Location: Eastern Asia
Capital City: Macau
Population: ½ million
Government: Macau is a special administrative region of China. The government is independent of China and is overseen by secretariats who report directly to the Chief Executive of the country.
Currency: Pataca
Main Language: Cantonese and Portugal are the official languages but English, Mandarin and Hokkien are also spoken widely.
Main Religions: Buddhism, over 75% of the population are practising Buddhists.
Other Facts
Macau is one of the world’s most important gambling centres after Las Vegas.
It is one of the most densely populated regions in the world, but also has a high standard of living, a infant low mortality rate and a high life expenctancy.
Macau was the first European colony in China, being settled by the Portuguese in the 16th century.
