User talk:Macau DV/Macau Gambling/Geographic Location

This is the page pertaining to research on the geography and location of Macau and how this has influenced the gambling there

Researchers:

Macau is made up of a 25.4 sq km cluster of islands and a compact peninsula dangling off the Guangdong mainland into the South China Sea. Hong Kong is just a 65 km swim away across the Pearl River delta, and the Guangdong capital, Guangzhou is on the Pearl River 150km or so to the north. Macau is tiny: all up, the mainland peninsula plus its two southerly islands (Taiga and Colane) add up to a measly 23.5 sq km, Hong Kong Island alone measures more than three times its size. Development is gradually overtaking the peninsula and Taipa, but Coloane remains largely unspoilt. Macau international airport is on Taipa’s east coast.

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