai: “มาเก๊า”
  • Turkish: “Makao”
  • Uighur: “ئاۋمېن”
  • Ukrainian: “Аоминь”
  • Urdu: “مکاؤ”
  • Vietnamese: “Ma Cao”
  • Western Frisian: “Makao”
  • Western Panjabi: “مکاؤ”
  • Wolof: “Makaaw”
  • Wu Chinese: “澳门”
  • Yoruba: “Màkáù”
  • Zhuang: “Aumwnz”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Macao”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as New Urban Zone Area B and Zona Nova de Aterros do Porto Exterior.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Governor Nobre de Carvalho Bridge and International Museum of Contemporary Art (Planning).

Macau: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Peninsula, Taipa, Coloane, and Cotai.

Curious Places to Discover

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