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Macao is located on the south-eastern coast of China, along the west bank of the Pearl River estuary. It is 60km and 145km away from Hong Kong and Guangzhou respectively. |
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It covers a total area of 32.9 square kilometres, comprising of the Macao peninsular as well as two outlying islands namely Taipa and Coloane. |
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According to the appendix of State Council Decree No.665, the Central People’s Government has decided to delimit 85 square kilometres of waters as under Macao’s administration. |
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As of the fourth quarter of 2019, the total population stood at 679,600. |
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The official language is Chinese and Portuguese, with Cantonese being the language in daily use. English is also widely used in the business, tourism and commercial sectors. |
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It is located in the south-east monsoonal region with hot and wet summers, sunny and dry autumns and cool winter with little rain. |
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Equipped with all-round infrastructure facilities, the city can be reached by sea, land and air transport and it has convenient telecommunications and internet. |
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Macao’s standard of public health care is comparable to that of developed countries and regions. |
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As of the fourth quarter of 2019, the labour force totalled at 396,500 with a working population of 389,800 and an unemployment rate of 1.7%. |
