Macau
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Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China 中華人民共和國澳門特別行政區 |
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The Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (Macau or Macao Cantonese: Ou Mun) is one of the two Special Administrative Region in China. (The other one is Hong Kong). Macau is a small city in the southern coast in China. It consists of Macau Peninsula, Taipa Island, Coloane Island and Cotai, the new reclaimed land between Taipa and Coloane.
Beforehand, Macao was a colony of Portugal. Today, Macao mostly lives from offshore gambling
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