Record ID:
36592250 (Libraries Australia Authorities)
Authority type:
  • Name.
Heading:
Used for:
  • Aomen (China : Special Administrative Region)
  • Macao (China : Special Administrative Region)
  • Macau Special Administrative Region (China)
  • Aomen Tebie Xingzhengqu (China)
  • Região Administrativa Especial de Macau (China)
See also:
Notes:
  • BGN Foreign Names Committee meeting, Jan. 11, 2000 (approved proposal: present entry: Macau--PCLD, 22°10'N 113°33'E; Recommended entry: Macau [Short form] Special Administrative Region [conventional], Aomen [short form] Tebie Xingzhengqu [Chinese], Região Administrativa Especial de Macau [Macau, short form] (Portuguese)--PCLS, 22°10'N 113°33'E; "the older spelling "Macao" ... as a conventional name was deleted by the Foreign Names Committee on September 2, 1980")
  • U.S. Dept. of State WWW homepage, Dec. 21, 1999 Macau consular information sheet (former Portuguese colony became Special Administrative Region of China on Dec. 20, 1999)
  • Foreign names information bulletin, Jan. 30, 2000 (former name: Macau--PCLD, 22°10'N 113°33'E (MC00); new name: Macau [Short form] Special Administrative Region [conventional], Aomen [short form] Tebie Xingzhengqu [Chinese], Região Administrativa Especial de Macau [Macau, short form] (Portuguese)--PCLS, 22°10'N 113°33'E (MC00))
Cataloguing source:
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