Portuguese Macau
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| Macau | ||||||
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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 refers to Macau as a colony and later, a Portuguese 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]
Gallery[edit]
Panoramic photograph of Macau, taken by Jules Itier in the 19th Century. The city of Macau on its peninsula with both the outer and inner harbours are visible. Also visible are the outlying islands of Taipa, Dom João, Lapa and of Montanha, the latter three then part of Macau, reverting to China after the Japanese Invasion in the Second World War. Coloane and Ilha Verde are the only islands of Macau not visible in this portrait.
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Portuguese Macau around 1665
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A 1912 map of Macau.
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Portas do Cerco in 1890.
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.
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Categories:
- 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 Portuguese Macau
- 1999 disestablishments in Portuguese Macau
