Macau (historically)

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_region
gptkbp:area about 32.9 km² (late 20th century)
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:South_China_Sea
gptkb:Zhuhai
gptkbp:colonizationEndYear 1999
gptkbp:colonizationStartYear 1557
gptkbp:colonizedBy gptkb:Portugal
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Portuguese_escudo
gptkb:Macanese_pataca
gptkbp:demographics predominantly Han Chinese
Macanese (mixed Portuguese and Asian descent)
gptkbp:economy tourism
trade
gambling
gptkbp:governedBy Portuguese overseas territory
gptkbp:governorResidence gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:historicalSignificance major trading port between Europe and Asia
oldest European colony in China
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Macau (historically)
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:East_Asia
gptkbp:locatedOn gptkb:Pearl_River_Delta
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Coloane
gptkb:Macau_Peninsula
gptkb:Taipa
gptkbp:notableEvent 1999
handover to China
gptkbp:notableLandmark gptkb:A-Ma_Temple
gptkb:Guia_Fortress
gptkb:Ruins_of_St._Paul's
gptkb:Senado_Square
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Chinese
Portuguese
gptkbp:population over 500,000 (late 20th century)
gptkbp:postalCode none (used Portuguese system)
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Catholicism
gptkb:Chinese_folk_religion
gptkbp:returnedTo gptkb:China
gptkbp:returnYear 1999
gptkbp:statusAfter1999 gptkb:Special_Administrative_Region_of_China
gptkbp:timezone UTC+8
gptkbp:transportation gptkb:airport
gptkb:bridge
gptkb:ferry
gptkbp:treaty gptkb:Sino-Portuguese_Joint_Declaration
1987
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite gptkb:Historic_Centre_of_Macau
2005
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Diocese_of_Singapore
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5