Macao
/məˈkaʊ/- a former Portuguese dependency on the SE coast of China, on the west side of the Pearl River estuary opposite Hong Kong; pop. 433,700 (est. 2006); official languages, Portuguese and Cantonese; capital, Macao City. Portuguese name MACAU.澳门（中国东南沿海的原葡萄牙属地, 位于珠江口西侧, 同香港相望; 2006年估计人口433,700; 官方语言葡萄牙语和广东话; 首府澳门市; 葡萄牙语名MACAU）。
The area comprises the Macao peninsula and two nearby islands. Macao was developed by the Portuguese as a trading post, becoming in the 18th century the chief centre of trade between Europe and China. Under the terms of a 1987 agreement sovereignty passed to China in 1999.
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