Macau, on the southeast coast of China, consists of the Macau peninsula and the two offshore islands of Taipa and Coloane in the Pearl River delta18.

位于中国东南海岸的澳门，包括澳门半岛和两个位于珠江三角洲的凼仔岛和路环岛。

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On 13 July Taipa and Coloane celebrate their final defeat of marauding pirates.

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Arguably the most popular island, Nuku Hiva is where author Herman Melville jumped out of a whaling ship in 1842 and was captured by the local Taipa tribe.

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In fact, Macau draws so many punters that casinos are literally rising from the sea: the Venetian and the Plaza anchor a development known as the Cotai Strip, built on a five-kilometre piece of reclaimed land that links the two Macanese islands of Coloane and Taipa.

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