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Macau (China : Special Administrative Region)

LC control no.n 00020499
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingMacau (China : Special Administrative Region)
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Geographic subdivision usageChina--Macau (Special Administrative Region)
Variant(s)Aomen (China : Special Administrative Region)
Macao (China : Special Administrative Region)
Macau Special Administrative Region (China)
Aomen Tebie Xingzhengqu (China)
Região Administrativa Especial de Macau (China)
澳门特别行政区 (China)
See alsoMacau
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Special noteNon-latin script reference no evaluated
Found inBGN Foreign Names Committee meeting, Jan. 11, 2000 (approved proposal: present entry: Macau--PCLD, 22°10ʹN 113°33ʹE; Recommended entry: Macau [Short form] Special Administrative Region [conventional], Aomen [short form] Tebie Xingzhengqu [Chinese], Região Administrativa Especial de Macau [Macau, short form] (Portuguese)--PCLS, 22°10ʹN 113°33ʹE; "the older spelling "Macao" ... as a conventional name was deleted by the Foreign Names Committee on September 2, 1980ʺ)
U.S. Dept. of State WWW homepage, Dec. 21, 1999 Macau consular information sheet (former Portuguese colony became Special Administrative Region of China on Dec. 20, 1999)
Foreign names information bulletin, Jan. 30, 2000 (former name: Macau--PCLD, 22°10ʹN 113°33ʹE (MC00); new name: Macau [Short form] Special Administrative Region [conventional], Aomen [short form] Tebie Xingzhengqu [Chinese], Região Administrativa Especial de Macau [Macau, short form] (Portuguese)--PCLS, 22°10ʹN 113°33ʹE (MC00))
GEOnet, Dec. 22, 2008 (Macau [Short form] Special Administrative Region--Semi-independent political entity, 22°09ʹ28ʺN 113°33ʹ35ʺE, variants: Aomen [Short form] Tebie Xingzhengqu; Macau [Short form], Região Administrativa Especial de; Macao; Macau, Província de; Macao, Province of; 澳门特别行政区)
Geographic area codea-cc-mh