Macau Geography Profile 2008

Location

Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China

Geographic coordinates

22 10 N, 113 33 E

Map references

Southeast Asia

Area

total: 28.2 sq km
land: 28.2 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Area - comparative

less than one-sixth the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries

total: 0.34 km
regional border: 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 172.4 m

Natural resources

NEGL

Land use

arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)

Irrigated land

NA

Natural hazards

typhoons

Environment - current issues

NA

Environment - international agreements

party to: Marine Dumping (associate member), Ship Pollution (associate member)

Geography - note

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