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Pulau Pinang (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 05 19 33 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 5.3262 decimal degrees |
| Long: 100 19 15 E degrees minutes |
Long: 100.3216 decimal degrees |
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Note: Pulau Pinang was 1st British settlement in Malaya in 1786; mainland region was annexed 1798; was governmental seat for Pinang, Malacca and Singapore 1826-1836; joined Straits Settlements 1867; taken by Japan in 1941; part of Federation of Malaya from 1957. |
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| Pulau Pinang (preferred,C,V)
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| Negeri Pulau Pinang (C,V,O)
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| Pinang (C,V)
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| Penang (C,V,English)
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| Pinang state (C,O)
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| MY09 (C,U,FIPS)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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| state (preferred, C) |
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since 1963 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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