Place details
Place nameMacau
Other namesMacau Special Administrative Region, Macau, Região Administrativa Especial de, Macao, Ao-men, Aomen, Aomen Tebie Xingzhengqu, Macao, Province of, Província de Macau, MAC, MO, ISO46, MC00
Latitude22.167
Longitude113.55
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Oldest European enclave in China; settled by Portuguese in 1557; name derived from 14th century Ma Kwok temple; independence from China declared by Portuguese in 1849, recognized by Chinese in 1887; Portugal agreed in 1987 to return it to China in 1999; official languages are Portuguese and Cantonese.