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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)
澳门 (China : Special Administrative Region)
中華人民共和國澳門特別行政區 (China)
Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Aomen Tebie Xingzhengqu (China)
Макао (China : Special Administrative Region)
Makao (China : Special Administrative Region)
Аомынь (China : Special Administrative Region)
Aomynʹ (China : Special Administrative Region)
Специальный административный район Макао (China)
Spet︠s︡ialʹnyĭ administrativnyĭ raĭon Makao (China)
Макаа (China : Special Administrative Region)
Makaa (China : Special Administrative Region)
Спецыяльны адміністрацыйны раён Макаа (China)
Spetsyi︠a︡lʹny administratsyĭny rai︠o︡n Makaa (China)
Макао специјална административна област Народне Републике Кине (China)
Makao specijalna administrativna oblast Narodne Republike Kine (China)
Макао специјална административна област (China)
Makao specijalna administrativna oblast (China)
Спеціальний адміністративний район Аомень (China)
Spet︠s︡ialʹnyĭ administratyvnyĭ raĭon Aomenʹ (China)
See alsoMacau
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Other standard no.Q14773
144869371
1821275
7005019
1338273
D008256
Associated countryChina
Special noteNon-Latin script references not 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)
Wikipedia, April 29, 2024: Macau (Macau or Macao; 澳門 = Aomen; Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China; 中華人民共和國澳門特別行政區 = Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Aomen Tebie Xingzhengqu; Região Administrativa Especial de Macau da República Popular da China; special administrative region of the People's Republic of China) Russian version (Макао = Makao, or Аомынь = Aomynʹ; Специальный административный район Макао (Аомынь) = Spet︠s︡ialʹnyĭ administrativnyĭ raĭon Makao (Aomynʹ)) Belarusian version (Макаа = Makaa; Спецыяльны адміністрацыйны раён Макаа = Spetsyi︠a︡lʹny administratsyĭny rai︠o︡n Makaa) Serbian version (Макао = Makao; Макао специјална административна област Народне Републике Кине = Makao specijalna administrativna oblast Narodne Republike Kine) Ukrainian version (Макао = Makao; Спеціальний адміністративний район Аомень = Spet︠s︡ialʹnyĭ administratyvnyĭ raĭon Aomenʹ)
Geographic area codea-cc-mh