Macao consists of three parts. What are the main ones?

Macau Peninsula, Taipa Island and Coloane Island.

Macao is located in the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea, on the west bank of the Pearl River Estuary and in the low latitude area south of the Tropic of Cancer. It is adjacent to Gongbei, Zhuhai, Guangdong Province in the north, connected with Wanzai and Hengqin by Xijiang tributary, Neigang and Jiamakou waterway in the west, facing Lantau Island in Hong Kong in the east and Wanshan Islands in the south.

1840, the area of Macao Peninsula was only 2.78 square kilometers. Since 1866, Macao has continuously reclaimed the sea, reaching today's scale. According to the figures of Surveying, Mapping and Cadastral Bureau, the land area of Macao in June 2065438+2008 was 32.9 square kilometers.

Among them, Macau Peninsula is 9.3 square kilometers, Taipa Island is 7.9 square kilometers, Coloane Island is 7.6 square kilometers, Luchuan urban area is 6.0 square kilometers, newly-built urban area is10.4 square kilometers, and artificial island of Zhuhai-Macao port of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge is 0.7 square kilometers. However, this figure does not include the new campus of the University of Macau in Hengqin, Zhuhai 1. 1 square kilometer, and the 0.6 square kilometer Australian port area in Hengqin Port.

20 15 12 16 the the State Council executive meeting adopted the draft administrative map of People's Republic of China (PRC) and People's Republic of China (PRC) Macao special administrative regions, delineating the jurisdiction of the Macao special administrative region.

The draft was implemented on February 20th of 12, and the sea area of 85 square kilometers east and south of Macao was included in the territory of Macao. 12 From February 20th, Macao has the right to manage the sea area, which can be reclaimed as needed, but it cannot be used for gambling. In addition, in 200 1 year, the gate-closing border inspection building leased by Macao from Zhuhai was incorporated into the Macao Special Administrative Region. The north section of Yayong River is managed by Zhuhai City; The southern section is bounded by the center line of the river.

According to the survey by the Mapping and Cadastral Bureau, the reference geographical coordinates of the stone pillar beside the telescope of Dongwangyangshan Observatory are 2211'47 "north latitude,113 32' 58" east longitude, and the elevation is 91.2m. ..

climate

Macao has a maritime subtropical monsoon climate. Although rainfall and sunshine hours are less than those in Hong Kong, they are more than those in Taipei. The weather is the best and most stable from mid-June to1early October of the following year.

However, from 20 1 1 to 20 16, under the influence of climate warming and the strengthening of the relationship between El Ni? o and the humid easterly monsoon, the number of rainy days is unusually high, especially 1 1.

From 20 1 1 to June 20, 200611,the average sunshine hours are only16 hours, which is the month with the least sunshine hours in the whole year, and the average rainfall in these six years reaches 59.86 mm, with the monsoon in winter.