Facts about Macao
Macao (1952) is a black-and-white film noir adventure film directed by
Josef von Sternberg and Nicholas Ray. Producer Howard Hughes fired
director von Sternberg during filming and hired Nicholas Ray to finish
it. The drama features Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, and William
Bendix.
mun4), also known as Macao (pronounced /məˈkaʊ/) is one of the two
special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China, the
other being Hong Kong. Macau lies on the western side of the Pearl
River Delta, bordering Guangdong province to the north and facing the
South China Sea in the east and south.
The most densely populated place in the world, Macao consists of a
rocky, hilly peninsula, connected by a sandy 700-ft-wide (213-m)
isthmus to China's Zhongshan (Tangjiahuan) island; and the two small
islands of Taipa and Colôane, which are connected to the peninsula by
bridges and a causeway.
Official Name: Macao Special Administrative Region
Capital: Macao (Current local time)
Government Type: Limited democracy
Population: 456,989
Languages: Cantonese, Hokkien, Mandarin, other Chinese dialects
Literacy: Total Population: Male: ; Female:
GDP Per Capita: $24,300
Year of Independence: none; special administrative region of China
Macau (also spelled Macao, 澳門, Ou3 Mun4 in Cantonese, Àomén in
Mandarin) is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
Located across the Pearl River estuary from Hong Kong, until 1999
Macau was an overseas territory of Portugal.
The tendency is to scoff at Macao as just another example of Josef von
Sternberg's late-career exercises in exoticism; true, it has its
problems, including a weak plot and a slightly hasty pace, but it is
still an extraordinary film for its time and its personnel.
Macao was a Portuguese overseas province until 1999,
when it reverted to Chinese sovereignty. The city of Macao,
coextensive with the peninsula, is the capital. Population: 457,000.
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Colonized by the Portuguese in 1557, Macao was the oldest European
outpost in China. In 1987, Portugal and China reached an agreement to
return Macao to Chinese rule on Dec. 20, 1999.
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Since 1999 Macao Chilean Seafoods Exports is been characterized as one
of the largest producers and exporters of dried chilean seafood
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Images of Macao / Macau - Photos of Macao - Unesco world heritage, a
former Portuguese dependency on the SE coast of China, on the west
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With Macao well positioned as a preferred entry point to the China
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southeast China comprising Macao Peninsula and two offshore islands in
the South China Sea west of Hong Kong. A Portuguese trading post was
established here in 1557 and became a free port in 1849. Macao was a
Portuguese overseas province until 1999, when it reverted to Chinese
sovereignty.
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