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The Macau was a Portuguese river gun boat of 95 tons displacement launched in 1909 and stationed in China. The Macau was powered by one Yarrow boiler providing a top speed of 12 knots and carried a complement of 24. She was armed with two 6 pdr guns and three machine-guns.
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Macau is a country in east Asia with a total area of 16 km2. The climate is subtropical and marine with cool winters, warm summers. The terrain is generally flat and there are no natural resources. The religion is mainly Buddhist; 17,000 Roman Catholics, of whom about half are Chinese. The official language is Portuguese with Cantonese the language of commerce.
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Macaense is a language spoken in Macau and Hong Kong.
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Yue (properly Yue Chinese, and also known as Yuet Yue, Gwong Dung Waa, Cantonese, Yueh, Yueyu and Baihua) is a Cantonese language spoken in parts of China including Macau.
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