Flag of Macau
Officially Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
Locally Ou Mun · 澳門
What the flag looks like
A green field with a white lotus flower above a stylised bridge and white waves, beneath an arc of five yellow five-pointed stars.
What it means
The lotus is Macau's emblem, its three petals for the peninsula and the islands of Taipa and Coloane; the bridge and water show its setting, and the five stars echo China's flag.
How to remember it
Macau
is a white lotus floating on a green field under five gold stars; Hong Kong's
flower is a bauhinia on red.
Fun facts
- The flag was first raised officially on 20 December 1999, when Portugal handed Macau to China after more than four centuries.
- Macau is among the most densely populated places in the world.
Macau at a glance
- Status
- Special administrative region of China
- Sovereign state
- China
- Handover
- 20 December 1999, from Portugal
- Region
- Special administrative region of China
- Population
- 683,700
- Area
- 33 km²
- Languages
- Chinese, Portuguese
- Currency
- Macanese pataca (MOP$)
- Flag adopted
- 1993
Flags often confused with Macau
- Hong Kong: Hong Kong and Macau both have a white flower in the center of a single-colored field. Hong Kong has a five-petalled bauhinia on red; Macau has a lotus on green, under five yellow stars.