1. 16th international Metropolis conference 12>>16 September 2011 MIGRATION FUTURES: PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL CHANGES Macau – port city, point of entry and point of departure of the Macanese Diaspora: a historical sketch Alfredo Gomes Dias alfredogdias@gmail.com

2. 16th international Metropolis conference 12>>16 September 2011 MIGRATION FUTURES: PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL CHANGES Fig. 2 - Macao: c 1830 Fig. 3 - Macao: today Macau – port city, point of entry and point of departure of the Macanese Diaspora: a historical sketch Alfredo Gomes Dias Fig. 1 - Macao and Pearl River Delta

3. Macau – port city, point of entry and point of departure of the Macanese Diaspora: a historical sketch Alfredo Gomes Dias 16th international Metropolis conference 12>>16 September 2011 MIGRATION FUTURES: PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL CHANGES Fig. 4 - Phases of the Macanese Diaspora dispersion according to the locations of weddings (until 1995)

4. 16th international Metropolis conference 12>>16 September 2011 MIGRATION FUTURES: PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL CHANGES Table 1 - Non Chinese Population of Macao (1878-1950) YearsTOTAL Born in MacaoPortugueses Overseas Portuguese Possessions Other nationalities N%N%N%N% 18784554360279,173516,11393,1781,7 18964059310676,561515,11774,41614,0 19103845257166,989623,31343,52446,3 19204177233055,890921,857713,83618,6 19504782322867,589118,6621,360112,6 Sources: Censuses of 1878, 1896, 1910, 1920 and 1950. Author's calculations. Macau – port city, point of entry and point of departure of the Macanese Diaspora: a historical sketch Alfredo Gomes Dias

5. Table 2 - Foreign population of Macao (1867-1950) 18671878189619101920 1950 English171275565175 Germans4911143 Spanish291814161326 Italians347171582 Dutch12114 French4230718 Scots381 Danes4322 Prussians3 Swedes11 Irish23 Norwegians12 Russians115 Swiss1 Belgians7 Austrians6 Czech-Slovak2 Hungarians3 Poles3 EUROPEANS574011814490293 Moors292636135122 Turks22 Siamese12 Japanese141692 Filipinos23343 Syrians1 ASIANS 314177147170 AUSTRALIANS 1 AFRICANS (a) 1 Peruvians456727 Chileans13 Cubans31 Ecuadorians1024 Brazilians111 Argentines1 Costa Ricans1 Guatemalans1 Mexicans40 Panamanians3 North American372144314 Canadians13 AMERICANS87223124126 Unknown10 6578161244361601 Rate of change (%) 20,0106,451,648,0 66,5 (a) From South Africa. Sources: Censuses of 1867, 1878, 1896, 1910, 1920 and 1950. Macau – port city, point of entry and point of departure of the Macanese Diaspora: a historical sketch Alfredo Gomes Dias 16th international Metropolis conference 12>>16 September 2011 MIGRATION FUTURES: PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL CHANGES