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Macau  

Scope note

  • formerly a colony of Portugal, as of Dec. 20, 1999 it has been returned to China under a plan in which it will "become a special administrative zone of China, with considerable autonomy" (STATESMAN'S YEARBOOK 2000); comprises a peninsula connected by a narrow isthmus to Chinaon on which is built the city of Santa Nome de Deus de Macau and the islands of Taipa linked to Macau by bridge and Colôane Island linked to Taipa by a causeway; United Nations declared it independent 1970

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  • 23930

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/45G-GNX5BQQC-D

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