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**Macau** is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China[^gcs]. China resumed the exercise of sovereignty over Macau on 20 December 1999, when the Macao Special Administrative Region was established[^basic-law].
It lies on the west bank of the Pearl River Delta next to Guangdong, 60 km from Hong Kong and 145 km from Guangzhou[^gcs], and consists of the Macau Peninsula, Taipa and Coloane, joined by the Cotai reclamation[^gcs]. Its population was 688,300 at the end of 2024; the official languages are Chinese and Portuguese[^gcs].
Seventeen Macau restaurants are listed in the [[work_black_pearl_guide_2025|Black Pearl Restaurant Guide 2025]][^black-pearl-2025].
## MICHELIN Guide: 2026 edition
The MICHELIN Guide Hong Kong & Macau 2026 covers two Special Administrative Regions; this section counts Macau only. The official full list includes 2 restaurants with three stars, 6 with two stars, and 13 with one star in Macau, for 21 starred restaurants. This figure excludes Hong Kong and counts starred restaurants only; the regional edition also lists Bib Gourmand and Selected restaurants. [^guide2026-full-list]
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