Location:
Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China

Geographic coordinates:
22 10 N, 113 33 E

Map references:
Southeast Asia

Area:
total: 28.2 sq km
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land: 28.2 sq km
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water: 0 sq km
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country comparison to the world: 238

Area - comparative:
less than one-sixth the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries:
total: 3 km
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regional border(s) (1): China 3 km

Coastline:
41 km
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Maritime claims:
not specified

Climate:
subtropical; marine with cool winters, warm summers
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Terrain:
generally flat

Elevation:
mean elevation: NA
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elevation extremes: lowest point: South China Sea 0 m highest point: Alto Coloane 172 m

Natural resources:
NEGL

Land use:
agricultural land: 0% arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; permanent pasture 0%
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forest: 0%
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other: 100% (urban area) (2011 est.)
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Irrigated land:
0 sq km (2012)
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Population - distribution:
population fairly equally distributed

Natural hazards:
typhoons

Environment - current issues:
air pollution; coastal waters pollution; insufficient policies in reducing and recycling solid wastes; increasing population density worsening noise pollution

Environment - international agreements:
party to: Marine Dumping (associate member), Ship Pollution (associate member)

Geography - note:
essentially urban; an area of land reclaimed from the sea measuring 5.2 sq km and known as Cotai now connects the islands of Coloane and Taipa; the island area is connected to the mainland peninsula by three bridges