What is the population of Macau?

Macau has been a territory of China since ancient times and originally belonged to Xiangshan County, Guangdong Province.

Macao in Portuguese macau and English macao is called Oriental Monte Carlo.

Macao is located at 113°34'-113°35' east longitude and 22°06'-22°13' north latitude. According to records, the Macau Peninsula covered an area of ??less than 3 square kilometers in the 19th century. After more than a hundred years of land reclamation, Macau today has a land area of ??23.5 square kilometers, consisting of the Macau Peninsula, Taipa Island and Coloane. (Coloanr) consists of two offshore islands. Macao is located on the west side of the Pearl River estuary in the south, bordering the Pearl River Delta to the north, Lingding Ocean to the east, across the sea from Hong Kong, Mo Dao Gate to the west, opposite Wan Chai and Hengqin Island in Zhuhai City across the water, and Zhuhai to the north Gongbei of the city. Macau is 40 kilometers away from Zhongshan City, 145 kilometers away from Guangzhou City, and 61 kilometers away from Hong Kong.

Macau currently has a population of more than 400,000, of which 96% are Chinese and the rest are mostly Portuguese, including about 11,000 Macanese. Macanese refers to Portuguese residents born in Macao with Portuguese ancestry, including Portuguese and their descendants who have settled in Macao for a long time or for several generations, as well as mixed-race children born between Portuguese and Chinese or other races.

Macau is located south of the Tropic of Cancer and is greatly affected by the ocean and monsoons. It has a subtropical oceanic climate, with an average annual temperature of about 22°C and high humidity, about 73%-90%. Autumn (October to December) is the best season of the year, with plenty of sunshine, mild climate and low humidity. Winter (January to March) is cold but sunny most of the time. From April to September, the humidity and temperature gradually increase. During this period, there is more rain and there are typhoons.

There is a fast transport fleet between Macau and Hong Kong. There is a ship every 15 to 30 minutes, and the journey takes about 60 minutes. You can also take a helicopter to Hong Kong from Macau, which only takes 20 minutes. Since the Macau International Airport was completed and opened in November 1995, there have been about 60 flights every day, flying to more than ten countries and more than ten cities in mainland China.