The People's Republic of China (PRC), known officially as Zhōnghuá (中华), has a lengthy coastline, many large harbors, and a large number of lighthouses. The country is divided into 23 provinces and 11 other province-level regions of various special types. Macau (also spelled Macao) is located on the south coast of China, directly across the Pearl River (Zhūjiāng) estuary from Hong Kong. Like Hong Kong, Macau is a province-level special administrative region (SAR) of China, separate from the surrounding Guangdong Province. The territory includes the tip of the Macau Peninsula and two islands, Taipa and Coloane, which have been joined by fill. Settled by Portugal in 1557, Macau was the both the first and the last European colony in China. It remained under Portuguese control until it was returned to China in December 1999. Macau has an international airport and is also accessible by high-speed ferries from Hong Kong. The 55 km (34 mi) Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, the world's longest over-water fixed link with a series of three cable-stayed bridges, an undersea tunnel, and four artificial islands, opened to traffic in October 2018. Portuguese and Chinese are official languages in Macau. Aids to navigation in Macau are presumably maintained by the port authority, Macauport S.A. ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. Admiralty numbers are from volume P of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. NGA numbers are from NGA Publication 112.
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Posted November 17, 2008. Checked and revised March 12, 2024. Lighthouses: 4. Site copyright 2024 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.