Macau Map and Maps Resources | Ola Macau Travel Guide
(source: Macau Map WorldAtlas)
Macau SAR is part of the People's Republic of China and is a small territory on the southern coast of China. It is 70 km southwest of Hong Kong and 145 km from Guangzhou.
This Macau map shows that this small region, about 60 km directly west of Hong Kong, consists of a peninsula and two islands, all connected by bridges.
Once a simple fishing village on the China coastline, Macau was colonized by the Portuguese in the 16th century, and became the first European settlement in the Far East
| Geography | Macau |
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Location:
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Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China |
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Geographic coordinates:
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22 10 N, 113 33 E |
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Map references:
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Southeast Asia |
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Area:
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total: 28.2 sq km
land: 28.2 sq km water: 0 sq km |
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Area - comparative:
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less than one-sixth the size of Washington, DC |
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Land boundaries:
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total: 0.34 km
regional border: China 0.34 km |
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Coastline:
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41 km |
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Maritime claims:
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not specified |
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Climate:
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subtropical; marine with cool winters, warm summers |
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Terrain:
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generally flat |
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Elevation extremes:
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lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Coloane Alto 172.4 m |
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Natural resources:
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NEGL |
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Land use:
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arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005) |
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Irrigated land:
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NA |
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Natural hazards:
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typhoons |
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Environment - current issues:
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NA |
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Geography - note:
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essentially urban; an area of land reclaimed from the sea measuring 5.2 sq km and known as Cotai now connects the islands of Coloane and Taipa; the island area is connected to the mainland peninsula by three bridges |
Library of Congress The Geography and Map Division collections contain a good representation of materials, both temporally and culturally, pertaining to the city and territory of Macau.
These materials are both printed and manuscript maps, atlases, and views dating from 1655 to 1991. They represent an array of languages with a variety of map scales.
There are maps of the city itself and the surrounding territory; there are also maps of the adjoining provinces–particularly Guangdong, and the coastline.
One map is in Latin, although it was published by the Dutch. There are several French and British items, a German item, and a Russian item. Obviously, Chinese and Portuguese materials are also represented.
From this variety, it is apparent that there has been a wide interest in Macau among Europeans during the last five centuries.
Archeological map in the Ancient Maps of China.
DMOZ resources
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