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 Dhekelia (2008)Macau (2001)
 DhekeliaMacau
Administrative divisions - none (special administrative region of China)
Age structure - 0-14 years:
22.68% (male 53,291; female 49,615)

15-64 years:
70.08% (male 150,538; female 167,431)

65 years and over:
7.24% (male 13,287; female 19,571) (2001 est.)
Agriculture - products - rice, vegetables
Airports - 1 (2000 est.)
Airports - with paved runways - total:
1

over 3,047 m:
1 (2000 est.)
Area total: 130.8 sq km


note: area surrounds three Cypriot enclaves
total:
21 sq km

land:
21 sq km

water:
0 sq km
Area - comparative about three-quarters the size of Washington, DC about 0.1 times the size of Washington, DC
Background By terms of the 1960 Treaty of Establishment that created the independent Republic of Cyprus, the UK retained full sovereignty and jurisdiction over two areas of almost 254 square kilometers - Akrotiri and Dhekelia. The larger of these is the Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area, which is also referred to as the Eastern Sovereign Base Area. Colonized by the Portuguese in the 16th century, Macau was the first European settlement in the Far East. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and Portugal on 13 April 1987, Macau became the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China on 20 December 1999. China has promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's socialist economic system will not be practiced in Macau and that Macau will enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign and defense affairs.
Birth rate - 12.36 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Budget - revenues:
$1.26 billion

expenditures:
$1.22 billion, including capital expenditures of $175 million (1999 est.)
Capital name: Episkopi Cantonment (base administrative center for Akrotiri and Dhekelia); located in Akrotiri


geographic coordinates: 34 40 N, 32 51 E


time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)


daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
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Climate temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters subtropical; marine with cool winters, warm summers
Coastline 27.5 km 40 km
Constitution Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia Order in Council 1960, effective 16 August 1960, functions as a basic legal document Basic Law, approved in March 1993 by China's National People's Congress, is Macau's "mini-constitution"
Country name conventional long form: Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area


conventional short form: Dhekelia
conventional long form:
Macau Special Administrative Region

conventional short form:
Macau

local long form:
Aomen Tebie Xingzhengqu (Chinese); Regiao Administrativa Especial de Macau (Portuguese)

local short form:
Aomen (Chinese); Macau (Portuguese)
Currency - pataca (MOP)
Death rate - 3.71 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Debt - external - $1.7 billion (1997)
Dependency status a special form of UK overseas territory; administered by an administrator who is also the Commander, British Forces Cyprus special administrative region of China
Diplomatic representation from the US none (overseas territory of the UK) the US has no offices in Macau, and US interests are monitored by the US Consulate General in Hong Kong
Diplomatic representation in the US none (overseas territory of the UK) none (special administrative region of China)
Disputes - international - none
Economic aid - recipient - $NA
Economy - overview Economic activity is limited to providing services to the military and their families located in Dhekelia. All food and manufactured goods must be imported. The economy is based largely on tourism (including gambling) and textile and fireworks manufacturing. Efforts to diversify have spawned other small industries - toys, artificial flowers, and electronics. The tourist sector has accounted for roughly 25% of GDP, and the clothing industry has provided about three-fourths of export earnings; the gambling industry probably represents over 40% of GDP. More than 8 million tourists visited Macau in 2000. Macau depends on China for most of its food, fresh water, and energy imports. Japan and Hong Kong are the main suppliers of raw materials and capital goods. Output dropped 5% in 1998 and 3% in 1999, with a small 2% gain in 2000. Macau reverted to Chinese administration on 20 December 1999. Gang violence, a dark spot in the economy, probably will be reduced in 2000-01 to the advantage of the tourism sector.
Electricity - consumption - 1.422 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports - 3 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports - 165 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - production - 1.355 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source - fossil fuel:
100%

hydro:
0%

nuclear:
0%

other:
0% (1999)
Elevation extremes - lowest point:
South China Sea 0 m

highest point:
Coloane Alto 174 m
Environment - current issues netting and trapping of small migrant songbirds in the spring and autumn NA
Ethnic groups - Chinese 95%, Macanese (mixed Portuguese and Asian ancestry), Portuguese, other
Exchange rates Cypriot pounds per US dollar - NA (2007), 0.46019 (2006), 0.4641 (2005), 0.4686 (2004), 0.5174 (2003) patacas per US dollar - 8.033 (January 2001), 8.025 (2000), 7.990 (1999), 7.978 (1998), 7.974 (1997), 7.966 (1996); note - linked to the Hong Kong dollar at the rate of 1.03 patacas per Hong Kong dollar
Executive branch chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952)


head of government: Administrator Air Vice-Marshal Richard LACEY (since 26 April 2006); note - reports to the British Ministry of Defense


elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; the administrator is appointed by the monarch
chief of state:
President of China JIANG Zemin (since 27 March 1993)

head of government:
Chief Executive Edmund HO Hau-wah (since 20 December 1999)

cabinet:
Executive Council consists of all five government secretaries, three legislators, and two businessmen

elections:
NA
Exports - $2.6 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities - textiles, clothing, toys, electronics, cement, footwear, machinery
Exports - partners - US 47%, EU 30%, China 9.2%, Hong Kong 6.7% (1999)
Fiscal year - calendar year
Flag description the flag of the UK is used light green with a lotus flower above a stylized bridge and water in white, beneath an arc of five gold, five-pointed stars: one large in center of arc and four smaller
GDP - purchasing power parity - $7.82 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector - agriculture:
1%

industry:
25%

services:
74% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita - purchasing power parity - $17,500 (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate - 2% (2000 est.)
Geographic coordinates 34 59 N, 33 45 E 22 10 N, 113 33 E
Geography - note British extraterritorial rights also extended to several small off-post sites scattered across Cyprus; of the Sovereign Base Area land 60% is privately owned and farmed, 20% is owned by the Ministry of Defense, and 20% is SBA Crown land essentially urban; one causeway and two bridges connect the two islands of Coloane and Taipa to the peninsula on mainland
Highways - total:
50 km

paved:
50 km

unpaved:
0 km (2001)
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%:
NA%

highest 10%:
NA%
Imports - $2.4 billion (c.i.f., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities - raw materials, foodstuffs, capital goods, fuels, consumer goods
Imports - partners - China 36%, Hong Kong 18%, EU 13%, Taiwan 10%, Japan 7% (1999)
Independence - none (special administrative region of China)
Industrial production growth rate - NA%
Industries none clothing, textiles, toys, electronics, footwear, tourism, gambling
Infant mortality rate - 4.47 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices) - -1.8% (2000 est.)
International organization participation - CCC, ESCAP (associate), IMO (associate), Interpol (subbureau), UNESCO (associate), WMO, WToO (associate), WTrO
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) - 1 (2000)
Irrigated land - NA sq km
Judicial branch - The Court of Final Appeal in the Macau Special Administrative Region
Labor force - 283,450 (1999)
Labor force - by occupation - restaurants and hotels 26%, manufacturing 22%, other services 52% (2000 est.)
Land boundaries total: 103 km (approximately)


border countries: Cyprus 103 km (approximately)
total:
0.34 km

border countries:
China 0.34 km
Land use - arable land:
0%

permanent crops:
2%

permanent pastures:
0%

forests and woodland:
0%

other:
98% (1998 est.)
Languages English, Greek Portuguese, Chinese (Cantonese)
Legal system the Sovereign Base Area Administration has its own court system to deal with civil and criminal matters; laws applicable to the Cypriot population are, as far as possible, the same as the laws of the Republic of Cyprus based on Portuguese civil law system
Legislative branch - unicameral Legislative Council or LEGCO (23 seats; 8 elected by popular vote, 8 by indirect vote, and 7 appointed by the chief executive; members serve four-year terms)

elections:
last held 22 September 1996 (next to be held by 15 October 2001)

election results:
percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - APPEM 2, UNIPRO 2, CODEM 1, UDM 1, UPD 1, ANMD 1
Life expectancy at birth - total population:
81.69 years

male:
78.88 years

female:
84.64 years (2001 est.)
Literacy - definition:
age 15 and over can read and write

total population:
90%

male:
93%

female:
86% (1981 est.)
Location on the southeast coast of Cyprus near Famagusta Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China
Map references Middle East Southeast Asia
Maritime claims - not specified
Merchant marine - none (2000 est.)
Military - note includes Dhekelia Garrison and Ayios Nikolaos Station connected by a roadway responsibility for defense reverted to China on 20 December 1999
Military branches - Macau garrison of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) includes about 500 troops
Military manpower - availability - males age 15-49:
125,737 (2001 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service - males age 15-49:
69,191 (2001 est.)
National holiday - National Day (Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China), 1 October (1949); note - 20 December 1999 is celebrated as Macau Special Administrative Region Establishment Day
Nationality - noun:
Chinese

adjective:
Chinese
Natural hazards - typhoons
Natural resources - NEGL
Net migration rate - 9.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Political parties and leaders - the following is a listing of those associations that participated in the last legislative elections: Associacao de Novo Macau Democratico or ANMD [leader NA]; Associacao Promotora para a Economia de Macau or APPEM [leader NA]; Convergencia para o Desenvolvimento or CODEM [leader NA]; Uniao Geral para o Desenvolvimento de Macau or UDM [leader NA]; Uniao para o Desenvolvimento or UPD [leader NA]; Uniao Promotora para o Progresso or UNIPRO [leader NA]

note:
there are no formal political parties, but civic associations are used instead
Political pressure groups and leaders - Catholic Church [Domingos LAM, bishop]; Macau Society of Tourism and Entertainment or STDM [Stanley HO, managing director]; Union for Democracy Development [Antonio NG Kuok-cheong, leader]
Population approximately 15,700 live on the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia including 7,700 Cypriots, 3,600 Service and UK Based Contract personnel, and 4,400 dependents 453,733 (July 2001 est.)
Population below poverty line - NA%
Population growth rate - 1.79% (2001 est.)
Ports and harbors - Macau
Radio broadcast stations AM NA, FM 1 (located in Akrotiri), shortwave NA (British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides Radio 1 and Radio 2 service to Akrotiri, Dhekelia, and Nicosia) (2006) AM 0, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios - 160,000 (1997)
Railways - 0 km
Religions - Buddhist 50%, Roman Catholic 15%, none and other 35% (1997 est.)
Sex ratio - at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female

under 15 years:
1.07 male(s)/female

15-64 years:
0.9 male(s)/female

65 years and over:
0.68 male(s)/female

total population:
0.92 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Suffrage - direct election 18 years of age, universal for permanent residents living in Macau for the past seven years; indirect election limited to organizations registered as "corporate voters" (257 are currently registered) and a 300-member Election Committee drawn from broad regional groupings, municipal organizations, and central government bodies
Telephone system - general assessment:
fairly modern communication facilities maintained for domestic and international services

domestic:
NA

international:
HF radiotelephone communication facility; access to international communications carriers provided via Hong Kong and China; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)
Telephones - main lines in use - 176,837 (2000)
Telephones - mobile cellular - 120,957 (2000)
Television broadcast stations 0 (British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides multi-channel satellite service to Akrotiri, Dhekelia, and Nicosia) (2006) 0 (receives Hong Kong broadcasts) (1997)
Terrain - generally flat
Total fertility rate - 1.31 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Unemployment rate - 6.6% (2000)
Waterways - none
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