Portuguese Macau
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Macau | ||||||||||
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Portuguese colony | ||||||||||
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Anthem "Hymno Patriótico" (1808-1826) Patriotic Anthem "Hino da Carta" (1826-1911) Hymn of the Charter "A Portuguesa" (1911-1999) The Portuguese |
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Capital | Macau | |||||||||
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Political structure | Colony | |||||||||
Head of state | ||||||||||
• | 1557 | King John III (first) | ||||||||
• | 1996–1999 | President Jorge Sampaio (last) | ||||||||
Governor | ||||||||||
• | 1557–1558 | Francisco Martins (First) | ||||||||
• | 1991–1999 | Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira (Last) | ||||||||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly | |||||||||
Historical era | First wave of European colonization | |||||||||
• | Permanent Portuguese settlement established | 1557 | ||||||||
• | Colony proclaimed | 1847 | ||||||||
• | Treaty of Peking | December 1, 1887 | ||||||||
• | Joint Declaration | April 13, 1987 | ||||||||
• | Transferred to China | December 20, 1999 1999 | ||||||||
Currency | Macanese pataca (from 1894) | |||||||||
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Portuguese Macau was the period of Macau as a Portuguese colony and later, an overseas province under Portuguese administration from 1557 to 1999. Macau was both the first and last European colony in China.[1][2]
History[edit]
Portuguese traders first settled in Macau in the 16th century. In 1557 Macau was rented to Portugal by the Chinese empire as a trading port. The Portuguese administered the city under Chinese authority and sovereignty until 1887, when Macau became a colony of the Portuguese empire. Sovereignty over Macau was transferred back to China on 20 December 1999.
The Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration on the Question of Macau and the Macau Basic Law stipulate that Macau operate with a high degree of autonomy until at least 2049, fifty years after the transfer.[3]
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Gallery[edit]
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Bong Yin Fung (1999). Macau: a General Introduction (in Chinese). Joint Publishing (H.K.) Co. Ltd. ISBN 962-04-1642-2.
- ^ "Macau and the end of empire". BBC News Online. 18 December 1999. Retrieved 7 January 2008.
- ^ "Content of Basic Law of Macau". University of Macau. Retrieved 7 January 2008.
External links[edit]
- Official website of the Portuguese Government of Macau (Web archive) (Portuguese)
Media related to History of Macau at Wikimedia Commons
- Former countries in East Asia
- Former Portuguese colonies
- States and territories established in 1557
- States and territories disestablished in 1999
- Portuguese Macau
- Former colonies in Asia
- Portuguese colonisation in Asia
- History of Macau
- Former polities of the Cold War
- 1557 establishments in Macau
- 1999 disestablishments in Macau
- 1557 establishments in the Portuguese Empire
- 1999 disestablishments in the Portuguese Empire