Travel & technology
Electric power
- Plug shape
- Voltage
- 220V, 50Hz
Phone dialing
- Code to call Macau
- +853
Mobile phones
- GSM Band
- 900/1800
What every visitor should know about Macau:
- Money
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 5 out of 5 (Very safe)
Areas of concern:
- Pick-pocketing / bag-snatching
- Tap water
- Excellent. Water from the tap is safe to drink.
Macau facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 559,846
- Language
- Cantonese 85.7%, Hokkien 4%, Mandarin 3.2%, other Chinese dialects 2.7%, English 1.5%, Tagalog 1.3%, other 1.6%
- Ethnicity
- Chinese 94.3%, other 5.7% (includes Macanese (mixed Portuguese and Asian ancestry))
Economy
- GDP
- US$30,000 (per capita)