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Macau Geography:

Location:
Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China

Geographic coordinates:
22 10 N, 113 33 E

Map references:


Area:
total: 25.4 sq km
land: 25.4 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Area - comparative:
About 0.1 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries:
total: 0.34 km
border countries: China 0.34 km

Coastline:
41 km

Maritime claims:
not specified

Climate:
Subtropical; marine with cool winters, warm summers

Terrain:
Generally flat

Elevation extremes:
lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Coloane Alto 172 m

Natural resources:
NEGL

Land use:
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100%
(2001)
note: "green areas" represent 22.4%

Irrigated land:
NA

Natural hazards:
Typhoons

Environment - current issues:
NA

Environment - international agreements:
party to: NA
signed, but not ratified: NA

Geography - Note:
Essentially urban; one causeway and two bridges connect the two islands of Coloane and Taipa to the peninsula on mainland


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Washington D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2005
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