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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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As at the fourth quarter of 2019, the total population stood at 672,000, with a composition mainly of Chinese, Portuguese and other nationalities making up of around 7.7% of the total population. |
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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 a hot and wet summer, sunny, dry autumn and cool winter with drizzle. |
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Sophisticated infrastructure facilities provide convenient sea, land and air transportation networks. Telecommunications and Internet provides easy networking. |
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Macao’s standard of public health care is comparable to that of developed countries and regions. The government provides a primary health care system which meets European public health standards. |
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There is a labour force of 382,800 and a working population of 376,000, with an unemployment rate of 1.8% recorded for January of 2018. |
