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3Macau (澳門, ''Oumún''; informally 馬交 ''Máhgāau''), also spelled Macao and officially the '''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; ''Região Administrativa Especial de Macau da República Popular da China''), is a megacity in UsefulNotes/{{China}} that used to be a [[UsefulNotes/{{Portugal}} Portuguese]] trading colony. It was annexed by the [[RedChina People's Republic of China]] in 1999, meaning it was the last remaining European colony in Asia. Along with UsefulNotes/HongKong, it's one of the "special administrative regions" of China and part of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area.
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5Macau is today a major BoomTown and the gambling capital of the world, recently surpassing even Las Vegas. It prints its own currency, which means that after gambling all your money, you'll have to change it if you want to take it to China with you.[[labelnote:Traveler's tip]]Use Hong Kong Dollars -- the pacata is pegged to HKD at 1.03:1 and casinos much prefer using the latter.[[/labelnote]] It is also famous for the Ruins of St. Paul's, Portuguese salty egg tart, egg roll and its mix of Portuguese culture as well as colonial architecture. In fact, quite a few Macau people have mixed Portuguese ancestry.
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7The majority of Macau is on an urban island (technically, they're two, but they have been joined by a strip), except for a part in the mainland. It's divided in four regions:
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9* '''Macau Peninsula''': The mainland's northern part. You have to cross huge bridges to get to the island from here. This is where most of the gambling casinos and touristic places can be found.
10* '''Taipa''': The northern island, mostly covered by a residential area where the people of Macau live.
11* '''Cotai''': A strip of land constructed to join the island of Taipa and the island of Coloane. Works as a sort of buffer between the islands. Recently, they have started to build giant new casinos here. Its name comes from the islands it joins ('''Co'''loane-'''Tai'''pa).
12* '''Coloane''': The southern island is less hospitable, full of mountains, beaches and a natural reserve. Probably because of its mysterious nature, it was used as a pirate's hideout in the old days.
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14Besides those, there is also the Macau New Urban Zone (a series of 6 disperse landfills, 4 of which have already been completed, and 2 still being done) and the University of Macau Campus Area (which is technically part of the neighbouring Zhuhai, but the Chinese Central Government has rented its land to the Macau government, and Macau law applies there).
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16During the colonial era, the Peninsula was the City of Macau (or rather, ''Cidade do (Santo) Nome de Deus de Macau, Não Há Outra Mais Leal'' -- "City of the (Holy) Name of God of Macau, There Is None Other More Loyal", because of Macau being the only city not to pledge allegiance to the Phillips of Spain when they were also Kings of Portugal during the Iberian Union -- its local government was the ''Leal Senado'' or Loyal Senate) while Taipa and Coloane were both towns (and, with Cotai, part of the Municipality of the Islands).
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18The islands of Lapa, Dom João and Montanha (in Chinese, Xiao Hengqin, Dao Hengqin and Wanzai, respectively) were disputed between Macau and China, although before UsefulNotes/WorldWarII it was the Portuguese who provided government services such as schools, leper colonies and missionaries, granted protection and collected taxes. In 1938 the Portuguese military officially occupied the three islands, but were forced out by the Japanese in 1941 and, later, the Chinese got them back. Nowadays, all three are part of Zhuhai, with Wanzai being united to the mainland via a landfill, and Xiao and Dao Hengqin being united to one another in the same manner and are now known as just Hengqin (which is where the University of Macau Campus Area is located).
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20
21!!Creators and Media associated with Macau:
22* Creator/MingNaWen (Macau-born American)
23
24!!Tropes associated with Macau:
25%%* LandOfOneCity: Macau isn't exactly a state, but it's self-governed enough as a political entity to be considered as such... in theory. In practice, YMMV.
26* [[QuirkyNeighbourCountry Quirky Neighbour SAR]]: Macau is this to UsefulNotes/HongKong. The former is often regarded by the latter as the place of egg tarts, gambling, with well-off, laid-back people who [[SeparatedByACommonLanguage speaks Cantonese slightly oddly]].
27* VivaLasVegas: The equivalent in the Chinese world.
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29!!Macau in fiction:
30* ''VideoGame/FightTheHorror'' is set in Macau.
31* ''Film/FlamingBrothers'' has Macau as one of its main settings.
32* In the film version of ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'', James Bond goes to Macau to interrogate the gun maker who made the golden bullets used by the villain Francisco Scaramanga.
33* In ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'', the [[NationsAsPeople personification]] of Macau appears as a minor character, and is characterized as an [[TheSmartGuy intelligent]], classy [[TheGambler gambler]].
34* Macau appears as a setting in ''VideoGame/ProjectGothamRacing 4''.
35* ''Film/TheUntoldStory'' is set in Macau.
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38[[AC:The Macanese flag]]
39https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/macau_flag_3226.png
40->The flag's green field alludes to UsefulNotes/{{Portugal}}, its old colonial master; at the center is a white lotus, the symbol of Macau, a stylized rendition of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponte_Governador_Nobre_de_Carvalho Ponte Governador Nobre de Carvalho]], Macau's first bridge, and below are the waters, symbolizing Macau's role as a port city; above this symbol are four yellow stars flanking a slightly larger one, alluding to mainland China.
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42[[AC:The Chinese national anthem]]
43->起來!不願做奴隸的人們!\
44把我們的血肉,築成我們新的長城!\
45中華民族到了最危險的時候,\
46每個人被迫着發出最後的吼聲。\
47起來!起來!起來!\
48我們萬眾一心,\
49冒着敵人的炮火,前進!\
50冒着敵人的炮火,前進!\
51前進!前進!進!
52[[note]]
53->Qǐlái! Bù yuàn zuò núlì de rénmen!\
54Bǎ wǒmen de xiěròu, zhú chéng wǒmen xīn de chángchéng!\
55Zhōnghuá mínzú dàole zuì wéixiǎn de shíhòu,\
56měi gèrén bèi pòzhe fāchū zuìhòu de hǒushēng.\
57Qǐlái! Qǐlái! Qǐlái!\
58Wǒmen wànzhòngyīxīn,\
59màozhe dírén de pàohuǒ, qiánjìn!\
60Màozhe dírén de pàohuǒ, qiánjìn!\
61Qiánjìn! Qiánjìn! Jìn!
62[[/note]]
63
64--
65
66->De pé, vós que quereis ser livres!\
67Os nossos corpos e sangue serão nova Muralha!\
68Um perigo fatal ameaça a China.\
69A cada um compete o dever de lutar.\
70De pé! De pé! De pé!\
71Todos num coração\
72Contra o fogo inimigo, marchai!\
73Contra o fogo inimigo, marchai!\
74Marchai! Marchai! Já!
75
76--
77
78->Arise, ye who refuse to be slaves!\
79With our flesh and blood, let us build a new Great Wall!\
80As China faces her greatest peril,\
81From each one the urgent call to action comes forth.\
82Arise! Arise! Arise!\
83Millions of but one heart\
84Braving the enemies' fire! March on!\
85Braving the enemies' fire! March on!\
86March on! March on! On!
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88[[AC:Government]]
89* Devolved executive-led system within a socialist republic
90** Chief Executive: Ho Iat Seng
91** Administration and Justice Secretary: Cheong Weng Chon
92** Assembly President: Kou Hoi In
93** Court President: Sam Hou Fai
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95[[AC:Miscellaneous]]
96* '''Capital:''' Macau
97* '''Largest parish:''' Nossa Senhora de Fátima
98* '''Population:''' 682,800
99* '''Area:''' 115.3 km² (44.5 sq mi)
100* '''Currency''': Macanese pataca (MOP$) (MOP)

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