Macau from 1976 to 1999) was a Portuguese colony from the establishment of the first official Portuguese settlement of Macau in 1557 to its handover to China...

Formerly a Portuguese colony, the territory of Portuguese Macau was first leased to Portugal by the Ming dynasty as a trading post in 1557. Portugal paid an...

remaining under Chinese sovereignty and authority, the Portuguese came to consider and administer Macau as a de facto colony. Following the signing of the...

Macanese Portuguese (Portuguese: português macaense) is a Portuguese dialect spoken in Macau, where Portuguese is co-official with Cantonese. Macanese...

of Macau from the Portuguese Republic to the People's Republic of China was at midnight on 20 December 1999. This event ended 442 years of Portuguese rule...

Flag of the Portuguese Governor of Macau Proposed flag for Portuguese Macau (1932) Proposed flag for Portuguese Macau (1965) Emblem of Macau List of Chinese...

The governor of Macau (Portuguese: Governador de Macau; Chinese: 澳門總督) was a Portuguese colonial official who headed the colony of Macau, before 1623 called...

Macau was under Portuguese rule from 1557 until 1999. During the final period of colonial administration prior to the handover to China, Portugal retained...

Battle of Macau in 1622 was a conflict of the Dutch–Portuguese War fought in the Portuguese settlement of Macau, in southeastern China. The Portuguese, outnumbered...

Air Macau Company Limited (Chinese: 澳門航空股份公司, Portuguese: Companhia de Transportes Aéreos Air Macau, S.A.R.L.) is the flag carrier of Macau. It operates...

The University of Macau (UM or UMac) is a public research university of Macau. The university campus is located in the east of Hengqin Island, Guangdong...

end of Portuguese rule, Macau was administratively divided into two municipalities (Portuguese: concelhos) and seven civil parishes (Portuguese: freguesias)...

the Macau people and the Macanese people, respectively. Attempts by the Portuguese Macau government in the mid-1990s to redefine the Portuguese and English...

Macau International Airport (IATA: MFM, ICAO: VMMC) (Chinese: 澳門國際機場; Portuguese: Aeroporto Internacional de Macau) is an international airport in the...

Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration The Joint Declaration on the Question of Macau, or Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration, was a treaty between Portugal and...

The Municipality of Macau (Portuguese: Concelho de Macau) was one of two municipalities of Macau, along with the Municipality of Ilhas. Its bodies were...

Catholics who were expelled by shōguns, also live in Macau. The official languages are Portuguese and Cantonese Chinese. The residents commonly (85.7%)...

designation of Macau from a "colony" to "territory under Portuguese administration". In 1987, the Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration was signed and Macau became...

the Portuguese short form: "Macau". The coat of arms used by Portugal followed traditional European styles: The first coat of arms used in Macau was used...

pataca or Macau pataca (simplified Chinese: 澳门元; traditional Chinese: 澳門元; pinyin: Aòményuán; Jyutping: ou3 mun4 jyun4; Portuguese: pataca de Macau; sign:...

The Macanese people (Portuguese: Macaense, Maquista) are a multiracial East Asian ethnic group that originated in Macau in the 16th century, consisting...

(Chinese: 大三巴牌坊; Portuguese: Ruínas de São Paulo) are the ruins of a 17th-century Catholic religious complex in Santo António, Macau, China. They include...

The Portuguese Empire (Portuguese: Império Português, European Portuguese: [ĩˈpɛ.ɾju puɾ.tuˈɣeʃ]), also known as the Portuguese Overseas (Ultramar Português)...

The Portuguese language is spoken in Asia by small communities either in regions which formerly served as colonies to Portugal, notably Macau and East...

1535, the Portuguese traders obtained by bribing the right to anchor ships in Macau harbours and engage in trading activities. Portuguese and Chinese...

The Macau Special Administrative Region (Chinese: 澳門特別行政區; pinyin: Àomén Tèbié Xíngzhèngqū; Portuguese: Região Administrativa Especial de Macau; [abbreviated...

beyond East Timor and Macau in the Far East. Portuguese-based creole languages also developed during this era. Today, Portuguese continues to thrive outside...

The Macau national football team (Chinese: 澳門足球代表隊; Portuguese: Selecção Macaense de Futebol) represents the Chinese special administrative region of Macau...

European Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-05-14. Macau SAR Government Portal (in English) Political Structure of Macau SAR (in Portuguese) Casa de Macau - references...

spoken by the Macanese community of the Portuguese colony of Macau. It is now spoken by a few families in Macau and in the Macanese diaspora. UNESCO’s...