Portuguese Macau

Province of Macau
*Província de Macau* (Portuguese)
澳門省 (Chinese)
Province of Macau Província de Macau (Portuguese); 澳門省 (Chinese)
1557–1999
	Flag (1910–1999) Greater coat of arms (1976–1999)
	Anthem: Hymno Patriótico (1808–1826); "Patriotic Anthem"; ; Hino da Carta (1826–1910); "Hymn of the Charter"; ; A Portuguesa (1910–1999); "The Portuguese";
	Flags of Municipalities;
Status	Colony of Portugal (1557–1951); Overseas province of Portugal (1951–1976) ; Territory under Portugal administration (1976–1999)
Capital and largest city	Macau
Official languages	Portuguese; Chinese (from 1991)
Religion	Roman Catholicism; Buddhism; Folk;
Demonym(s)	Macanese
Head of State
• 1557	King John III (first)
• 1996–1999	President Jorge Sampaio (last)
Governor
• 1557–1558	Francisco Martins (first)
• 1991–1999	Vasco Rocha Vieira (last)
Legislature	Council of Macau; (1583–1849); Legislative Assembly; (1976–1999)
Historical era	Age of Exploration; Early Modern Period; Late Modern Period
• Portuguese settlement established	1557
• Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peking	1 December 1887
• Macau Incident	1966–1967
• Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration	13 April 1987
• Handover of Macau	20 December 1999
Area
• Total	21 km2 (8.1 sq mi)
Population
• 1998 estimate	409,620
GDP (PPP)	estimate
• Per capita	$34,091
GDP (nominal)	1998 estimate
• Total	$6,79 billion
• Per capita	$16,595
Currency	Macanese Pataca ; (1894–1999)
Internet TLD	.mo
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Ming dynasty
	Xiangshan County, Guangdong
Macao Special Administrative Region
Today part of	China; ∟ Macau;
	1 Chinese was made official in 1991. Cantonese was the most commonly spoken variety.

Macau (officially the Province of Macau from 1897 to 1976 and later the Autonomous Region^{[citation needed]} of Macau from 1976 to 1999) was a Portuguese colony from the establishment of the first official Portuguese settlement of Macau in 1557 to its handover to China in 1999. It comprised the Municipality of Macau and the Municipality of Ilhas. Macau was both the first and last European holding in China.^[6]

^ Lei n.º 1/76, de 17 de fevereiro. 10 de Fevereiro de 1976.
^ Porto Editora – Integração de Hong Kong e Macau na China na Infopédia [em linha]. Porto: Porto Editora. [consult. 2023-03-09 11:45:41]. Disponível em https://www.infopedia.pt/$integracao-de-hong-kong-e-macau-na-china in infopedia.pt
^ "Population, total – Macao SAR, China | Data".
^ "GDP (Current US$) – Macao SAR, China | Data".
^ Yee, Herbert S. (2001). Macau in Transition: From Colony to Autonomous Region. Hampshire: Palgrave. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-230-59936-9.
^ Dillon, Michael (2017). Encyclopedia of Chinese History. New York: Routledge. p. 418. ISBN 978-1-315-81853-5.

[1] Lei n.º 1/76, de 17 de fevereiro. 10 de Fevereiro de 1976.

[2] Porto Editora – Integração de Hong Kong e Macau na China na Infopédia [em linha]. Porto: Porto Editora. [consult. 2023-03-09 11:45:41]. Disponível em https://www.infopedia.pt/$integracao-de-hong-kong-e-macau-na-china in infopedia.pt

[3] "Population, total – Macao SAR, China | Data".

[4] "GDP (Current US$) – Macao SAR, China | Data".

[5] Yee, Herbert S. (2001). Macau in Transition: From Colony to Autonomous Region. Hampshire: Palgrave. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-230-59936-9.

[6] Dillon, Michael (2017). Encyclopedia of Chinese History. New York: Routledge. p. 418. ISBN 978-1-315-81853-5.

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