What the records say
- When
- 1999
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Where
- Macao
- Coordinates
- 22.17° N, 113.55° E
- Process
- cession
- Type
- Cession (part yielded to other entity)
- Pop
- 447000
- Area km2
- 21.45
- Gaining
- China
- Losing
- Portugal
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Macau
Special administrative region of China
Macau or Macao is a special administrative region of China. It consists of the Macau Peninsula, the islands of Taipa and Coloane, the Cotai reclamation zone between Taipa and Coloane, and several smaller islets. It borders Zhuhai to the north and west, and it lies west of Hong Kong, separated by the Pearl River estuary.
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The source
- COW Territorial Change v6Correlates of War ProjectCorrelates of War: free use with citation
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