OFFICIAL NAME:
Macau Special Administrative Region

GOVERNMENT:
Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China since December 20, 1999, with its own mini-constitution

NATIONALITY:
Macanese

POPULATION:
449,198 (July 2005 est.)

ETHNIC GROUPS:
Chinese 95.7% Portuguese 1.7%

LANGUAGES:
Cantonese 87.9%, Hokkien 4.4%, Mandarin 1.6%, other Chinese dialects 3.1%, other 3% (2001 census)

CURRENCY:
pataca (MOP)

EXCHANGE RATE:
8.022 patacas per U.S. dollar (2004)

GDP purchasing power parity:
$9.1 billion (2003)

GDP real growth rate:
28% (2004)

GDP per capita:
$19,460 (2003)

GDP composition by sector:
agriculture: 0.1%, industry: 7.2% , services: 92.7% (2002 est.)

INDUSTRIES:
tourism, gaming, clothing, textiles, electronics, footware, toys (2003 est.)

Sources: U.S. Department of State CIA The World Factbook