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22.16° N
113.56° E

Country / area: Macau
Time zone identifier: Asia/Macau
Currency reference: MOP
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Taipa / Transportation

Getting Between Macau's Peninsula, Taipa and Coloane Without Guesswork

Four bridges, three light rail lines and a bus network that charges MOP 3 with a card. How Macau's separated districts actually connect, and which link to use when.

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Taipa / Money & payments

Reading Macau Souvenir Snack Shop Prices Before You Buy by Weight

How Macau law lets snack shops price jerky and almond cookies by catty or tael, what a price tag must show, how weighing must be done, and what to check before you pay.

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Taipa / Practical information

What Macau's Casino Companies Built: Jobs, Hotels and Shuttle Buses

Six concessionaires employ 52,772 people in Macau, run 20 casinos and committed MOP 118.9 billion in investment to 2032. What that means for what a visitor walks through.

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Taipa / Food

Why Rua do Cunha in Taipa Village Became a Snack Street

Rua do Cunha became Macao's first pedestrian zone in 1983, and snack shops followed. What the records say, which shops the government names, and what to eat there.

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