Macau is located on the southeast coast of China to the west of the Pearl River Delta. Bordering on Guangdong Province, it is 60km from Hong Kong and 145km from Guangzhou. Due to land reclamation along its coastline, Macau has grown in land area from 10.28 square kilometres in the 19th century to 27.3 square kilometres today. The population is about 470,000 while the official languages are Chinese and Portuguese.
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